January 20, 1953 in New York history

📝 On This Day 📝

71 years ago on January 20th, 1953

A Staten Island ferry and Ellis Island ferry collide due to heavy fog

The foggy conditions had caused another collision involving a Staten Island ferry four days earlier.


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Record High: 62°F in 1951
Record Low: 0°F in 1994

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