Starting Monday, October 19, 2026, passengers on the same NYC Ferry boat out of Clason Point Park will pay very different prices for the same ride, depending on how they bought their tickets.
The headline number is the one-way fare, which goes from $4.50 to $5.00. The ten-trip pack goes up $1, and that rise is small enough that a pack ride still costs the same $3 as the subway or a local bus. The increase falls mostly on occasional riders, and the city wrote it that way on purpose.
Two prices for the same ride, before and after
NYC Ferry posted the new fares on September 28. The NYC Economic Development Corporation gave the before-and-after figures in its announcement.
| Ticket | Through Oct. 18, 2026 | Starting Oct. 19, 2026 | Per-ride cost after |
|---|---|---|---|
| One-way | $4.50 | $5.00 | $5.00 |
| Ten-trip pack | $29.00 | $30.00 | $3.00 |
| Ferry Discount Program one-way | $1.45 | $1.50 | $1.50 |
| Two-day unlimited | $15.00 | $15.00, now permanent | depends on use |
A single ride goes up about 11 percent, while a pack ride goes up about 3 percent, from $2.90 to $3.00. EDC says the base fare takes "the largest increase" because occasional riders use it most, while the smaller increases protect frequent riders and people in the Ferry Discount Program. The agency's stated reason is inflation in operating costs.
This is also the second increase in a short time. Time Out New York reported that the $4.50 fare took effect in September 2024, up from $4, which makes this the second increase in just over two years. According to The Rockaway Times, the EDC board approved the change on September 30. News 12 Bronx covered the proposal the day before.
Where the pack starts to pay off
The gap between the two ways of paying is getting wider. Ten single rides cost $45 under the old fares and $50 under the new ones, while a ten-trip pack costs $30. The difference used to be $16 and is now $20.
The break-even point stays about the same. At $5 a ride, six single tickets cost $30, the same as a pack, so the pack starts saving money on the seventh ride. Under the old fares the pack also came out ahead at seven rides.
The deadline matters as well. According to NYC Ferry's ticketing information, every ticket expires 90 days after purchase. So the comparison is really six single rides against seven or more within about three months. We didn't find a separate rule for packs bought before October 19, so the general 90-day policy is the guidance we can point to.
Two smaller changes affect households along the route:
- The $15 two-day unlimited ticket is now a permanent fare, which simplifies a weekend of rides with out-of-town guests.
- Since September 1, 2026, students in grades 6 through 8 can get discounted weekday ferry trips to and from school, just as high school students already could. EDC estimates about 200,000 more students now qualify. They get discount codes through their NYC Schools Accounts.
November 1 is the next date on the calendar
The fare change comes in the middle of a schedule that ends soon. NYC Ferry's fall timetable runs from September 14 through November 1, 2026. It changes weekend service across the system to match seasonal ridership, and Rockaway–Soundview is one of the routes named for weekend frequency changes. The route page lists Monday through Friday and Saturday through Sunday times separately, and the weekend tab is the one that changed for fall.
As of October 12, our research turned up no schedule for after November 1. Last year NYC Ferry announced the winter change on October 20, 2025, for service starting November 3, 2025. That timing is only a sign of when this year's notice might come. It says nothing about what the new schedule will be.
So the fare structure is settled for the season, but the times aren't. Anyone choosing between single tickets and a pack can do the price math now. They can't yet tell how many convenient Soundview departures there will be in November.
The park calendar near the landing, by fare
The landing is in Clason Point Park, Bronx 10473. It has bike racks and a BX27 stop at the landing, with the BX39 at Cornell and Soundview avenues and Access-A-Ride pickup at 9 Soundview Avenue. Soundview Park's fall events are close by, and they happen to fall on both sides of the fare change and the schedule change.
Saturday, October 17. The Great Pumpkin Spooktacular takes place at the park entrance at Lafayette Avenue and Morrison Avenue. It's free, and it's the last Saturday at the $4.50 single fare. NYRR Open Run meets at the same entrance that morning from 8:45 to 11 a.m.
Tuesday, October 20. A free tree planting takes place in the park on the second day of the new fares.
Saturdays, October 24 and 31 and November 7. Open Run continues at Lafayette and Morrison. The first two dates fall on the fall schedule at the new fare. November 7 falls under whatever schedule follows.
Sunday, November 8. A free Fall Foliage Hike starts at Lafayette Avenue and Colgate Avenue. It's the first event on this list that falls entirely after the fall timetable ends.
Kids in Motion also runs at Metcalf Playground on October 13, 14 and 15 from 3 to 6 p.m.
Projects on the waterfront that will take years
The shoreline around the landing is on a much longer timeline than the fares.
At the end of Underhill Avenue near U Street, NYC Parks has started the Bolton Point Coastal Habitat Restoration and Park Construction project. It will restore coastal wetland and upland maritime habitat and add an entry, a pathway and a plaza. The city's capital project tracker shows construction began in July 2026 and is at 0 percent, with completion projected for January 2028. Treat that date as a projection. It's the only active capital project NYC Parks lists for Soundview Park.
Offshore work has been going on longer. Billion Oyster Project counts Soundview Park as an active Bronx reef site. It reports that 31 million oysters had been placed there and an estimated 5.3 to 9.1 million were surviving as of 2025, when it also recorded oysters settling on the reef naturally. The Bronx River Alliance held a Soundview Restoration Day at the Lafayette–Morrison entrance on September 19, 2026, with litter removal and native plantings.
For more on how the borough's parks and shoreline shape everyday life, see our guide to Bronx waterfront and parkside living.
Two places to eat near the landing
NYC Ferry's own Soundview travel guide lists two restaurants within walking distance of the boat. Maravillas Bar & Grill serves Ecuadorian dishes, including ceviche and soups, about a 13-minute walk from the stop. Lechonera El Sazon Criollo serves Puerto Rican food for breakfast, lunch and dinner, about a 17-minute walk away. If you have guests on a two-day ticket, either works as a stop on the walk to or from the boat.
If you're weighing the ferry against other routes into Manhattan, our breakdown of Bronx-to-Manhattan commute options puts the Soundview landing alongside the subway and express bus.
Soundview's ferry costs and schedule change around the same time the park's fall calendar fills up, and at Legacy Group we track these details for the neighborhoods our clients call home. If you're thinking about how transit near Clason Point fits your plans in Soundview or elsewhere in the borough, reach out to our team and find your piece of the Bronx.
