CITY HALL -- The city will open a kiosk at the Staten Island Ferry for authorized ticket sales to the Statue of Liberty amid the de Blasio administration attempting to crack down on ticket hawking.

But the kiosk will be limited to just one vendor -- Statue Cruises -- which is the only tour operator that actually pulls up to the Statue of Liberty island and has a contract with the National Parks Service to do so.

Other tour operators will not be permitted to sell tickets out of the kiosk, which will be located on the Whitehall side of the Staten Island Ferry on parkland. The city has yet to come up with a timeline for the kiosk’s opening.

Illicit ticket sales have remained a problem, particularly at the Whitehall Terminal, for years. Ticket vendors have gotten into fights, assaulted tourists, and tricked others into buying tickets to ride the free Staten Island Ferry.

In recent months, the city’s Economic Development Corp. banned companies that use city docks from using ticket sellers to sell their tickets and is working with the NYPD to enforce the ban.

“The goal of the yet-to-be-finalized use of a kiosk is to provide a centrally visible location where visitors to The Battery interested in purchasing tickets to Liberty Island can, and without confusion,” said Parks spokeswoman Crystal Howard.

“This second ticketing location will put the only authorized Liberty Island ticket seller in The Battery right by a transit hub, and at a crucial park entrance. The kiosk plan is just one element in a comprehensive effort put forth by this administration to address errant ticket sellers who aggressively harass visitors,” Howard continued.

Other tour boat operators often sell tickets for boat rides that only take customers around the Statue of Liberty without telling customers they won’t actually stop on the island.

The addition of the new kiosk was announced as part of a larger crackdown on ticket hawking by the mayor last week that will involve several city agencies.

There is currently one other Statue of Liberty kiosk located at Castle Clinton.

GETTING SCAMMED

The de Blasio administration announced the efforts just days after Alec Baldwin and his family were scammed into paying for a cruise that took them to New Jersey and around the Statue of Liberty.

But the de Blasio administration insisted its crackdown was not in response to Baldwin’s recent encounter but part of efforts that had been underway for months. Instead, City Hall said the announcement was made Tuesday because of “increased media inquiries.”

Over the summer, an assemblywoman from Manhattan was also harassed by several Statue of Liberty ticket hawkers as she said cops stood idly by and told her there was nothing they could do.

In addition to the kiosk, the Parks Department is working on adding more signage around the ferry to let visitors know where they can purchase tickets for Statue of Liberty excursions as well as additional information on legitimate ticket sellers.

The Department of Consumer Affairs is also finalizing rules to overhaul how ticket hawkers operate around the Staten Island Ferry and Battery Park by making it mandatory for hawkers to disclose on tickets that their trips do not land on Ellis Island or the Statue of Liberty.

DCA is currently finalizing those rules and is also exploring legal options against companies caught taking advantage of customers.