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South Ferry

Manhattan
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ELEVATOR OUTAGEFully accessible

Current outages

  • mezzanine to platform for uptown service
    Reason: Maintenance
    Estimated return: 04/20/2026 06:00:00 AM

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Elevators

2 elevators listed by the MTA.

Street → Mezzanine

  • Elevator
    Street to mezzanine for uptown service
    plaza in front of Staten Island Ferry Terminal (east side) to mezzanine for uptown service
    #EL730
    If this elevator is out

    If you are on the street: Take an uptown M55 (State St & Whitehall St) to Church and Vesey St. Use elevators in Oculus to reach WTC Cortlandt St 1 Station. If you are on the mezzanine: See a station agent to re-enter through the faregate and take an uptown 1 to Chambers St. Then use elevators to exit the station and take a downtown M20 bus (Chambers St and Hudson St) to South Ferry.

Mezzanine ↔ Platform

  • Elevator
    Mezzanine to platform
    mezzanine to platform for uptown service
    #EL731
    If this elevator is out

    If you are on the mezzanine: Exit faregate and use elevator to exit station. Take an uptown M55 (State St & Whitehall St) to Church and Vesey St. Use elevators in Oculus to reach WTC Cortlandt St 1 Station. If you are on the platform: Take an uptown 1 to Chambers St. Then use elevators to exit the station and take a downtown M20 bus (Chambers St and Hudson St) to South Ferry.

Escalators

10 escalatorsat this station. Useful if you can't manage stairs but don't need an elevator (e.g. heavy suitcase). Not wheelchair accessible.

  • Escalator
    Mezzanine to 1 platform
    mezzanine (State St & Pearl St) to platform for uptown 1 service
    #ES374
  • Escalator
    1 mezzanine to street
    1 mezzanine to State St & Pearl St (SW corner)
    #ES375
  • Escalator
    1 platform to 1/R/W mezzanine
    1 platform to mezzanine for Peter Minuit Plaza exit and R/W service
    #ES372
  • Escalator
    1 mezzanine to street
    1 mezzanine to Peter Minuit Plaza
    #ES373
  • Escalator
    1/R/W mezzanine to street
    1/R/W mezzanine to Peter Minuit Plaza in front of South Ferry Terminal
    #ES370
  • Escalator
    1/R/W mezzanine to 1 platform
    1/R/W mezzanine to platform for uptown 1 service
    #ES371
  • Escalator
    Street to 1/R/W mezzanine
    Peter Minuit Plaza to mezzanine for 1 and R/W service
    #ES369
  • Escalator
    R/W lower mezzanine to 1/R/W upper mezzanine
    R/W lower mezzanine to upper mezzanine for Water St & Whitehall St exit and uptown 1 service
    #ES351
  • Escalator
    Lower mezzanine to upper mezzanine
    lower mezzanine to upper mezzanine for Stone St & Whitehall St exit
    #ES312
  • Escalator
    1/R/W upper mezzanine to R/W lower mezzanine
    1/R/W upper mezzanine (Water St & Whitehall St) to lower mezzanine for R/W service
    #ES311

Real-time tip: elevator status here can lag a few minutes. For the latest official status, check the MTA accessibility page or the MTA app.