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The restoration of rail and ferry services is of a much smaller scale. In 1981 Arthur Edward Imperatore, Sr., trucking magnate, purchased a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) length of the Weehawken Yard from the bankrupt Penn Central for $7.5 million, his surname an inspiration for Port Imperial. New York Waterway was established in 1986. [13]
Seastreak is a private ferry company operating in the Port of New York and New Jersey and in New England.It provides high-speed commuter service between points on the Raritan Bayshore in Monmouth County, New Jersey and in Manhattan in New York City as well as special event and sightseeing excursions in the harbor and seasonal service to the New England coast.
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 ...
MV Finest is an aluminum-hulled [6] catamaran fast passenger ferry built at Derecktor Shipyards in 1997 for New York Fast Ferry Services. She is owned and operated by Kitsap Transit on a Seattle–Kingston route since 2018. Finest is a former NY Waterway vessel and at one point provided service from the Massachusetts mainland to Martha's ...
Two barges were added to Pier 11 within a week of the attacks, increasing the total number of available slips to ten, but passenger queueing remained an issue and prompted the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to open a ferry terminal at Pier A in Battery Park in November 2001 to accommodate some of the trans-Hudson ferry routes. In ...
In 1948, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts announced its intent to consolidate the private ferry services into a state-owned entity. This created the New Bedford, Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority, which began in 1949. [7] The Massachusetts legislature dropped "New Bedford" from the company's name in 1960. [8]
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A ferry crossing between Hunters Point and 34th Street was established on April 20, 1859 by Anthony W. Winans. [7] The route was originally operated by the East River Ferry Corporation, which was taken over by the Metropolitan Ferry Company in 1887 and later came under the control of Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) in 1892.