The Haverstraw–Ossining Ferry is a passenger ferry over the

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and

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, which connects Haverstraw with Ossining in the U.S. state of

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. The ferry operates during

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s on weekdays only, primarily transporting commuters from the west side of the river to the Ossining Metro-North Railroad station on the east side, where they can transfer to

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trains headed to

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in New York City, or Croton-Harmon and

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, via its Hudson Line. The ferry has been in operation since September 2000.

Docks

Haverstraw

The Haverstraw dock is located south of the village of Haverstraw, adjacent to the Harbors at Haverstraw development. Transport of Rockland's (TOR) 97 route deviates to serve this development, and also connects to the ferry dock. On weekends, TOR operates a shuttle to Nyack and the Palisades Center, timing with ferries. In addition, the 91 and 95 routes serve a stop in the center of the village, approximately north of the dock. In December 2024, a new

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in Haverstraw opened.

Ossining

The Ossining dock is located in Henry Gourdine Park, west of the Ossining Metro-North station. In addition to Hudson Line trains, connections are also available at Ossining to the

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's 13 and 19 routes, which board at a busway on the east side of the station.

Operation

The

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, New Jersey–based

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ferry company has been operating the ferry under contract from the

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(along with the Newburgh-Beacon Ferry upstream) since its incarnation on September 5, 2000.Donohue, Pete; August 30, 2000
ROCKLAND-OSSINING FERRY PLAN
'' Daily News''; retrieved August 20, 2008. These two ferries are collectively branded as Ferry Rail Link, but this name is not used in common parlance. The ferry operates exclusively in the AM and PM rush hours, with service operating in both directions during both AM and PM hours. The fare is $4.50 per person ($2.25 for seniors and children 6 to 11 years old) and can either be purchased at the ticket booth at Haverstraw dock, or paid in cash only on board. A 10-trip ticket costs $38.75, and a monthly pass costs $100. UniTickets for combined ferry and rail travel are also available: to Grand Central, this costs $121 for a weekly pass and $343.50 for a monthly pass. The trip across the river takes approximately 15 minutes. The ferry operates at 20% of its full capacity on each trip, with 550 passengers per day .Ossining Public Transit; March 1, 2007
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'' Village of Ossining''; retrieved August 20, 2008Haverstraw Ferry Letter - New York State; May 1, 2009

'' Haverstraw (village), New York, Village of Haverstraw''; retrieved October 26, 2011 On May 10, 2024, the MTA announced that it would implement a pilot program on June 30, 2024 to lower the cost of the monthly UniTicket by 79 percent from $43.75 to $13.75 and that, on May 25, ferry service would begin to operate on weekends between 9:30 a.m. and 9:30 p.m..

Fleet

The ferry currently uses various catamarans in New York Waterway's fleet, including ''Peter R. Weiss'', ''Brooklyn'', and ''Christopher Columbus''. The ferry's usual vessel, the ''Admiral Richard E. Bennis'', has been undergoing renovations in Mamaroneck, New York, since August 2022. On January 15, 2009, the ''Admiral Richard E. Bennis'' was among the many ships that helped evacuate stranded passengers of

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on the Hudson River between New Jersey and

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. Due to ice conditions on Haverstraw Bay which prompted NY Waterway to suspend service on the ferry that day, it was one of the vessels readily available for use at NY Waterway's main storage facility near the incident in Weehawken.

Gallery

File:TOR Bus.JPG, A Transport of Rockland bus at the Haverstraw Village ferry dock. File:Henry Gourdine Park; Havestraw Ferry Dock.jpg, The Ossining Village ferry dock at Henry Gourdine Park. File:Peter R. Weiss, Haverstraw-Ossining Ferry.jpg, ''Peter R. Weiss'' at the Haverstraw dock in March 2023. File:The "Admiral Richard E. Bennis" at Haverstraw.jpg, ''Admiral Richard E. Bennis'' at the Haverstraw dock in July 2008.

References

External links

Haverstraw terminal
, NY Waterway
Ossining terminal
, NY Waterway {{DEFAULTSORT:Haverstraw-Ossining Ferry Crossings of the Hudson River Ferries of New York (state) Hudson River Transportation in Rockland County, New York Transportation in Westchester County, New York Ossining, New York 2000 establishments in New York (state)