History
The Brooklyn and New York Ferry Company, which operated the 23rd Street Ferry from the foot of Broadway, began operating to 42nd Street on December 2, 1901, improving access from Williamsburg to Grand Central Terminal on 42nd Street in Manhattan. The route was discontinued in 1909.
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