According to the details in this excerpt, the people from Manhattan and Brooklyn
will still prefer to cross the river by ferry unless the weather does not allow it.
Explanation:
The excerpt describes the habit of the common working people who have to shuffle between their residence and the work and in between have to take the ferry through the newly constructed bridge.
This makes the space of Brooklyn available for work for them as is said there.
This also makes for the fact that the people of the area would prefer too live where they live and work where they work and will be convenience by this effort.
