Traffic tangles at North Ferry is the new normal
JULIE LANE PHOTO | On her first trip back to Shelter Island after many years, Ruth Lapin took it upon herself to direct traffic Thursday afternoon as vehicles legally entered the ferry line from...
View ArticleTest run proposed for North Ferry traffic
REPORTER FILE PHOTOFerry traffic correctly accessing the line to board North Ferry from Wiggins Street (at left) last August had to contend with drivers trying to cut into the line illegally from Third...
View ArticleNorth Ferry traffic flow to Island improved in Greenport
JULIE LANE PHOTOTraffic from Wiggins Street (left) is directed into the ferry line while those trying to join the line from Third Street are told to turn around and go back to Front Street unless...
View ArticleGreenport Village eyes taking over ferry parking lots
COURTESY PHOTO | Changes could be coming for parking near North Ferry on the Greenport side. The Long Island Railroad parking lots near the North Ferry dock in Greenport are free to use and do not...
View ArticleWill LIRR ever restore year-round weekend service on North Fork?
GRANT PARPAN PHOTO | A Long Island Rail Road train crosses Factory Avenue in Mattituck en route from Riverhead to Greenport. You can take a train from the North Fork to New York City on a Friday. But...
View ArticleLIRR scoot trains planned for the North Fork on hold
REPORTER FILE PHOTO |Mattituck train station Monday afternoon. Plans for so-called scoot trains, which were once envisioned as a way of increasing Long Island Rail Road service to the North Fork,...
View ArticleLIRR: Year-round weekend service on North Fork will be restored
BARBARAELLEN KOCH PHOTO Long Island Rail Road officials announced July 25 that year-round weekend train service between Penn Station and Greenport will be restored. LIRR President Patrick Nowakowski...
View ArticleColumn: Suffolk suffers with sales taxes
KARL GROSSMAN Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone’s administration intends to eliminate eight Suffolk County Transit bus routes as of October 3, including several on the East End. The routes to be...
View ArticleIsland transportation inadequate and no solutions on the horizon
REPORTER FILE PHOTOA North Ferry boat. Once in Greenport, some Islanders have no further transportation. You can’t get there from here. At least that’s the way it seems for Shelter Islanders who don’t...
View ArticleTest run proposed for North Ferry traffic
REPORTER FILE PHOTOFerry traffic correctly accessing the line to board North Ferry from Wiggins Street (at left) last August had to contend with drivers trying to cut into the line illegally from Third...
View ArticleNorth Ferry traffic flow to Island improved in Greenport
JULIE LANE PHOTOTraffic from Wiggins Street (left) is directed into the ferry line while those trying to join the line from Third Street are told to turn around and go back to Front Street unless...
View ArticleGreenport Village eyes taking over ferry parking lots
COURTESY PHOTO | Changes could be coming for parking near North Ferry on the Greenport side. The Long Island Railroad parking lots near the North Ferry dock in Greenport are free to use and do not...
View ArticleWill LIRR ever restore year-round weekend service on North Fork?
GRANT PARPAN PHOTO | A Long Island Rail Road train crosses Factory Avenue in Mattituck en route from Riverhead to Greenport. You can take a train from the North Fork to New York City on a Friday. But...
View ArticleLIRR scoot trains planned for the North Fork on hold
REPORTER FILE PHOTO |Mattituck train station Monday afternoon. Plans for so-called scoot trains, which were once envisioned as a way of increasing Long Island Rail Road service to the North Fork,...
View ArticleLIRR: Year-round weekend service on North Fork will be restored
BARBARAELLEN KOCH PHOTO Long Island Rail Road officials announced July 25 that year-round weekend train service between Penn Station and Greenport will be restored. LIRR President Patrick Nowakowski...
View ArticleColumn: Suffolk suffers with sales taxes
KARL GROSSMAN Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone’s administration intends to eliminate eight Suffolk County Transit bus routes as of October 3, including several on the East End. The routes to be...
View ArticleIsland transportation inadequate and no solutions on the horizon
REPORTER FILE PHOTOA North Ferry boat. Once in Greenport, some Islanders have no further transportation. You can’t get there from here. At least that’s the way it seems for Shelter Islanders who don’t...
View ArticleTest run proposed for North Ferry traffic
REPORTER FILE PHOTOFerry traffic correctly accessing the line to board North Ferry from Wiggins Street (at left) last August had to contend with drivers trying to cut into the line illegally from Third...
View ArticleNorth Ferry traffic flow to Island improved in Greenport
JULIE LANE PHOTOTraffic from Wiggins Street (left) is directed into the ferry line while those trying to join the line from Third Street are told to turn around and go back to Front Street unless...
View ArticleGreenport Village eyes taking over ferry parking lots
COURTESY PHOTO | Changes could be coming for parking near North Ferry on the Greenport side. The Long Island Railroad parking lots near the North Ferry dock in Greenport are free to use and do not...
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