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On June 15, 1945, Frank Barry, Joe Moran and other partners merged several companies to form Circle-Line Sightseeing Yachts, offering boat tours of New York operating out of Battery Park. Circle Line cruise, 1973. Photo by Arthur Tress. Old Circle Line Sightseeing Logo The Circle Line XVII touring the Harlem River
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 ...
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.
Fares are $10 one-way from Manhattan to either New Jersey dock, and $2 one way between Warren Street and Liberty Landing. Discounts for seniors and children, as well as ten-trip and monthly passes, are available. [4] Interstate fares were raised from $7 to $10 in January 2023, the first fare hike since at least 2010. [5] [6] [7]
Circle Line Downtown Boat on the East River. Circle Line Downtown operates sightseeing cruises that sails past many New York landmarks including the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island Immigration Museum, the One World Trade Center Freedom Tower, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building, in addition to the Shark Speedboat and other seasonal cruises.
New York Water Taxi (NYWT) is a water taxi service based in New York City. It offers sightseeing, charter, and commuter services mainly to points along the East River and Hudson River. It is one of several private operators of ferries, sightseeing boats, and water taxis in the Port of New York and New Jersey. It is estimated that 100,000 people ...
One of the first documented team boats in commercial service in the United States was "put in service in 1814 on a run between Brooklyn and Manhattan." [1] It took "8 to 18 minutes to cross the East River and carried an average of 200 passengers, plus horses and vehicles." [1] Team boats served New York City for "about ten years, from 1814-1824 ...
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.