Councilmember calls for NYC ferry from West Harlem to New Jersey

Councilmember Mark Levine is advocating for a ferry landing at West 125th Street

Councilmember Mark Levine is calling for the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) to consider a feasibility study to establish a ferry service between West Harlem and New Jersey.

The EDC is in the process of finalizing its 2018 NYC Ferry feasibility study and in a letter penned to the corporation's president, James Patchett, Levine argues that a landing at West 125th Street would "give uptown residents access to jobs in Bergen County and bring New Jersey customers to Northern Manhattan businesses. He also adds that commuters from New Jersey who drive across the George Washington Bridge, adding to traffic congestion, could opt to leave leave their vehicles at home if the ferry was an option.

"A ferry landing on the edge of West 125th Street could also provide for routes heading south as far as Wall Street through the newly developed West 39th Street Hudson Yards terminal, and north towards Inwood's Dyckman Marina and Yonkers, NY," said Levine in his letter.

Levine concludes his letter by stating that with Columbia University's rapid expansion of its Manhattanville campus, investing in a new ferry landing now would be "the most sensible thing to do before the neighborhood's 1 and A trains are stressed any further."