Water communication is afforded by Lake Champlain to the south, for seven months of the year, by way of the Champlain canal, via Whitehall, New York, to Troy and the Hudson river and the Atlantic coast, and to the north by way of the Richelieu river and the Chambly canal to the St Lawrence.
He was identified with the Hudson River School, and excelled in pictures of autumn scenery.
It is served by the New York Central & Hudson River railway, and by passenger and freight steamboat lines on the Hudson river.
Dobbs Ferry is served by the Hudson River division of the New York Central railway.
The village is served by the New York Central & Hudson River railway, by the Buffalo, Lockport & Rochester electric railway, and by the Erie Canal.