James Barker snuck into the Sag Harbor Village Harbor Committee meeting 15 minutes late on Monday afternoon, having underestimated the amount of traffic he would battle driving from Manhattan to the East End. That very experience is one Barker would like to relieve for New York City commuters looking for a way to get to the East End each summer weekend without sitting for hours on the Sunrise Highway.
Barker’s company, SeaStreak, has proposed providing weekly ferry service to Sag Harbor from Manhattan, departing the city from Wall Street and midtown on Friday at 5 p.m. and arriving at Long Wharf at 7:30 p.m. The passenger-only ferry would depart Sag Harbor on Sunday at 5 p.m. While Barker said his company initially was seeking approval to run one ferry a week, he noted if demand was there they would seek to add additional ferries to the line.
“We did a survey of our customers — about 5,000 people — asking where they would like to travel in the summertime,” said Barker. “We found out they would like to come here, so we thought we would see if you were open to that idea.”
SeaStreak proposed a trial run of the ferry service on Friday, July 10, and said they would limit the number of passengers on the ferry to 300. No cars would travel on the ship. The cost for a round trip ticket would be $125…
Very interesting. Who do we contact to learn more or possibly book a ticket for the trial run?
Hmm… do we really think this will happen?