If you are visiting the NYC and have time, take the ferry to the Staten Island, just for the sake of the boat ride. This is the best FREE activity in the town. For all of you who want to see the Statue of Liberty from very close by, you will need to buy yourself a ticket for a special tourist boat. This boat provides the service between St. George to Manhattan that takes approximately 25 minutes (or the 5.2-mile voyage). Boats run 24 hours a day, seven days a week. More than 22 million people a year -- or approximately 70,000 each weekday -- ride the ferry.
No vehicles are allowed on the ferry, except bicycles.
We were staying with a friend on the Island for a couple of days, and we used this ferry every day. It was a pleasurable ride and specially beautiful...
Read moreIll say this I remember how it looked before the renovations to this place it was ok back then now it looks 100 times better its well kept & secured with securityguards nypd & dogs that sniff your bags for chemicals or explosives plus it's very heavily guarded with cameras everywhere and the same with ferry there's always nypd on board on every ferry ride so you will feel safe on the ferry or on the station they got places to eat on both sides Manhattan or Staten island and most of all a very pleasant trip to Staten island or to Manhattan they got a consession stand on the ferry so you can get something to eat or drink on board I recommend riding this the Staten island ferry its free &...
Read moreThis would be Google Maps version of an indication of the very last stop on specifically the Metropolitan Transit Assosiation bus labeled: Select Bus Service, or SBS Number M15. Aka SBS M15 That is the Second Avenue Line traveling south bound toward the Staten island ferry, with the Staten island ferry terminal also known as the South Ferry/Terminal Bus stop and also known as State St and also known as Whitehall St Terminal or Bus Stop. This is the last...
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