Talk:List of ferries across the East River
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1865 list
editThis is from "Ferries and Farming on Long Island". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. 2 October 1865. p. 2.; the names are not, and are included to link to the articles. --NE2 15:21, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
- To Brooklyn
- Fulton Street: Fulton Ferry
- Wall Street: Wall Street Ferry
- South Ferry: South Ferry
- Catharine Slip: Catharine Ferry
- Whitehall Street: Hamilton Avenue Ferry
- Oliver Street: Bridge Street Ferry
- Jackson Street: Navy Yard Ferry
- To Williamsburgh
- Roosevelt Street: Roosevelt Street Ferry
- Grand Street: Grand Street Ferry; Broadway Ferry
- Houston Street: Houston Street Ferry
- To Greenpoint
- Tenth Street: Tenth Street Ferry
- East Twenty-Third Street: 23rd Street Ferry
- To Hunter's Point
- Thirty-Fourth Street: 34th Street Ferry
- James Slip: James Slip Ferry
- To Astoria
- Eighty-Sixth Street: Astoria Ferry
— Preceding unsigned comment added by NE2 (talk • contribs) 15:34, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
Other notes
editAn 1899 map shows a few routes that aren't listed (yet):
- 26th Street and 52nd Street to Blackwell's Island
--NE2 15:57, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
"E. D. Ferries". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. 19 June 1885. p. 2. lists a few ferries. --NE2 16:11, 6 March 2007 (UTC) Two companies under the same management:
- New York Ferry Company, Broadway to Roosevelt Street (Roosevelt Street Ferry)
- People's Ferry Company, Broadway to Grand Street (Broadway Ferry) and 23rd Street (23rd Street Ferry) — Preceding unsigned comment added by NE2 (talk • contribs) 16:11, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
Bronx - Queens section:
North and South Brother Islands, and Rikers Island are politically part of the Bronx, not Queens. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Taksim25 (talk • contribs) 19:32, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
Thank you
editThis is an interesting list. I wish I had something useful to contribute in the way of prose, but I don't sufficiently understand the period. Jim.henderson 17:13, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
Question marks
editI notice there are a lot of lines where the dates are open-ended. Like, "South Ferry, 1836 - ". Having no date indicates that the ferry line is still in operation. If the lines are no longer running, they should have question marks. -Freekee (talk) 18:42, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
Are they all defunct?
editAre they ALL defunct or not???--JimWae (talk) 19:31, 3 September 2011 (UTC)