The first ferry service established across the East River was probably a canoe that Cornelius Dircksen paddled. &nbsp;It operated on demand for the sum of a few wampum; the traveller blew a shell horn hanging from Cornelius' tree. &nbsp;&nbsp;

1st regular ferry service between the two small villages of Breuckelen and New Amsterdam started by Cornelius Dircksen, a farmer and inn owner for his guests.

Gezicht op Nieuw Amsterdam by Johannes Vingboons (1664), an early picture of Nieuw Amsterdam made in the year when it was conquered by the English under Richard Nicolls.Step into the past - In 1665, the famous Dutch mapmaker Johannes Vingboons painted this charming and now iconic watercolor of New Amsterdam, which he adapted from a far less complimentary sketch intended to portray a settlement in dire need of funds from the Dutch West India Company. Nationaal Archief, National Archives of The Netherlands.<a href="https://culturenow.org/people/a52f63a6-9f96-47c6-8768-8ac4665891fe?name=National_Parks_of_New_York_Harbor_Conservancy">[1]</a>In 1665, the famous Dutch mapmaker Johannes Vingboons painted this charming and now iconic watercolor of New Amsterdam, which he adapted from a far less complimentary sketch intended to portray a settlement in dire need of funds from the Dutch West India Company. - Nationaal Archief, National Archives of The Netherlands<a href="https://culturenow.org/people/a52f63a6-9f96-47c6-8768-8ac4665891fe?name=National_Parks_of_New_York_Harbor_Conservancy">[2]</a>

Voorstelling van Nieuw-Amsterdam uit het westen. Uit The Story of Manhattan door Charles Hemstreet, 1901.

The 1st Ferry Service between Manhattan and Brooklyn

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