Tony the Pigeon Regularly Commutes on the New York Waterway Ferry

Rusty Blazenhoff
February 24, 2012

For the past three plus years, Tony the crumb-eating pigeon has been riding the New York Waterway ferry from Manhattan to Weehawken. Tony even has his own Facebook page simply titled Tony the Pigeon.

According to deckhands and regular passengers, Tony boards the Thomas Jefferson ferry every morning at Pier 79 on W. 39th St. during the rush-hour commute. He travels back and forth on the boat to New Jersey, exiting briefly at each dock to search for food, before disembarking after two hours without fail back in Manhattan.

He then repeats the same two-hour routine, wandering both the upper and lower decks of the boat, during the evening commute. The only time he ever misses a day is during a blizzard.