Talk:List of ferries across the East River

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1865 list[edit]

This 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)[reply]

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)[reply]

Other notes[edit]

An 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)[reply]

"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:[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

Thank you[edit]

This 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)[reply]

Question marks[edit]

I 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)[reply]

Are they all defunct?[edit]

Are they ALL defunct or not???--JimWae (talk) 19:31, 3 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]