Ferry service in New York inaugurated a route that will go from Lower Manhattan to the Rockaway beaches

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The New York Ferry service announced the creation of a new route that will pick up bathers in Lower Manhattan and take them to the Rockaway beacheswhich started from this Saturday.

The route is scheduled to start from Pier 11/Wall St. to Rockaway and will cost $8 dollars, reported New York Univision.

The new route is expected to be offered on summer weekends through September 11, and will feature charging stations and restrooms on board.

Citizens who want to purchase tickets can do so through the NYC Ferry application or by entering the official page ferry.nyc.

Departure times for those booking the Pier 11/Wall St. They will be from 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.

Likewise, they will be able to do it from Rockaway with schedules from 2:30, 4:30 and 6:30 pm, indicated the aforementioned media.

However, anyone who needs to transfer to other NYC Ferry routes will need to purchase an additional ticket that will cost $2.75 dollars.

Passengers who miss their departure from the Rockaway Rocket will be able to use the ticket to board a regular departure until the ticket expires; however, they will not be able to use the ticket for any other ferry route.

If a case is recorded where the NYC Ferry cancels the scheduled departure of the Rockaway Rocket, Those affected will be able to receive an automatic refund for the tickets purchased.

Traders are optimistic about the opening of the new route

Leyla Yrala, co-owner of a cevichería on Beach 97, considers this to be good news for her and the other businesses.

“The Ferry is definitely a ‘plus’ for the Rockaway community. All businesses are positively affected, which is why the flow of people who arrive in the summerYrala told Spectrum News NY1

Verónica Gonzales, an employee of a greengrocer, told NY1 that the new transport route comes at a time when sales in maritime establishments have been affected by the heat wave.

He added that the closure of the beach due to shark sightings on at least two occasions has reduced the number of bathers who come to the Rockaways.

“There are always sharks. This is your place, do you understand me? As they are not interested in you, that is a way to continue affecting businesses that are small “Gonzales noted. “It has definitely affected us, because despite the heat, we were waiting. The number of people has dropped quite a bit and obviously it’s because of all this shark scaremongering.”

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