A Ferry Day on the East River, New York
September 20, 2025
Paul Heymont takes to the water for different views of a familiar cityscape
Paul Heymont takes to the water for different views of a familiar cityscape
Built in 1872 by prison inmates, it’s at the tip of what is now Roosevelt Island in the East River
Samantha and her husband had a great visit to New York and enjoyed their visit to Brooklyn Bridge Park and the Manhattan Bridge
Nearly 200 years ago, New York and Brooklyn, then separate cities and the greatest shipping centers on the East Coast, saw the land along the rivers—Hudson and East—begin to fill with docks, piers, warehouses and freight traffic….
Paul Heymont takes to the water for different views of a familiar cityscape
Built in 1872 by prison inmates, it’s at the tip of what is now Roosevelt Island in the East River
Samantha and her husband had a great visit to New York and enjoyed their visit to Brooklyn Bridge Park and the Manhattan Bridge
Nearly 200 years ago, New York and Brooklyn, then separate cities and the greatest shipping centers on the East Coast, saw the land along the rivers—Hudson and East—begin to fill with docks, piers, warehouses and freight traffic….