Rockaway Ferry
Pier 11 (Manhattan), Brooklyn Army Terminal (Sunset Park), Riis Landing (Queens)
Always looking for a new way to get out to the beach, we were excited to take the ferry from Pier 11 (just south of Wall Street) to the Rockaways. We expected the Rockaway Ferry to be something like the one that goes to Mets games (large, air conditioned, decent outdoor space). We did not expect the Rockaway Ferry to be a miserable, overcrowded, hot, slow boat to China (read that statement as both a cliche and a pun referring to Sunset Park's Chinatown, a stop on the route). Why must this trip be so difficult?
Further, the last Manhattan-returning ferry is 5pm. That makes no sense. The lifeguards work until 6pm, it's still light out, and there's no time to hit Bungalow Bar's Sunday events. That said, the ferry is so dang far from the bar it's really impossible for us to connect the two. To be true to our mission we should tell you that the patrons of the Rockaway Ferry, not including two hipsters with a seemingly unlimited supply of street hot dogs), appear to be AA, which means old enough to have experienced and learned to hate the A-train option. Again we ask, why must this trip be so difficult?
Note: We're talking about the Weekend ferry, not the Weekday commuter trip, though we believe the boat is the same.
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