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The Brooklyn Navy Yard (originally known as the New York Navy Yard) is a shipyard and industrial complex in northwest Brooklyn in New York City, New York, U.S.The Navy Yard is located on the East River in Wallabout Bay, a semicircular bend of the river across from Corlears Hook in Manhattan.
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.
[104] [105] The Brooklyn Navy Yard stop opened on May 20, 2019. [106] [107] The same month, NYC Ferry launched a new weekend-only shuttle from Pier 11/Wall Street to Governors Island, replacing the East River and South Brooklyn service to the island. [108] The service expansion required that the city increase its per-rider subsidy to $8. [109]
Bridge Street, Downtown Brooklyn: 1864–1874 Catherine Ferry: Catherine Slip: Main Street, Downtown Brooklyn: 1795 – ???? Gouverneur Street Ferry: Gouverneur Slip: Bridge Street, earlier Hudson Avenue, Downtown Brooklyn: ca. 1850 – 1857 Navy Yard Ferry: Jackson Slip: Hudson Avenue, Downtown Brooklyn: 1817 – ca. 1850; 1859–1868 Broadway ...
A new ferry, known as the Navy Yard Ferry or Hudson Avenue Ferry, was established on July 8, 1859 between Jackson Street in Manhattan and Hudson Avenue in Brooklyn, almost exactly where the original Walnut Street Ferry ran in 1817. [7] The Hudson Avenue Railroad opened a streetcar line from the ferry to Prospect Park in late 1867. [8]
New York Water Taxi ferries moored at Erie Basin in Red Hook, Brooklyn. There has been continuous ferry service between Staten Island and Lower Manhattan since the 18th century. Travelling across the Upper Bay between South Ferry and St. George Ferry Terminal, the free Staten Island Ferry transports on average 75,000 passengers per day.
In August 1989, a ferry service operated by American Skimmer starting running from Pier 11 to the World's Fair Marina to provide service to Shea Stadium. [40] Ferry service from Pier 11 to weekday games at Yankee Stadium began in 1997 by Harbor Shuttle Inc., a company that at the time also operated a commuter ferry from Mariners Harbor, Staten ...
Fort Greene is served by NYC Ferry's Astoria route, which stops at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. [57] The Brooklyn Navy Yard stop opened on May 20, 2019. [58] [59] There are plans to build the Brooklyn–Queens Connector (BQX), a light rail system that would run along the waterfront from Red Hook through Fort Greene to Astoria in Queens. However, the ...