16 COURIER LIFE, JULY 2-8, 2021
New IKEA ferry
line to launch
this weekend
The Red Hook IKEA. Photo by Luigi Novi via Wikimedia Commons
BY BEN BRACHFELD
All aboard!
Starting this weekend,
IKEA will now have
two different free ferry
lines stopping at its Red
Hook wharf.
NY Waterway announced
that it would
be launching a ferry service
on Saturday to take
shoppers from Manhattan
to the Swedish furniture
giant’s Brooklyn
location.
“We hope to make
the trip to IKEA a little
bit easier and a lot more
pleasant with a free ferry
ride from our Manhattan
terminals,” said Armand
Pohan, president,
CEO and chairman of
NY Waterway in a June
30 statement. We’re excited
to partner with
IKEA to launch this new
service for the summer.”
The boat will have
three ports of call in
Manhattan: at Pier 79
in Midtown, Brookfi eld
Place in Battery Park
City, and Pier 11 in the
Financial District, before
making its way to
IKEA. You can read the
schedule here.
The service is separate
from the existing
NY Water Taxi, which
also provides a free ferry
service to IKEA from
Pier 11.
The new line is also
separate from NYC
Ferry, the city’s public
network of ferry routes
operated by Hornblower.
“We are excited to reintroduce
our ferry service
to our customers after
a year off,” said Mike
Baker, New York market
manager for IKEA.
“At IKEA we believe that
sustainability, accessibility
and affordability
should be included in every
aspect of our customers’
journey.”
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