List of ferries across the Hudson River to New York City explained

The following ferries once crossed the North 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
Bulls Ferry		Bulls Ferry	18th century	Bergen Township
Communipaw	Fort Amsterdam	Communipaw ferry	1661-^[4]	charter granted by Peter Stuyvesant, Director-General of New Netherland
Budd's Ferry^[5]	Cortlandt Street	Harsimus	1808–1818
Weehawken Ferry^[6]	Weehawken Street?	Weehawken Cove?	1700-	royal patent from Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont^[7]
Burdett's Landing	Bloomingdale	Edgewater Fort Lee	1758-	Hackensack Township
Tubby Hook Ferry^[8]	Dyckman Street	Closter Dock?^[9]

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."^[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. The Juliana, running from Barclay Street, was withdrawn from service, as announced, in favor of the "more convenient" horse boat.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.^[11]

Steam

Name	Manhattan end	New Jersey end	Operated	Notes
Royal Blue Line Ferry.^[12]	South Ferry		(1897–1905)	The Royal Blue was a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad train to Washington, D.C. via Central Railroad of New Jersey and Reading Railroad
Communipaw Ferry	Liberty Street Ferry Terminal		(1661^[13] –1967)	Central Railroad of New Jersey
Jersey City Ferry	Cortland Street Ferry Depot	Paulus Hook, later named Exchange Place	(1764^[14] –1949)^[15]	Pennsylvania Railroad, later via its Jersey City Branch
West Shore Ferry			(1885–1959)	West Shore Railroad
	Vesey Street	Hoboken		Ferry service restored at Battery Park City Ferry Terminal
Hoboken Ferry	Barclay Street		(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.
	Duane Street	Paulus Hook		Paterson and Hudson River Railroad
Franklin Street Ferry	Franklin Street			West Shore Railroad
	Hubert Street	Hoboken
Desbrosses Street Ferry	Desbrosses Street	Exchange Place	1862–1930^[16]	Pennsylvania Railroad
		Weehawken Terminal		West Shore Railroad
	Spring Street	Hoboken
Spring Street Ferry	Spring Street	Fort Lee
	Clarkson Street			CNJ
Christopher Street Ferry.	Christopher Street		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			Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Hoboken Ferry		14th Street (Hoboken)
	23rd Street			Central Railroad of New Jersey
23rd Street Ferry				Pennsylvania Railroad
Pavonia Ferry		Pavonia Terminal		Erie
				Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Hoboken Ferry		14th Street (Hoboken)
		Edgewater
	34th Street			Pennsylvania Railroad
Weehawken Ferry	42nd Street		(1884–1959)	West Shore and NYC RR
North Weehawken Ferry		Slough's Meadow	(1859–1902)	Weehawken Ferry Company (1859–1872) New York Central Railroad (1872–1902)
125th Street Ferry		Edgewater	1903–1941^[17]	Public Service Corporation of New Jersey
Fort Lee Ferry	130th Street	Edgewater
Englewood Ferry	Dyckman Street	Englewood	1915–1942	during colonial era at Closter Dock

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
  • Geography of New York Harbor
• North River
• Port of New York and New Jersey
• Timeline of Jersey City area railroads
• Perth Amboy Ferry Slip

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
• Court case 1897 describing traffic
  • and Pavonia collision

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ferries Are the Wave of the Future | Metro US . January 23, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180124135704/https://www.metro.us/news/local-news/new-york/ferry-service-nyc-penner . January 24, 2018 . dead . mdy-all .
2. http://www.worldshipny.com/images/nyc2wslweehawken.jpg
3. Web site: Ferryboats Again Becoming a Familiar Sight Along Hudson. Maria. Eftimiades. December 24, 1989. February 18, 2019. The New York Times.
4. Book: Railroad Ferries of the Hudson: And Stories of a Deckhand. Raymond J.. Baxter. Arthur G.. Adams. February 18, 1999. Fordham University Press. 9780823219544. February 18, 2019. Google Books.
5. http://newportcommunity.com/newporthistory.html A brief history of Harsimus Cove
6. http://www.hudsonriver.com/ferry.htm History of the Hudson River Ferries
7. Web site: The History of Hudson River Ferry Service . Lenore . Person . February 9, 2022 . September 14, 2000 . https://web.archive.org/web/20000914043834/http://www.hudsonriver.com/ferry.htm . dead .
8. http://www.washington-heights.us/history/archives/tubby_hook_104.html Washington Heights history
9. Web site: Closter Dock Road Historical Marker. Hmdb.org. February 18, 2019.
10. News: 30. 388. Railway World. 2014-04-17. 1886-04-24.
11. 1. Stevens. A.E.. Origin and development of the ferryboat. Marine Engineering/Log. 1897. 2014-04-17.
12. Kenneth T. Jackson: The Encyclopedia of New York City: The New York Historical Society; Yale University Press; 1995. p. 398-400
13. 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
14. 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
15. Web site: The History Box -Evolution of the Ferry-Boat 1692-1890. Thehistorybox.com. February 18, 2019. July 30, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100730042657/http://www.thehistorybox.com/ny_city/nycity_evolution_ferry_boats_article00335.htm. dead.
16. 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
17. Web site: Magazine . Harlem World . 2018-09-10 . The 125th Street Ferry And Station, Harlem, NY, 1903-1941 . 2023-08-04 . Harlem World Magazine . en-US.