Final Departure for 111-Year-Old Hudson Ferryboat

EDGEWATER, N.J. — The ferryboat Binghamton, a workhorse that served on the Hudson River for more than a century, will soon make its final departure.

The Binghamton carried passengers between Hoboken, N.J., and Lower Manhattan for just over 60 years, then thrived for more than 40 as Binghamton’s, a floating, riverboat-style restaurant that became a beloved local landmark visible from the George Washington Bridge to the north and Upper Manhattan across the river.

But the restaurant closed in 2007, and attempts to reopen it have been tied up in litigation. The last double-ended steam ferry on the Hudson has grown more dilapidated with each passing year and each major storm, including Hurricanes Irene and Sandy.

Today the Binghamton is an eyesore damaged beyond repair, and leans lamely to one side on the muddy river bottom here, across the Hudson from Grant’s Tomb near 125th Street.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/27/nyregion/binghamton-hudson-river-ferryboat.html