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Ferry operator SeaStreak began running a city-subsidized ferry service between a makeshift ferry slip at Beach 108th Street and Beach Channel Drive in Rockaway Park, Queens, and Pier 11/Wall Street, then continuing on to the East 34th Street Ferry Landing. A stop at Brooklyn Army Terminal was added in August 2013 because of the reconstruction ...
Map from 1847 showing the routes of ferries in Lower Manhattan, Jersey City, Hoboken, and Brooklyn. The following ferries cross or once crossed the East River in New York City . This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
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.
Located at the Brooklyn Army Terminal in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.Served by the South Brooklyn and Rockaway routes. The landing is also used by the employee shuttle for NYU Langone Health that runs to the East 34th Street Ferry Landing and is operated by New York Water Taxi.
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.
The "New Ferry" (also called the Catherine Ferry) crossed on a more northerly route than the Old Ferry, between Catherine Street in Manhattan, and Main Street in Brooklyn. As the City of Brooklyn grew, the area south of Atlantic Avenue, known as South Brooklyn , began to become developed, but the area lacked easy access to the ferry terminals ...
In addition to providing ferry service, the company also operated three temporary urban beaches in New York City. The original Water Taxi Beach in Long Island City operated from 2005 to 2010, and was designed to attract visitors to the East River waterfront and make weekend ferries serving the new residential high-rises near the Hunters Point ...
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 ...