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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.
After four passengers died when a Staten Island ferry sank in 1901, [4] [5] New York City officials used the incident as a justification for their acquisition of the ferry lines to Staten Island. [6] The B&O refused to sell their terminals to the city, prompting municipal officials to announce in 1904 that they would acquire the sites through ...
The New York Times' recent game, "Strands," is becoming more and more popular as another daily activity fans can find on the NYT website and app. With daily themes and "spangrams" to discover ...
The station depicted in a 1906 postcard. Dobbs Ferry station opened on September 29, 1849 with its origins as part of the Hudson River Railroad. [1] The current station house, which was built in 1889 by the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad, became a Penn Central station upon the merger between NYC and Pennsylvania Railroad in 1968 like many NYCRR stations in Westchester County, until ...
NYC Ferry: East River Hunterspoint Avenue: New York City Subway: 7 and <7> (at Hunters Point Avenue), G (at 21st Street) New York City Bus: B62 MTA Bus: Q67 Woodside, Queens: Woodside: Long Island Rail Road: Port Washington Branch New York City Subway: 7 and <7> at (61st Street–Woodside) New York City Bus: Q32 MTA Bus: Q18, Q53 SBS, Q70 SBS
New York City Omnibus Corporation replaced New York Railways's streetcars with the M5–18 bus on June 8, 1936. [4] [12] [16] The M18 was renumbered the M86 in 1989 to match the number of the crosstown street that it runs on. [17] [18] 60-foot (18 m)-long articulated buses were added to the M86 and M79 routes in 2000. Bus stops were lengthened ...
The New York City Board of Transportation took over operations in 1948, with the New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) replacing it in 1953. Limited-stop service began on September 13, 1976, with buses making only 15 stops, spaced every eight blocks, between 126th Street and Houston Street, saving riders up to 23 minutes.