TICKETS ON SALE NOW FOR NY WATERWAY’S NEW HARBOR TOURS, OFFERING BREATHTAKING VIEWS AND TOUR-GUIDED INSIGHTS INTO WORLD-FAMOUS NYC LANDMARKS AND ICONIC SKYLINE

Weehawken, NJ (March 4) -- NY Waterway, which operates the largest ferry fleet between New Jersey and New York, announced that it is launching NY Waterway Harbor Tours, daily guided tours that will offer passengers breathtaking on-water views and fascinating insights from expert tour guides into New York City’s most iconic landmarks and spectacular skyline. Tickets can be purchased online at NYW Harbor Tours

Beginning Saturday, March 28, the 80-minute NY Waterway Harbor Tours will take passengers around New York Harbor and the lower Hudson River, providing unobstructed views of world-famous landmarks, including the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, Brooklyn Bridge, Freedom Tower and more. Led by informative tour guides who will provide commentary and historical facts, the five daily tours will feature comfortable top-deck seating and snacks and bar service aboard the Franklin D. Roosevelt, a 109-Foot Catamaran.

“Nobody knows this great city and its waterways better than NY Waterway, and we are excited to offer New York’s best scenic river tour,” said NY Waterway President and CEO Armand Pohan. “Our Harbor Tours will provide visitors and locals alike with an unrivaled, new way to experience New York City’s history and majesty.”

Tickets are on sale now. Harbor Tour tickets are $35 for adults and $29 for seniors, military, and kids. NYW Harbor Tours

Tours will depart daily from Pier 78 at 12th Ave & W37th Street in Manhattan (behind the Javits Center and next door to the Midtown Ferry Terminal) beginning March 28.

Tour departure times:

10:00 a.m.

11:30 a.m.

1:30 p.m.

3:30 p.m.

5:15 p.m.

Special Combo Ticket Discount

For people in New Jersey looking to avoid driving into the city, for only $10 more, NY Waterway is offering discounted Ferry-Tour Combo Tickets, which include reduced price (over 50% discount) round-trip ferry tickets between New Jersey (Port Imperial or Lincoln Harbor in Weehawken, or Hoboken 14th St. ferry terminals) and the Midtown W39th St. ferry terminal, together with Harbor Tour tickets.

NY Waterway also provides free multi-route shuttles throughout Manhattan, to and from the Midtown W39th ferry terminal which is directly next door to the Pier 78 tour departures.

Affordable indoor parking is available at Port Imperial Weehawken, and NJ TRANSIT rail and bus connections are available at Port Imperial, Hoboken NJ TRANSIT and Paulus Hook in Jersey City.

About NY Waterway

NY Waterway operates the nation’s largest privately owned commuter ferry service, including the biggest fleet traveling between New Jersey and New York. Every day, NY Waterway’s ferries, together with its free shuttle buses in New York and New Jersey, provide tens of thousands of commuters with safe, fast, convenient and reliable transit service.

NY Waterway ferry routes feature daily service between terminals in Hoboken, Jersey City, Weehawken, Edgewater and South Amboy in New Jersey and Midtown, Battery Park City and Wall Street in Manhattan. In cooperation with MTA Metro North Railroad, ferries bring commuters from the west side of the Hudson River in Haverstraw to the Hudson Line station Ossining.

NY Waterway continues to evolve and innovate, adding new routes to meet changing commuter demand and upgrading its fleet to utilize hybrid-electric power.

Celebrating 40 Years

Founded in 1986, NY Waterway is celebrating four decades of exceptional service. NY Waterway ferries regularly provide 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. Ferry crews have also rescued more than 300 people from New York waters, most notably the 2009 rescue of 143 people from US Airways Flight 1549, the Miracle on the Hudson.

For more information and service alerts, visit https://www.nywaterway.com/ and follow @nywaterway and @ridetheferry.