Fulton Ferry Landing ca.1889
Fulton Ferry is a
neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is
named for a prominent ferry line crossing the East River between Manhattan and Brooklyn, and is also the name
of the ferry slip on the Brooklyn side.
Though boats
and sail ferries called at these locations since the 18th century, the
inauguration of Robert Fulton's steam Fulton Ferry Company in 1814 established
his name on the ferry service, which revolutionized travel between the then City
of New York on Manhattan Island and the Village of Brooklyn and the rest of Long
Island.
The opening of the
Brooklyn Bridge in 1883 assured the decline of this and other ferries on the
East River. Fulton Ferry service ended in 1924. The major thoroughfares leading
to the Fulton Ferry from both landings were (and are) named Fulton Street; see Fulton
Street (Manhattan) and Fulton Street (Brooklyn).
The BMT Fulton
Street Line and BMT Lexington Avenue Line (or "Old Main Line") elevated
railways both ended at the Brooklyn side of the ferry, but were later moved
with the majority of trips using the Brooklyn Bridge.
The Fulton
Ferry District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
Today, the Brooklyn
Ice Cream Factory sits on the Fulton Ferry pier, on the Brooklyn side of the
Brooklyn Bridge.
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