42nd Street Ferry (Williamsburg)

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "other uses".The 42nd Street Ferry was a ferry route connecting Manhattan and Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City, United States, joining 42nd Street (Manhattan) and Broadway (Brooklyn) across the East River.

History

The Brooklyn and New York Ferry Company, which operated the 23rd Street Ferry from the foot of Broadway, began operating to 42nd Street on December 2, 1901, improving access from Williamsburg to Grand Central Terminal on 42nd Street in Manhattan.[1][2] The route was discontinued in 1909.[3]

Surface connections

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References

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  3. Brian J. Cudahy, Over and Back: The History of Ferryboats in New York Harbor

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