NY WATERWAY’S FREE WEEKEND IKEA FERRY SERVICE BETWEEN MANHATTAN AND BROOKLYN RETURNS MAY 23
Weehawken, NJ (May 22, 2026) -- NY Waterway & IKEA will again offer free weekend ferry service to IKEA Brooklyn beginning Saturday, May 23. The ferry service will run on Saturdays and Sundays, providing service to and from the Midtown /W39th St terminal, Pier 11/ Wall St. terminal and IKEA Brooklyn.
The service will start with the first departure from the Midtown W39th ferry terminal at 10:30 a.m. and end with the final departure from IKEA Brooklyn at 6:20 p.m. The free NY Waterway IKEA Brooklyn ferry service will also run on Memorial Day, Monday, May 25. Full service schedules can be found at nywaterway.com/IKEA.
During the trip, ferry riders will enjoy fresh air cabins and open-air decks with panoramic views of the city while passing iconic NYC landmarks like the Statue of Liberty.
NY Waterway also provides multi-route shuttle buses that go to and from the Midtown Ferry Terminal via W57th, W50th, W42nd, W34th streets and Downtown (12th Ave) routes. The free shuttle buses can be located in real-time on the free NY Waterway App.
Get updates at 1-800-53-FERRY (7am-11am Monday through Friday), nywaterway.com, facebook.com/nywaterway or twitter.com/ridetheferry
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.