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The Union Ferry Company's ferryboat Farragut on the Fulton Ferry route, ca. 1900 Map from 1847 showing the route of the Fulton Ferry.. 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.
View of Fulton Ferry, L.I. From U.S. Hotel, in Lower Manhattan, New York, 1845. Though boats and sail ferries called at these locations since the 18th century, the inauguration of Robert Fulton's steam Fulton Ferry Company in 1814 established his name on the ferry service, which revolutionized travel between the then City of New York on Manhattan Island and the Village of Brooklyn and the rest ...
Located at the foot of Fulton Street, at the former Fulton Ferry landing, adjacent to Brooklyn Bridge Park's Pier 1. DUMBO is served by the East River and South Brooklyn routes. DUMBO is served by the East River and South Brooklyn routes.
A pavilion adjacent to the fireboat house was proposed for Fulton Ferry Landing in 2019 but was delayed due to objections by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. [108] [109] Emily Warren Roebling Plaza, a 2-acre (0.81-hectare) plaza underneath the Brooklyn Bridge, connects Pier 1 with the Empire–Fulton Ferry section of the park.
In July 1985, the city's Department of Ports and Terminals solicited bids from private operators to run a permanent commuter ferry service between Pier 11, the South Street Seaport and Fulton Ferry, Brooklyn as well to operate excursion boats and redevelop a former fireboat house at Fulton Ferry Landing. An experimental ferry service was ...
East River Ferry Company, April 20, 1859 – July 1887 [12] Metropolitan Ferry Company, July 1887 – April 1, 1892 [13] Long Island Rail Road, April 1, 1892 – March 3, 1925 [14] East 34th Street Vehicular Ferry East 34th Street Ferry Landing: Hunters Point Ferry Terminal: September 16, 1927 – July 15, 1936 [11] [15] [16] East 34th Street ...
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South Williamsburg (Schaefer Landing) Fulton–Dumbo; Operates via East 34th St. Rockaway Ferry [158] 2017 Pier 11/Wall Street ↔ : Rockaway (Beach 108th Street) Brooklyn Army Terminal South Brooklyn Ferry [159] Corlear's Hook (Lower East Side) ↔ : Bay Ridge: Fulton–Dumbo; Pier 11/Wall Street; Atlantic Avenue (Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 6)