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New Staten Island Ferry Named for Dorothy Day, Brooklyn Heights Native

By on March 25, 2021 10:47 pm in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn History, Maritime, News, Religion

The newest Staten Island Ferry boat is named for Dorothy Day. Ms. Day was born in Brooklyn Heights in 1897, but her father, a journalist, took a job in San Francisco in 1903. The family later moved to Chicago, where she reached adulthood. As a young woman, she returned to New York and lived a […]

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