According to Lendlease, the company that owns the ferry pier and the lot behind it at 1 Java Street, the ferry’s return to Greenpoint is “imminent.” Greenpointers sat down with Lendlease to discuss the long-awaited return of the India Street ferry stop.
Greenpoint residents may recall that NYC Ferry has not stopped in Greenpoint since its abrupt closure on May 23, 2021, leaving locals without this mode of transportation for over a year. Originally, an…
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UPDATE as of Aug 25, 2022! – I just contacted Lendlease for an update because I am one of those people who depends upon the ferry to get me to work in Manhattan, and THIS was their response (asterisks around the KEY info):
Greenpoint Ferry Landing Launch Update
Update: August 25, 2022
In-water construction at the Greenpoint ferry landing is on-going, and we’re happy to see that significant progress has been made.
*******However, the rock socketing process to secure the piles in place is taking longer than expected and we now anticipate the launch of the landing to be at the end of October or early November. *******
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Is there a Greenpoint based neighborhood group that can be joined to get this project done ASAP? This is outrageous. Next will be an excuse that they can’t finish it this year after all because they’re running into the same “concerns” some East River regulatory body had over them working on the pier late last fall! It’s ridiculous, and SOMEBODY (Emily Gallagher, Assemblywoman for our neighborhood, are you listening??) needs to prod them to get this done ASAP. No more excuses!
Pretty sure this is a case of hardball money dealing over liability – Lendlease, a private company owning a pier servicing another private company’s ferries, to carry NYC passengers to and fro….what happens when a ferry caught gets in a strong current rams the Greenpoint pier and a 30 something millennial lawyer passenger gets hurt, or worse, is sitting next to a elderly grandmother out and about with her grandson…oh boy…better that NYC own the pier and the liability.