# List of ferries across the East River

The following ferries cross or once crossed the East River in New York City.

## Manhattan–Brooklyn–Queens–Manhattan

| Name | Manhattan end | Brooklyn stops | Queens stop | Manhattan end | Operated |
| East River Ferry | Pier 11/Wall Street | Fulton Ferry Landing; Schaefer Landing; Williamsburg, Greenpoint | Hunter's Point South | East 34th Street | 2017–present |

## Manhattan–Brooklyn–Queens

| Name | Manhattan end | Brooklyn stops | Queens end | Operated |
| Rockaway Ferry | Pier 11/Wall Street | Sunset Park | Rockaway | 2017–present |

## Manhattan–Brooklyn

One of the first documented team boats in commercial service in the United States was "put in service in 1814 on a run between Brooklyn and Manhattan." It took "8 to 18 minutes to cross the East River and carried an average of 200 passengers, plus horses and vehicles." 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."
| Name | Manhattan end | Intermediate stops | Brooklyn end | Operated |
| Bay Ridge Ferry | South Ferry | | 65th Street, Bay Ridge | |
| New York and South Brooklyn Ferry | Battery Maritime Building, formerly known as Municipal Ferry Pier | | 39th Street Ferry Terminal, South Brooklyn | to 1935 |
| Hamilton Avenue Ferry | South Ferry | | Hamilton Avenue, South Brooklyn | 1846 – ???? |
| South Ferry | South Ferry | | South Ferry (Atlantic Avenue), Downtown Brooklyn | 1836 – ???? |
| Wall Street Ferry | Wall Street Ferry Terminal | | Montague Street, Downtown Brooklyn | 1853–1912 |
| Fulton Ferry | Fulton Slip, earlier Broad Street, then Maiden Lane | | Fulton Ferry, earlier Joralemon Street, Downtown Brooklyn | ca. 1650 – ???? |
| Peck Slip Ferry | Peck Slip | | Broadway, Williamsburg | 1836–1860 |
| Roosevelt Street Ferry | Roosevelt Street | | Bridge Street, Downtown Brooklyn | 1853–1859 |
| Roosevelt Street Ferry | Roosevelt Street, earlier James Slip | | Broadway, earlier South Tenth Street, Williamsburg | 1857 – ???? |
| South Brooklyn Ferry | Pier 11/Wall Street | Governors Island; Fulton Ferry; Atlantic Avenue; Red Hook; Sunset Park | Bay Ridge | 2017–present |
| Bridge Street Ferry | James Slip | | Bridge Street, Downtown Brooklyn | 1864–1874 |
| Catherine Ferry | Catherine Slip | | Main Street, Downtown Brooklyn | 1795 – ???? |
| Gouverneur Street Ferry | Gouverneur Slip | | Bridge Street, earlier Hudson Avenue, Downtown Brooklyn | ca. 1850 – 1857 |
| Navy Yard Ferry | Jackson Slip | | Hudson Avenue, Downtown Brooklyn | 1817 – ca. 1850; 1859–1868 |
| Broadway Ferry | Grand Street | | Broadway, Williamsburg | 1851 – ???? |
| Grand Street Ferry | Grand Street | | Grand Street, Williamsburg | ca. 1797 – ???? |
| North Second Street Ferry | Rivington Street | | Metropolitan Avenue, Williamsburg | ca. 1805 – ca. 1815 |
| Houston Street Ferry | Houston Street | | Grand Street, Williamsburg | 1840 – ???? |
| Tenth Street Ferry | 10th Street | | Greenpoint Avenue, Greenpoint | 1852 – ???? |
| | 14th Street | | Greenpoint Avenue, Greenpoint | |
| 23rd Street Ferry | 23rd Street | | Broadway, Williamsburg | |
| 23rd Street Ferry | 23rd Street | | Greenpoint Avenue, Greenpoint | 1857 – ???? |
| 42nd Street Ferry | 42nd Street | | Broadway, Williamsburg | 1901–1909 |

## Manhattan–Queens

| Name | Manhattan end | Intermediate stops | Queens end | Operated |
| Pan Am Water Shuttle (1987-1991) Delta Water Shuttle (1991-2000) | Pier 11/Wall Street | East 34th Street Ferry Landing; 62nd Street; 90th Street | Marine Air Terminal | August 24, 1987 – December 29, 2000 |
| | Wall Street Ferry Terminal | | Hunters Point Ferry Terminal | Long Island Rail Road, – September 30, 1908 |
| | Pier 11/Wall Street | | Hunters Point Ferry Terminal | September 3, 2002 – September 1, 2003 |
| James Slip Ferry | James Slip | | Hunters Point Ferry Terminal | East River Ferry Company, late 1850s? – May 1868 Long Island Rail Road, May 1868 – October 1, 1907 |
| Calvary Cemetery Ferry | 23rd Street | | Calvary Cemetery | 1851–1853 |
| 34th Street Ferry | East 34th Street Ferry Landing | | Hunters Point Ferry Terminal | East River Ferry Company, April 20, 1859 – July 1887 Metropolitan Ferry Company, July 1887 – April 1, 1892 Long Island Rail Road, April 1, 1892 – March 3, 1925 |
| East 34th Street Vehicular Ferry | East 34th Street Ferry Landing | | Hunters Point Ferry Terminal | September 16, 1927 – July 15, 1936 |
| | East 34th Street Ferry Landing | | Hunters Point Ferry Terminal | October 17, 1994 – March 1, 2001 September 3, 2002 – September 1, 2003 |
| Astoria Ferry (original) | 92nd Street, earlier 86th Street | | Astoria | ended January 1919 |
| Astoria Ferry (2017) | East 34th Street Ferry Landing | Long Island City; Roosevelt Island | Astoria | August 29, 2017–present |
| Astoria Ferry (2017) | 90th Street | | Astoria | August 22, 2000–present |
| | 99th Street | | College Point | |
| | 116th Street | | Wards Island | |

## The Bronx–Queens

| Bronx end | Queens end | Operated |
| 134th Street | North Brother Island | |
| 134th Street | Riker's Island | |
| Clason's Point | College Point | to 1939 |