The Bridge Street Ferry was a

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route connecting

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and

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, joining James Slip (Manhattan) and Bridge Street (Brooklyn) across the

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History

The ferry was established by the Brooklyn Ferry Company on July 1, 1864, running over a similar route to the old

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, which ran to Bridge Street until 1859. The route was discontinued in early 1874, due to the failure of a bill to improve Bridge Street. Today, the site of the Bridge Street Ferry Pier is within a

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substation. The site of the James Slip Ferry Pier is in the

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housing complex next to the Brooklyn Bridge.

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