From 1874 through 1940, passengers of the Central Railroad of New Jersey that were departing or arriving from New York City would take a ferry across the Hudson River to Jersey City, where the train station was. This great vintage photograph shows the Liberty Street Ferry Terminal as it appeared back in 1938. While the station is long gone, it used to sit near the corner of West Avenue and Liberty Street in Battery Park City, where the southwest corner of the World Trace Center Plaza currently exists. Here is a map of the area from the early 1920s:

In a world full of bad news, at least we still have cute dogs in costumes. Check out "Kody the Grouchdoodle", the grand prize winner at this weekend's Great Pupkin Halloween Dog Costume Contest in Fort Greene Park. Be sure to follow @kodydoodle for more of this cute pup year-round.

MTA subway chief Andy Byford recently sat down with CBS' 60 Minutes to chat about his $40 Billion plan to fix the New York City subway.

"I've said in the past that's what we have to do. Not to tweak this system. That it needs way more than that. It needs to be a comprehensive, top to bottom modernization of every aspect of our operations. Why shouldn't we be on a par with London, with Hong Kong, with Shanghai, with Singapore? This is New York, for goodness sake."

—Andy Byford

Check out the accompanying article for a complete transcript of the interview.