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NYC Ferry is a public network of ferry routes in New York City operated by Hornblower Cruises. As of August 2023, there are six routes, as well as one seasonal route, connecting 25 ferry piers across all five boroughs. NYC Ferry has the largest passenger fleet in the United States with a total of 38 vessels, providing between 20 and 90 minute ...
On weekdays, 2 trains ran via the IRT Lexington Avenue Line between 149th Street–Grand Concourse and Nevins Street uptown from 5:00 a.m. to midnight and downtown from midnight to 5:00 a.m. [26] On October 3, 1999, the 2 began running local in Manhattan during late night hours so local stations would receive service every ten minutes. [27]
1851–1853 [10] 34th Street Ferry. East 34th Street Ferry Landing. Hunters Point Ferry Terminal. East River Ferry Company, April 20, 1859 – July 1887 [11] Metropolitan Ferry Company, July 1887 – April 1, 1892 [12] Long Island Rail Road, April 1, 1892 – March 3, 1925 [13] East 34th Street Vehicular Ferry.
Calls for a new ferry on a more southerly route were first brought up before the New York City Council in 1825, the proposal being commonly known as the "New South Ferry" since 1826, [1] but progress stalled until the issue was taken up by the City of Brooklyn in 1833. [2] The South Ferry Company established the South Ferry on May 16, 1836 to ...
toward East 90th Street. The Brooklyn Navy Yard Ferry Terminal is located at Dock 72 in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and opened on May 21, 2019. It is served by the Astoria route in both directions. Nearby, connections are available to the B67 bus within the Navy Yard, and the B57, B62, and B69 buses along Flushing Avenue.
New York Waterway has announced that children can ride free on all ferry routes between New Jersey and Manhattan this summer, starting July 5 and running through Labor Day, Sept. 2.
The Fulton Ferry was the first steam ferry route connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn, New York City, United States, joining Fulton Street, Manhattan, and Fulton Street, Brooklyn, across the East River. It revolutionized travel between the then City of New York on Manhattan Island and the Village of Brooklyn and the rest of Long Island.
Circumnavigation of Manhattan became possible in 1905 with the construction of the Harlem Ship Canal, the first regularly scheduled trip being the Tourist captained by John Roberts in 1908. On June 15, 1945, Frank Barry, Joe Moran and other partners merged several companies to form Circle-Line Sightseeing Yachts , offering boat tours of New ...