Yonkers-to-Manhattan ferry service to end

Ken Valenti
klvalent@lohud.com

YONKERS — New York Water Taxi will end its service from Yonkers to Manhattan at the end of the month, the company announced.

Since May 2007, the yellow ferries have ushered people to work from Yonkers in twice daily runs. But it never garnered enough passengers to make the service profitable without the state and federal grants secured with help from Yonkers to get the service started.

Facing shutdown, it was granted an additional $300,000 loan from the Empire State Development Corp in July. Early on, the ferries also connected with Haverstraw in Rockland County, but that part of the service ended when it failed to attract a large following.

The last day of the Yonkers-Manhattan service will be Dec. 31, according to a notice on the company's Web site.