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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.
From west to east, the sound stretches 110 mi (180 km) from the East River and the Throgs Neck Bridge in New York City, along the North Shore of Long Island, to Block Island Sound. A mix of freshwater from tributaries, and saltwater from the Atlantic Ocean , Long Island Sound is 21 mi (34 km) at its widest point and varies in depth from 65 to ...
Online version of Chart No.1 with "Symbols, Abbreviations and Terms" used in nautical charts; Portolan Chart of Gabriel de Vallseca, 1439; The short film "Reading Charts (April 6, 1999)" is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive. Nautical charts available online (Nautical Free) Online Nautical Charts Viewer
Cross Sound Ferry is a passenger and road vehicle ferry service operating between New London, Connecticut and Orient, New York on Long Island.. The service is privately owned and operated by Cross Sound Ferry Services, headquartered in New London and run by the Wronowski family, which also owns and operates the Block Island Express ferry service and the Thames Shipyard and Repair Company.
Map showing JFK (1) and LaGuardia (2) airports, both in Queens. Long Island is the location of three large airports with regularly scheduled commercial jet airline service. These are the John F. Kennedy International Airport and LaGuardia Airport, both in Queens County (in New York City), and the Long Island MacArthur Airport, (sometimes referred to as the "Islip Airport"), a smaller airport ...
Long Island Sound, 4. Newark Bay, 5. Upper New York Bay, 6. Lower New York Bay, 7. Jamaica Bay, 8. New York Bight (Atlantic Ocean) View over the Lower New York Bay from Wolfe's Pond Park on Staten Island, New York View over the Raritan Bay from Sandy Hook, New Jersey. Lower New York Bay is a section of New York Bay south of the Narrows (the ...
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.
The Staten Island Ferry is a fare-free passenger ferry route operated by the New York City Department of Transportation. The ferry's single route runs 5.2 miles (8.4 km) through New York Harbor between the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and Staten Island , with ferry boats completing the trip in about 25 minutes.