The New York City Regional Commuter Ferry (NYCRCF) is a proposed system of mine that contains ferry routes connecting bedroom communities and park and rides in the New York City metropolitan area to train stations, and in some cases, Manhattan. This system also contains ferries from a new Connecticut State Ferry System. The route table below does not include any already extant ferries or routes, however some routes are operated by existing companies, such as NY Waterway.
Route | Termini | Waterway | Operator | Frequency | Cost | Notes | |
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Stamford-Oyster Bay | Stamford South End |
Oyster Bay LIRR station |
Long Island Sound | Connecticut State Ferry | 60 min | $10 |
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Fairfield Coast | Bridgeport Downtown South |
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varies |
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Southeast Coast | Old Saybrook North Cove |
Stonington The Borough |
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Lower Connecticut River | East Haddam Town Center |
Connecticut River |
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Upper Connecticut River | Middletown Harbor Drive |
East Hartford Founders Bridge |
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New London-Norwich | New London Union Station |
Norwich Chelsea Harbor |
Thames River |
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New Haven Harbor | New Haven East Shore |
New Haven Long Wharf |
New Haven Harbor |
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$3 |
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Haverstraw-Ossining | Haverstraw South End |
Ossining MNR station |
Hudson River | NY Waterway |
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$4 |
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Newburgh-Beacon | Newburgh Waterfront |
Beacon MNR station |
$2 | ||||
Garrison-West Point | West Point South Dock |
Garrison MNR station |
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Piermont-Dobbs Ferry | Piermont Village Center |
Dobbs Ferry MNR station |
$4 |
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Perth Amboy-Tottenville | Perth Amboy Waterfront |
Tottenville SIR station |
Arthur Kill | 15 min | $2 |
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Arthur Kill Commuter | West Midtown Pier 79 |
Arthur Kill, Upper New York Bay, Hudson River | 45 min, peak only | varies |
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South Amboy | South Amboy Station Bay |
Upper New York Bay, Hudson River | $15 |
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South Shore Fast Ferry | Long Beach Bay Drive |
Reynolds Channel, Upper New York Bay | $12 |
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North Shore Fast Ferry Inner Route | Glen Cove Garvies Point |
Financial District Pier 11 |
Long Island Sound, East River | 60 min, peak only | varies |
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North Shore Fast Ferry Outer Route | Oyster Bay LIRR station |
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NY Waterway-operated routes would use NYW's current fleet of catamaran ferries. The new CTSF would use similar vessels on all routes, except for the Oyster Bay-Stamford route, which would operate larger vessels, owing to the rougher waters in the Long Island Sound. The three Long Island ferries, plus the South Amboy and Arthur Kill Commuter ferries, would operate larger and more luxurious vessels, akin to the ones NYW operated on the Belford route before Seastreak took it over.