Dredging had been paused for winter flounder spawning-a seasonal fish restriction. This spring, after the custom-made ferry landing was already afloat, the EDC announced that all the sand (and more) dredged at the end of 2021 had come back, and that work would be halted so that other potential sites for a Coney Island ferry could be investigated. The new multi-million dollar ferry landing off Kaiser Park. “There is no record of a ferry vessel running aground, even briefly, in our past test runs to Coney Island,” he said. Bill Buckley, Vice President of Marine Operations at Hornblower, which operates the ferry, disputed this. An eyewitness told Hell Gate he saw a test ferry get caught on sand in a shallow area near the mouth of the creek last November, and watched it gun its engine to free itself. EDC contractors had also dredged the creek to make it navigable, but the relentless tidal inflow of sand made that a Sisyphean effort. It was a startling development, given that a gleaming, multi-million dollar ferry landing is currently floating in Coney Island Creek at Kaiser Park, freshly constructed by the EDC for the ferry route it was now saying was untenable. The announcement was made last month at a Community Board 13 meeting by the City's nonprofit arm that runs the ferry, the New York City Economic Development Corporation. After years of planning and millions of dollars in public spending, there won't be a NYC Ferry stop in Coney Island after all.
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