Fact: 365 days a year, 24 hours a day
Fact: a 5 mile trip, about 25 minutes one way
Fact: 21 million people a year ride the Staten Island Ferry
Fact: There are nine ferries in the fleet
Fact: The three new ferries were made in Wisconsin at Marinette Marine
Fact: If you saw the movie Working Girl in 1988 the ferry is in the opening credits (see link below)
How much does it cost to ride? It’s free. And a lot of fun. We used to go when the kids were younger. It was one activity I really wanted to do again this visit to NYC.
Mary and I went boarded and rode over to Staten Island. We stood outside on the upper deck. After a smooth voyage and wonderful view, we got off as everyone has to get off the ferry.
We walked down the ramp and followed a path and then got right back onto the very same ferry to return to Manhattan.
As we left Manhattan and looked back
A different Staten Island Ferry in the harbor. Brooklyn Bridge in the background.
The Statue of Liberty
Statue of Liberty Framed in the Ferry Door
A pigeon is a passenger on the ferry
Ready to disembark
Passengers waiting for the doors to open so they can board the ferry on the Manhattan side
Carly Simon sings Let the River Run Opening Credits of movie Working Girl 1988