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Map from 1847 showing the routes of ferries in Lower Manhattan, Jersey City, Hoboken, and Brooklyn.
The following ferries cross or once crossed the East River in New York City .
Manhattan–Brooklyn–Queens–Manhattan
Manhattan–Brooklyn–Queens
Manhattan–Brooklyn
One of the first documented team boats in commercial service in the United States was "put in service in 1814 on a run between Brooklyn and Manhattan ."[1] It took "8 to 18 minutes to cross the East River and carried an average of 200 passengers, plus horses and vehicles."[1] Team boats served New York City for "about ten years, from 1814-1824. They were of eight horse-power and crossed the rivers in from twelve to twenty minutes."[2]
Name
Manhattan end
Intermediate stops
Brooklyn end
Operated
Bay Ridge Ferry
South Ferry
65th Street, Bay Ridge
New York and South Brooklyn Ferry
Battery Maritime Building , formerly known as Municipal Ferry Pier
39th Street Ferry Terminal , South Brooklyn
to 1935
Hamilton Avenue Ferry
South Ferry
Hamilton Avenue, South Brooklyn
1846 – ????
South Ferry
South Ferry (Atlantic Avenue), Downtown Brooklyn
1836 – ????
Wall Street Ferry
Wall Street Ferry Terminal
Montague Street, Downtown Brooklyn
1853–1912
Fulton Ferry
Fulton Slip , earlier Broad Street, then Maiden Lane
Fulton Ferry , earlier Joralemon Street, Downtown Brooklyn
ca. 1650 – ????
Peck Slip Ferry
Peck Slip
Broadway, Williamsburg
1836–1860
Roosevelt Street Ferry
Roosevelt Street
Bridge Street, Downtown Brooklyn
1853–1859
Roosevelt Street, earlier James Slip
Broadway, earlier South Tenth Street, Williamsburg
1857 – ????
South Brooklyn Ferry
Pier 11/Wall Street
Governors Island ; Fulton Ferry ; Atlantic Avenue ; Red Hook ; Sunset Park
Bay Ridge
2017–present
Bridge Street Ferry
James Slip
Bridge Street, Downtown Brooklyn
1864–1874
Catherine Ferry
Catherine Slip
Main Street, Downtown Brooklyn
1795 – ????
Gouverneur Street Ferry
Gouverneur Slip
Bridge Street, earlier Hudson Avenue, Downtown Brooklyn
ca. 1850 – 1857
Navy Yard Ferry
Jackson Slip
Hudson Avenue, Downtown Brooklyn
1817 – ca. 1850; 1859–1868
Broadway Ferry
Grand Street
Broadway, Williamsburg
1851 – ????
Grand Street Ferry
Grand Street, Williamsburg
ca. 1797 – ????
North Second Street Ferry
Rivington Street
Metropolitan Avenue, Williamsburg
ca. 1805 – ca. 1815
Houston Street Ferry
Houston Street
Grand Street, Williamsburg
1840 – ????
Tenth Street Ferry
10th Street
Greenpoint Avenue, Greenpoint
1852 – ????
14th Street
23rd Street Ferry
23rd Street
Broadway, Williamsburg
23rd Street Ferry
23rd Street
Greenpoint Avenue, Greenpoint
1857 – ????
42nd Street Ferry
42nd Street
Broadway, Williamsburg
1901–1909
Manhattan–Queens
The Bronx–Queens
See also
References