NY Waterway Concludes Successful Cross-Honored Ferry Service During February PATH Hoboken Station Closure

Ridership Grew by More Than 200% on Various Routes
Expanded Weekday Morning Service from Hoboken 14th Street and Port Imperial to Brookfield Place is Being Implemented in Response to Increased Demand

Weehawken, NJ (February 25, 2025) – NY Waterway, which operates the largest ferry fleet between New Jersey and New York, today concluded its highly successful collaboration to provide expanded, cross-honored service during this month’s Hoboken PATH Station closure. Ridership rose by more than 200 percent at times on various routes during the closure period.

Between January 31 and February 24, NY Waterway increased its service -- including additional peak service between Hoboken and Manhattan, extra crosstown bus service, extended operating hours at Hoboken terminals and an added weekend route -- and offered special discounted $3 tickets to help PATH customers during the Hoboken PATH Station closure. In response to greater-than-expected demand during this period, NY Waterway then added additional ferry service between Hoboken Terminal and Brookfield Place. NY Waterway served thousands of PATH commuters during the PATH closure period.

Beginning today, NY Waterway will add a third vessel to its Port Imperial and Hoboken 14th Street to Brookfield Place weekday morning service, providing commuters with significantly increased frequency – also in response to the popularity of this month’s enhanced service. In addition, NY Waterway will continue its new Downtown Bus service from the Midtown West 39th Street Ferry Terminal that was launched when the Hoboken PATH temporarily closed on January 31.

“Our partnership with PATH to provide continued, convenient service for commuters to and from Manhattan during the construction period was a tremendous success,” said NY Waterway President and CEO Armand Pohan. “Despite the cold weather, we experienced significant increases in ridership and saw a new level of demand for service, especially between Hoboken and Lower Manhattan. We’re pleased to expand that service to meet our customers’ ongoing needs.”

About NY Waterway

Founded by Arthur Imperatore, Sr. in 1986, NY Waterway operates the nation’s largest privately-owned commuter ferry service. Prior to the pandemic shutdown, NY Waterway carried more than 32,000 passengers each weekday on 23 routes across the Hudson River, bringing New Jersey commuters to Manhattan and back. In cooperation with MTA Metro North Railroad, ferries bring commuters from the west side of the Hudson River in Newburgh and Haverstraw to the Hudson Line stations in Beacon and Ossining. On dozens of occasions, NY Waterway ferries have provided emergency service when public transit systems are disrupted. On 9/11, NY Waterway ferries evacuated more than 150,000 people from Manhattan, part of the largest maritime evacuation in history. In August 2003, when a massive blackout shut down all Hudson River crossings, NY Waterway carried 160,000 people home to New Jersey. Ferry crews have also rescued more than 300 people from New York waters, most notably the 143 people rescued from US Airways Flight 1549, the Miracle on the Hudson in 2009, the most successful marine rescue in aviation history. Get updates at 1-800-53-FERRY (7am - 11am Monday - Friday), nywaterway.com, facebook.com/nywaterway or twitter.com/ridetheferry.