Two New York City Council members have introduced legislation to restore ferry service between Staten Island and Brooklyn.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- For decades, Staten Islanders have endured one of the longest commutes in the country, as thousands of residents spend hours each day making their way to and from Manhattan.

James Keivom The city has continued sailing one of its new Staten Island Ferries even ... The Michael H. Ollis ferry, one of three state-of-the-art 4,500-passenger ships that cost city taxpayers ...

A crowd of people wait at the Staten Island entrance of the ferry to the Battery in Manhattan in 1895. Ferry passengers arriving at Whitehall Street with Royal Blue Line ticket office and ...