Brooklyn and New York Ferry Company

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The Brooklyn and New York Ferry Company was a ferry company that operated between Manhattan and Brooklyn, New York City, United States.

[edit] History

The Williamsburgh Ferry Company was established in 1824, taking over the existing Grand Street Ferry.[1][2]

In early January 1886, the property of the New York Ferry Company was transferred to the new Brooklyn and New York Ferry Company.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Brooklyn Ferries", Brooklyn Daily Eagle, July 18, 1870, p. 2. 
  2. ^ Brian J. Cudahy, Over and Back: The History of Ferryboats in New York Harbor
  3. ^ "Ferries Sold", Brooklyn Daily Eagle, January 2, 1886, p. 4.