{"id":22149,"date":"2011-06-06T11:40:50","date_gmt":"2011-06-06T15:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/?p=22149"},"modified":"2012-01-19T14:13:31","modified_gmt":"2012-01-19T18:13:31","slug":"free-ferry-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/22149\/free-ferry-nyc\/","title":{"rendered":"East River Ferry Debuts With Free Fare, Eco-Friendly Ambitions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What:<\/strong><strong> <\/strong>Free fare on the new <a title=\"East River Ferry Service website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nywaterway.com\/ERF-Home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">East River Ferry service<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Where:<\/strong> Stops include Long Island City, Greenpoint, North Williamsburg, South Williamsburg, Atlantic Avenue, Governor\u2019s Island, East 34<sup>th<\/sup> Street and Pier 11 in Manhattan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When:<\/strong><strong> <\/strong>June 13\u201324<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why:<\/strong><strong> <\/strong>To celebrate its new ferry route connecting Manhattan to Brooklyn, Queens and Governor\u2019s Island, NY Waterway is offering free rides on the East River Ferry for a limited time. Service will run every 20 minutes year-round during peak hours, and at least every hour the rest of the time. In an attempt to reduce harmful emissions, spokesperson Julie Halpin said the route will utilize ferries from a 33-boat fleet that runs on a diesel blend, which is more than 80 percent ultra low sulfur. By spring of next year, the fleet&#8217;s fuel will be 100 percent ultra low sulfur diesel.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cost:<\/strong><strong> <\/strong>Free\u00a0June 13\u201324; normal fare will then be $4 for a one-way ticket\/$12 for a day pass\/$140 for a monthly pass<\/p>\n<p><strong><!--more-->How to get there:<\/strong> <em>Varies according to location. Visit <a title=\"ny waterway website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nywaterway.com\/ERF-Home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nywaterway.com<\/a> for more details.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What: Free fare on the new East River Ferry service Where: Stops include Long Island City, Greenpoint, North Williamsburg, South Williamsburg, Atlantic Avenue, Governor\u2019s Island, East 34th Street and Pier 11 in Manhattan. When: June 13\u201324 Why: To celebrate its new ferry route connecting Manhattan to Brooklyn, Queens and Governor\u2019s Island, NY Waterway is offering [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":22151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[325,271],"tags":[15,97,254,213,428,33,473,28],"class_list":{"0":"post-22149","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"category-news","9":"tag-brooklyn","10":"tag-ferry","11":"tag-free","12":"tag-governors-island","13":"tag-green-travel","14":"tag-long-island-city","15":"tag-views","16":"tag-water"},"acf":[],"mv":{"thumbnail_id":22151,"thumbnail_uri":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/5804594648_a3ef6ba58f-300x199.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/73"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}