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 and 1989, when it was restarted by New York Waterway.
Row and Sail
Name | Manhattan end | New Jersey end | Operated | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bulls Ferry | Bulls Ferry | 18th century | Bergen Township | |
Communipaw | Fort Amsterdam | Communipaw ferry | 1661- | charter granted by Peter Stuyvesant, Director-General of New Netherland |
Budd's Ferry | Cortlandt Street | Harsimus | 1808–1818 | |
Weehawken Ferry | 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 | Dyckman Street | Closter Dock? |
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."
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 The Juliana, running from Barclay Street, was withdrawn from service, as announced, in favor of the "more convenient" horse boat.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.
Steam
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 New Jersey Rail car float, Brooklyn to Jersey City
- New York Harbor
- North River
- Port of New York and New Jersey
- Timeline of Jersey City area railroads
- Perth Amboy Ferry Slip