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PART II 
FERRIES AND LANDINGS. 
Bedell’s Ferry. Apparently Situated at the Narrows. “ , . . boundea 
southeasterly by said first-mentioned road [Old Town Road], southwesterly in 
part by said road and in part by land now or formerly of Leonard Parkinson, 
northerly by the road leading to Bedell’s Ferry, and northeasterly in part by 
land now or formerly of said Vanderbilt, and in part by other land of the said 
Samuel R. Smith, formerly of Rebecca Vreeland . . . ” Richmona 
County Gazette, Nov. 23, 1859. “All that certain lot . . . of woodland 
: in the town of Southfield . . . on the northerly side of the 
road leading from the village of Richmond to the landing formerly known as 
Bedell’s Ferry in the town of Southfield.” Richmond County Gazette, Dec. 
12th, 1866. 
Decker’s Ferry. “R’d to Decker’s Ferry” is shown on John Hill’s map of 
1780. The ferry must have been situated near the end of the present Shore 
Road at Mariners’ Harbor. Decker certainly had another ferry at what is now _ 
Port Richmond. “ A ferry was established across the Kill Van Kull from 
Staten Island to Bergen Point in 1764. It was at the present site of Port Rich- 
mond. In 1777 it was known as Decker’s Ferry; afterward it was called 
Ryer’s and still later Mersereau’s.” Bayles, p. 684. Decker’s Ferry is shown 
to the east of the Dutch Church on the old Church Road (Richmond Avenue), 
on Bew’s map, 1781. 
Old Point Ferry. At Holland Hook. “ Also that tract of land and meadow 
in Northfield aforesaid lying along the road leading from the Old Point Ferry 
to Port Richmond Ferry, fronting Newark Bay.” Richmond County Senti- 
nel, Aug. 24th, 1878. 
ROADS AND LANES. 
Ocean Avenue. Now Cebra Avenue. “Cebra or Ocean Avenue.” Beers, 
1874. 
Shore Road. Occupied about the same ground as the later constructed 
Boulevard at South Beach and shown on “ Map of an estate at Old Town in the 
town of Southfield, County of Richmond, Staten Island, belonging to the late 
Stephen Keteltas, Sen’r, 1846. (See Shore Trail). 
Old Sand Road. Now Fingerboard Road. 
Summit Avenue. Same as Todt Hill Road. 
New Road. Amboy Road. “Bounded northerly by the land of Ephraim 
Van Gelder, westerly by the land of Daniel Stillwell and southerly by the New 
Road or Amboy Road.” 1762, Liber D. p. 497. New Road also mentioned 
1789, Liber E., pp. 140 and 150; 1791 Liber E., p. 199. 
Johnson’s Lane. Leads from the Amboy Road between New Dorp and Ty- 
sen’s Lane to the Old Mill Road. Shown on Walling’s map, 1859, and on 
Dripp’s map, 1872. 
Latourette’s Lane. Leads from the Forrest-Hill Road, or that port of it 
once called Mill Lane, to the road that leads over the Fresh Kills bridge. 
