page_title: Cross Sound Ferry
section_title: Overview
hierarchical_section_title: Cross Sound Ferry / Overview
caption_attribution_description: English: New London skyline with Cross Sound ferries and Block Island Express ferry
context_page_description: Cross Sound Ferry is a passenger and road vehicle ferry service operating between New London, Connecticut and Orient on the North Fork of Long Island, New York.
  The service is privately owned and operated by Cross Sound Ferry Services, headquartered in New London and run by the Wronowski family, which also owns and operates the Block Island Express ferry service and the Thames Shipyard and Repair Company.
context_section_description: Though there have been multiple proposals to bridge the Long Island Sound at various locations, but none have ever come to fruition. Therefore, Long Island motorists located east of the Throgs Neck Bridge heading toward Connecticut must first drive west into Queens, cross one of the three city bridges to the Bronx, and then drive east to reach New England destinations. This circuitous route could, at the extreme, add as much as 200 miles (320 km) to a trip between Long Island and New London, points north, or points east. In addition to the saving in mileage, use of Cross Sound Ferry or its western competitor, the Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Ferry, drivers avoids heavy urban traffic in New York City and on Interstate 95 in Connecticut.
  The ferry serves over one million passengers annually, about half of whom live on Long Island.
  Cross Sound Ferry previously attempted to establish service between New London and East Hampton, on the South Fork of Long Island. A local ordinance passed by the Town of East Hampton in 1997 prohibits vehicle ferry service within the Town's borders and places limits on the speeds of both passenger vessels and road vehicles. Cross Sound Ferry filed a lawsuit against the town in 2004 to overturn the ruling, which was eventually dismissed.
  Cross Sound Ferry operates year-round with up to 32 daily departures with the lone exception of no service on December 25, Christmas Day.
caption: The New London ferry terminal, which serves Cross Sound Ferry and Block Island Express, as viewed from across the Thames River
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