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Canarsie leaders
blast ferry study
NO PIER HERE: Canarsie civic leaders criticized a months-long study by the Economic Development
Corporation that determined a ferry stop should be created in Coney Island and
not in Canarsie, calling it “unfavorable to the neighborhood.” File photo by Steve Schnibbe
BY AIDAN GRAHAM
They’re hoping the city gives into pier
pressure.
Canarsie civic leaders blasted the
city after a recent meeting to explain
their decision to forego creation of a local
ferry stop.
Locals scoffed at the city’s explanation,
which was presented to the
community on April 24, saying the
neighborhood was ignored in the decision
making process.
“It was a clear demonstration of Democracy
ignored,” said Marc Want of
the Canarsie Improvement Association.
“The meeting showed us that Canarsie
was on the back burner. The petition
of over 6,000 signatures given to
Mayor de Blasio demanding ferry service
made no impact.”
The city’s decision to create a ferry
stop in Coney Island, but not at Canarsie
Pier, came after a months long study
by the Economic Development Corporation,
the city agency that oversees the
waterborne transportation system.
Councilman Alan Maisel (D–Canarsie)
criticized that study, saying it
was conducted in a way unfavorable to
the neighborhood.
“People want what they want. I
thought the EDC people were forthcoming,
but they didn’t do the kind of study
that the people of Canarsie thought
they we going to,” Maisel said.
Offi cials called ferry trips from Canarsie
Pier to Manhattan impractical
for the approximately 2,000 people who
make the trip daily, because speedier
alternatives already exist, estimating
a 65-minute travel time to Battery
Park City using alternative public
transportation.
Want pointed to the limited options
of transportation in the neighborhood
— which are often in a state of disrepair
— and accused city reps of failing
to do proper due diligence.
“It was obvious that no one actually
took a train or interviewed any of the
riders from Canarsie,” he said. “Most
Canarsie residents have to take a bus
or drive to a train stop.”
City reps also contended that a potential
Canarsie Pier ferry stop would
only service a limited number of people.
Maisel, who attended the meeting,
argued their projected ridership was
inaccurate.
“There’s that old saying, ‘If you
build it they will come.’ Maybe this is
what we need,” the councilman said.
“But now, we just need to convince the
city. I think it should be included.”
One major logistical concern city
offi cials presented involved legal access
to the pier, which is currently operated
by the National Parks services,
a federal government agency.
Maisel acknowledged the challenges
with getting permission to use the
dock, and vowed to work to work with
federal reps to secure future approval,
in the event that the city chooses to expand
ferry service further.
“We could stand on our heads from
today until next year, but it’s not going
to happen on this go around. But,
it’s going to come up again, because
the city is going to select more sites,”
he said. “In the meantime, what should
be done is to work with the National
Parks Service in advance of the possibility
of getting a ferry stop there next
time around, in two or three years.
That would be done through the offi ce
of Congressman Hakeem Jeffries.”
Want vowed to continue the fi ght to
ensure Canarsie Pier would be among
the next locations selected by the city
for ferry access.
“We are going to address this with
our political representatives and demand
a proper evaluation with collaboration
of neighborhood residents,” he
said.
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