STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — As of 6:05 a.m. today, the boroughs of Staten Island and Brooklyn are again connected by boat — the first time since the opening of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge .

On Monday, the NYC Ferry’s completely overhauled schedule went into effect . Among a number of other changes, with new routes being created and others being condensed, the new schedule established ferry service between Bay Ridge and St. George.

The first boat that left the fast ferry dock near Wall Street in St. George on Monday morning represented an end to a four-year campaign to link the two boroughs by water and the beginning of new connectivity between the communities.

“It was a long time coming,” said John Kilcullen of Tompkinsville.

“It’s connecting us to the rest of the city, and this is m

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