If getting to LaGuardia Airport or Citi Field has ever left you cursing the traffic gods—or your Uber receipt—some much-needed relief might finally be sailing in.
In a letter to Mayor Eric Adams and Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr., Mets owner and hedge-fund billionaire Steve Cohen pitched the idea of adding two new NYC Ferry stops: one for LaGuardia and one for the Mets' baseball stadium , Bloomberg News first reported . His argument? With congestion only getting worse in the area, ferry service is a “key part of mitigating parking and traffic issues.”
Cohen’s request arrives with some heavy-hitting backup: the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, LaGuardia Gateway Partners, and NYCFC, whose new stadium is set to open in 2027 in nearby Willets Point, al