Kinda cool…
FLUSHING, N.Y., April 27, 2010 – Delta Air Lines (DAL), the official airline and proud sponsor of the New York Mets, together with New York Water Taxi are launching free Water Taxi service to every regularly scheduled home game at Citi Field for the rest of the 2010 season. Delta’s Baseball Water Taxi service, the area’s only complimentary public transportation to the games, begins today Tuesday, April 27 with a 5:40 p.m. departure from Pier 11 at Wall Street for the second game of the Mets-Dodgers doubleheader. Mets rightfielder Jeff Francoeur helped christen the vessel earlier today.
But beware…
Please note: service is only provided to the game; there is no post-game return service back to Manhattan. Fans can take mass transit home from Mets games. The 7 train is the fast, convenient, and “green” way to travel back to Manhattan following the game. For more details visit www.mta.info and click on “Take the Train to the Game”â„¢ or call New York City Transit at 718-330-1234.
So while the temptation is to get irate “what there’s no trip home!” think about it…you work downtown, hop a nice easy ferry. Â You get home however you were going to in the first place.
That is f’ing cool.
I used to take the old NY Waterway ferry service to Shea sometimes when I had my old Sunday plan. I remember using it each season from 1999 through 2002, and there were times that it was sold out on Sundays when I was going.
However, I would get on that ferry at the East 90th Street dock, which isn’t going to be served by the new service. Too bad, as it was a much easier way to get from Yorkville to a Mets game…