News Summary

• The ferry from Manhattan only started coming to Red Hook in 2017.
• After a slow start, ridership on a typical summer weekend day approached nearly a thousand last summer.
• Summertime visitors are mainly Manhattanites who, thanks to ferry stops in Murray Hill, the East Village, and Wall Street, are making Red Hook a favorite summertime daycation.
• Those who have caught word of the jaunt say that a day in Red Hook feels like an escape to a funky beach town a world away without having to leave the city.