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The Midtown ferry proved successful until the city made the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT)'s Staten Island Ferry fare-free in mid-1997. [28] As a result, daily ridership on the $5-per-ticket Midtown ferry decreased to 400 passengers, and New York Fast Ferry was unable to make a profit on the route.
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." [10]In 1812, two steam boats designed by Robert Fulton were placed in use in New York, for the Paulus Hook Ferry from the foot of Cortlandt Street, and on the Hoboken Ferry from the foot of Barclay Street.
Circle Line Brooklyn - purpose-built in 2009. Circle Line Queens - purpose-built in 2009. The Beast - speedboat that entered service with Circle Line in 2011. Circle Line Bronx - built by Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding and delivered in January 2017. [8] Circle Line Staten Island - built by Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding and delivered in May 2017. [9]
NY Waterway, or New York Waterway, is a private transportation company running ferry and bus service in the Port of New York and New Jersey and in the Hudson Valley.The company utilizes public-private partnership with agencies such as the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, New Jersey Transit, New York City Department of Transportation, and Metropolitan Transportation Authority to ...
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 ...
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The Weehawken was the last ferry to the West Shore Railroad's Weehawken Terminal on March 25, 1959 at 1:10 am., [8] ending a century of continuous service from 42nd Street.In 1981 Arthur Edward Imperatore, Sr., trucking magnate, purchased a 2.5-mile (4.0 km) length of the Weehawken waterfront from the bankrupt Penn Central for $7.5 million and in 1986 established New York Waterway, [9] with a ...
By 1967, the St. George–Whitehall route was the sole remaining ferry route in New York City. [56] As early as 1972, city officials proposed replacing the St. George and Whitehall terminals with facilities that contained six slips, although officials did not plan to rebuild either terminal until 2000. [ 57 ]