The parish closed in 1939 to make way for the Midtown Tunnel linking Manhattan to Queens.

Another ski train began last winter linking Manhattan with Lake Placid, N.Y., and other northern resort towns in the state.

As did, presumably, many of those New Yorkers who trudged across the bridges linking Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan last week.

Some parts of the tunnel, which links Manhattan and Queens, are flooded with six feet of water, officials said.

The new service would link Bridgeport to Stamford, Connecticut with a 45 minute one-way trip, with a continuation on to lower Manhattan.

The first piece, the Queens-Midtown Tunnel linking Manhattan and Queens, was opened to traffic on November 15, 1940.

Ferry service linking Manhattan and Brooklyn launched in 1814, and Brooklyn's population exploded from 4,000 to nearly 100,000 by 1850.

Earlier this month, the Williamsburg Bridge linking Manhattan and Brooklyn was closed for safety reasons.

Most of the bridges and tunnels linking Manhattan to the outside world were closed, a few opened, and officials predicted still more openings in the coming days.

It was not clear what impact the new line would have on three recently established private ferries linking Manhattan and New Jersey.