List of ferries across the Hudson River to New York City
The following ferries once crossed the North River (Hudson River) between New York City and New Jersey. There was no ferry service between 1967[1][2] and 1989, when it was restarted by New York Waterway.[3]
Row and Sail[]
Name | Manhattan end | New Jersey end | Operated | Notes |
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Bulls Ferry | Bulls Ferry | 18th century | Bergen Township | |
Communipaw | Fort Amsterdam | Communipaw ferry | 1661-[4][3] | charter granted by Peter Stuyvesant, Director-General of New Netherland |
[5] | Cortlandt Street | Harsimus | 1808–1818 | |
Weehawken Ferry[6] | Weehawken Street? | Weehawken Cove? | 1700- | royal patent from Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont |
Burdett's Landing | Bloomingdale | Edgewater Fort Lee |
1758- | Hackensack Township |
Tubby Hook Ferry[7] | Dyckman Street | Closter Dock?[8] |
Horse ferries[]
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."[9]
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. The Juliana, running from Barclay Street, was withdrawn from service, as announced, in favor of the "more convenient" horse boat. It is almost certain, however, that this retrograde step was taken because of the monopoly enjoyed by Mssrs. Fulton and Livingston for the navigation of the waters of New York State by steam.[10]
Steam[]
Name | Manhattan end | New Jersey end | Operated | Notes |
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Royal Blue Line Ferry.[11] | South Ferry | Communipaw Terminal | (1897–1905) | The Royal Blue was a Baltimore & Ohio Railroad train to Washington, DC via CNJ and Reading Railroad |
Communipaw Ferry | Liberty Street Ferry Terminal | (1661[12]–1967) | Central Railroad of New Jersey | |
Jersey City Ferry | Cortland Street Ferry Depot | Paulus Hook, later named Exchange Place | (1764[13]–1949)[14] | Pennsylvania Railroad, later via its Jersey City Branch |
West Shore Ferry | Weehawken Terminal | (1885–1959) | West Shore Railroad | |
Vesey Street | Hoboken | Ferry service restored at Battery Park City Ferry Terminal | ||
Hoboken Ferry[10][11] | Barclay Street | Hoboken Terminal | (1821–1967) | Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, later Erie Lackawanna Railway. Originally operated by the Hoboken Ferry Company |
Murray Street | Hoboken | |||
Pavonia Ferry | Chambers Street Ferry Terminal | Pavonia Terminal | (1856–1958) | Erie Railroad purchased several ferries from previous operators in 1856. Unclear when ferry service from Chambers Street began. |
Paulus Hook | Paterson and Hudson River Railroad | |||
Weehawken | West Shore Railroad | |||
Hubert Street | Hoboken | |||
Desbrosses Street Ferry | Exchange Place | 1862–1930[15] | Pennsylvania Railroad | |
Weehawken Terminal | ||||
Spring Street | Hoboken | |||
Spring Street | Fort Lee | |||
Clarkson Street | Communipaw Terminal | CNJ | ||
.[11] | Christopher Street | Hoboken Terminal | 1838–1955 | Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. Originally operated by the Hoboken Ferry Company. |
13th Street | Bay Street, Jersey City | Pennsylvania Railroad | ||
Weehawken Terminal | West Shore Railroad | |||
14th Street | Hoboken Terminal | DL&W | ||
Hoboken Ferry | 14th Street (Hoboken) | |||
23rd Street | Communipaw Terminal | Central Railroad of New Jersey | ||
Exchange Place | Pennsylvania Railroad | |||
Pavonia Ferry | Pavonia Terminal | Erie | ||
Hoboken Terminal | DL&W | |||
Hoboken Ferry | 14th Street (Hoboken) | |||
Edgewater | ||||
34th Street | Exchange Place | Pennsylvania Railroad | ||
Weehawken Ferry[11] | 42nd Street | Weehawken Terminal | (1884–1959) | West Shore and NYC RR's |
North Weehawken Ferry[11] | Slough's Meadow | (1859–1902) | Weehawken Ferry Company (1859–1872) New York Central Railroad (1872–1902) | |
125th Street | Edgewater | Public Service Corporation of New Jersey | ||
130th Street | Edgewater | |||
Englewood Ferry[7] | Dyckman Street | Englewood | 1915–1942 | during colonial era at Closter Dock[8] |
See also[]
- List of ferries across the East River
- List of fixed crossings of the Hudson River
- List of fixed crossings of the East River
- New York Harbor
- Geography of New York Harbor
- North River
- Port of New York and New Jersey
- Timeline of Jersey City area railroads
- Perth Amboy Ferry Slip
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 24, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ http://www.worldshipny.com/images/nyc2wslweehawken.jpg
- ^ Jump up to: a b Eftimiades, Maria (December 24, 1989). "Ferryboats Again Becoming a Familiar Sight Along Hudson". Nytimes.com. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
- ^ Baxter, Raymond J.; Adams, Arthur G. (February 18, 1999). Railroad Ferries of the Hudson: And Stories of a Deckhand. Fordham University Press. ISBN 9780823219544. Retrieved February 18, 2019 – via Google Books.
- ^ A brief history of Harsimus Cove Archived February 13, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ History of the Hudson River Ferries Archived March 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Jump up to: a b Washington Heights history Archived August 7, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Tubby Hook
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Closter Dock Road Historical Marker". Hmdb.org. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
- ^ "Railway World". 30. April 24, 1886. p. 388. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Stevens, A.E. (1897). "Origin and development of the ferryboat". Marine Engineering/Log. 1. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Kenneth T. Jackson: The Encyclopedia of New York City: The New York Historical Society; Yale University Press; 1995. p. 398-400
- ^ Railroad Ferries of the Hudson: And Stories of a Deckhand, by, Raymond J. Baxter, Arthur G. Adams, pg. 46 ,1999, Fordham University Press, 978-0823219544
- ^ History of the County of Hudson, New Jersey: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, Charles Hardenburg Winfield, pg. 243-246, Kennard & Hay Stationery M'fg and Print. Company, 1874
- ^ "The History Box -Evolution of the Ferry-Boat 1692-1890". Thehistorybox.com. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
- ^ Railroad Ferries of the Hudson: And Stories of a Deckhand, by, Raymond J. Baxter, Arthur G. Adams, pg. 70-80 ,1999, Fordham University Press, 978-0823219544
Bibliography[]
- Brian J. Cudahy, Over and Back: The History of Ferryboats in New York Harbor
- Arthur G. Adams, The Hudson Through the Years
External links[]
- Hudson County Public Transportation 1926
- World Shipping
- A Compilation of the Ferry Leases and Railroad Grants Made by the Corporation of the City of New York, 1860
- A Compilation of the Existing Ferry Leases and Railroad Grants Made by the Corporation of the City of New York, 1866
- History of the Hudson River Ferries
- Brooklyn Eagle Alamanac describing available service
- Courtcase 1897 describing traffic
- Crossings of the Hudson River
- Ferry transportation in New York City
- Ferry transportation in New Jersey
- Transportation in Hudson County, New Jersey
- Port of New York and New Jersey
- Lists of river crossings in New Jersey
- Lists of river crossings in New York
- Lists of ferries