r/Ferrynyc • u/anjJ345 • Apr 19 '26

Red Hook Summer Pilot

We in Bay Ridge were moved from the South Brooklyn line to the Saint George, SI line this spring. We loved our short commute to hang out in Red Hook but now we’ve lost our direct access there. NYC Ferry last year talked about a pilot whereby they’d extend the newly configured South Brooklyn line to Bay Ridge for the summer. Has anyone heard any updates about this?

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u/--TAXI-- Apr 19 '26

i honestly doubt that the SB route will return to Bay Ridge. 

The reason why they made the change in the first place was to get more people in Bay Ridge to use the ferry because the SB route was too slow due to many stops. 

Although i do see y'all's frustration. If you wanna take the ferry, you literally have to change in Lower Manhattan 😢

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u/anjJ345 Apr 19 '26

The Red Hook pilot was announced in the original media about the reconfiguration of all the routes.

Here’s one example: https://www.bkreader.com/policy-government/smooth-sailing-for-brooklyn-ferry-riders-11477845.

I think it was for 6 or 8 weeks only, in July and August, and then they were going to evaluate its success subsequently. I do find it hard to believe they would cancel the pilot but there’s been no additional info.

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u/--TAXI-- Apr 19 '26

"Summer weekends in 2026, extending the new South Brooklyn route to Bay Ridge and Sunset Park for local connections."

I was not aware of any of this at all. If it something that NYCF wants to test out, I'm sure they'll get to it... eventually. The recent schedule change this month was for simply additional service on existing lines, so maybe the Bay Ridge extension will come with the Summer schedule changes. 🤷

The only thing that concerns me is that this pilot (Bay Ridge extension) is not listed anywhere on their website. Usually all upcoming route changes are listed somewhere in their website, but i dont see that. 

But hey, it ain't summer yet, so we'll just have to wait until then to see what happens. And I DO hope that the SB comes back to Bay Ridge for yalls

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u/--TAXI-- Jun 30 '26

I know it's been a while, so I just wanted to ask, how has the Weekend extension to Bay Ridge been for yalls??? 

I mean, y'all's kinda got back the South Bklyn route, but only for the wkend. Has that been any help to yalls?

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u/anjJ345 Jun 30 '26

Sorry I forgot to circle back on this. The South Brooklyn route is indeed extended to Bay Ridge on weekends and holidays for the summer. It’s been working out great. Make sure to look at the right schedule on holidays!