Bridge Street Ferry
The Bridge Street Ferry was a ferry route connecting Manhattan and Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City, United States, joining James Slip (Manhattan) and Bridge Street (Brooklyn) across the East River.
History
[edit]The ferry was established by the Brooklyn Ferry Company on July 1, 1864, running over a similar route to the old Roosevelt Street Ferry, which ran to Bridge Street until 1859.[1][2][3] The route was discontinued in early 1874, due to the failure of a bill to improve Bridge Street.[4]
Today, the site of the Bridge Street Ferry Pier is within a Con Ed substation. The site of the James Slip Ferry Pier is in the Alfred E. Smith Houses a NYCHA housing complex next to the Brooklyn Bridge.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Another Ferry to New York". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. 21 April 1864. p. 2.
- ^ "A New Ferry". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. 30 June 1864. p. 2.
- ^ "Brooklyn Ferries". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. 18 July 1870. p. 2.
- ^ "Bridge Street". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. 22 May 1874. p. 2.