Ferry Point Golf Course Finally Approved To Go From Dream To Reality
It was supposed to be a world-class golf course, designed by Jack Nicklaus, and best of all, it would cost the city next to nothing. Developers would pay for it all and recoup the cost of the city-owned course from greens fees.
But nearly 10 years and $15 million later, the Ferry Point golf course in the Bronx is still a duffer’s dream waiting to happen. And on Friday, for the first time, the city announced that it — not a private developer — would pay the unknown millions needed to complete the project.
The Parks and Recreation Department put out requests on Friday for proposal seeking a developer to build the course, at city expense, and another to operate it.
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and the city comptroller, William C. Thompson, announced the plans in a joint news release that heavily emphasized the bid for contractors, but made only glancing reference — one subordinate clause — to the fact that the city will pay for the project.
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