List of ferries across the Hudson River to New York City

The following ferries have at one point or another crossed the North 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.

Operating +NameManhattan endNew Jersey endBegan operationsNY Waterway West Midtown Brookfield Place Pier 11/Wall Street Edgewater Landing Port Imperial Lincoln Harbor 14th Street (Hoboken) Hoboken Terminal Paulus Hook Liberty State Park1986Liberty Landing FerryBattery Park CityWarren Street1999Liberty Landing

Row and Sail NameManhattan endNew Jersey endOperatedNotesBulls FerryBulls Ferry18th centuryBergen TownshipCommunipawFort AmsterdamCommunipaw ferry1661-charter granted by Peter Stuyvesant, Director-General of New NetherlandBudd's FerryA brief history of Harsimus Cove Cortlandt StreetHarsimus1808–1818Weehawken FerryHistory of the Hudson River Ferries Weehawken Street?Weehawken Cove?1700-royal patent from Richard Coote, 1st Earl of BellomontBurdett's LandingBloomingdaleEdgewaterFort Lee1758-Hackensack TownshipTubby Hook FerryWashington Heights history Tubby HookDyckman StreetCloster 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 The Juliana, running from Barclay Street, was withdrawn from service, as announced, in favor of the "more convenient" horse boat.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

NameManhattan endNew Jersey endOperatedNotesRoyal Blue Line Ferry.Kenneth T. Jackson: The Encyclopedia of New York City: The New York Historical Society; Yale University Press; 1995. p. 398-400South FerryCommunipaw Terminal (1897–1905)The Royal Blue was a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad train to Washington, D.C. via Central Railroad of New Jersey and Reading RailroadCommunipaw FerryLiberty Street Ferry Terminal(1661Railroad Ferries of the Hudson: And Stories of a Deckhand, by, Raymond J. Baxter, Arthur G. Adams, pg. 46 , 1999, Fordham University Press, 978-0823219544–1967)Central Railroad of New JerseyJersey City FerryCortland Street Ferry DepotPaulus Hook, later named Exchange Place(1764History 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, 1874–1949)Pennsylvania Railroad, later via its Jersey City BranchWest Shore FerryWeehawken Terminal (1885–1959)West Shore RailroadVesey StreetHobokenFerry service restored at Battery Park City Ferry TerminalHoboken FerryBarclay StreetHoboken Terminal (1821–1967)Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, later Erie Lackawanna Railway. Originally operated by the Hoboken Ferry CompanyMurray StreetHobokenPavonia FerryChambers Street Ferry TerminalPavonia Terminal(1856–1958)Erie Railroad purchased several ferries from previous operators in 1856. Unclear when ferry service from Chambers Street began. Duane StreetPaulus HookPaterson and Hudson River RailroadFranklin Street FerryFranklin StreetWeehawken West Shore RailroadHubert StreetHobokenDesbrosses Street FerryDesbrosses StreetExchange Place1862–1930Railroad Ferries of the Hudson: And Stories of a Deckhand, by, Raymond J. Baxter, Arthur G. Adams, pg. 70-80 , 1999, Fordham University Press, 978-0823219544Pennsylvania RailroadWeehawken TerminalWest Shore RailroadSpring StreetHoboken Spring Street FerrySpring StreetFort Lee Clarkson StreetCommunipaw Terminal CNJChristopher Street Ferry.Christopher StreetHoboken Terminal 1838–1955Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. Originally operated by the Hoboken Ferry Company.13th StreetBay Street, Jersey CityPennsylvania RailroadWeehawken Terminal West Shore Railroad14th StreetHoboken Terminal Delaware, Lackawanna and Western RailroadHoboken Ferry14th Street (Hoboken) 23rd StreetCommunipaw Terminal Central Railroad of New Jersey23rd Street FerryExchange Place Pennsylvania RailroadPavonia FerryPavonia TerminalErieHoboken Terminal Delaware, Lackawanna and Western RailroadHoboken Ferry14th Street (Hoboken) Edgewater 34th StreetExchange Place Pennsylvania RailroadWeehawken Ferry42nd StreetWeehawken Terminal (1884–1959)West Shore and NYC RRNorth Weehawken FerrySlough's Meadow(1859–1902)Weehawken Ferry Company (1859–1872)New York Central Railroad (1872–1902)125th Street Ferry125th Street Edgewater1903–1941Public Service Corporation of New JerseyFort Lee Ferry130th StreetEdgewater Englewood FerryDyckman StreetEnglewood1915–1942during 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

References

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 Breakwater and Pavonia collision