free…timely…striking views…and did I mention free?
It had been a while since I hopped on the Staten Island Ferry and headed to…well…Staten Island. The ferry service is free, very timely and just a 25 minute ride from the Whitehall Terminal in the Battery Park area of lower Manhattan. And if you’ve done this before and remember how horrible the St. George Ferry Terminal on Staten Island was…well things have changed. Transformed from a drab, smelly, dirty environment to a clean, bright, open area with huge windows and high ceilings. There’s even a touch of zen with two 8-foot tall, 1,600 gallon salt water fish tanks. Also included is a “living” roof to support vegetation of local flora and a run-off storm water system used to irrigate the soil. Clever.
There’s the option of just getting off, taking a look around and then heading back to Manhattan as the ferry runs around the clock, every day of the year. (Usually the ferry runs every fifteen minutes during rush hour and every half hour or hour during nights and weekends.) Take it late in the evening around sunset and you’ll have some of the most incredible night time views of Manhattan that you’ve ever seen.
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Now, if you have time and want to stay a bit,
take a short walk and visit the Staten Island September 11 Memorial.
Now that deserves its own post.
Coming up.
Wow, wow, wow… I don’t recall ever going on the Staten Island Ferry… but seeing this, I sure would like to go now… Great Post! Thanks for sharing. 🙂
Another thing I have never known about NY! Thanks
OK. Put it on the list…next time we’re there we want to take the Staten Island Ferry! 🙂
I just walked the grounds of Staten Island with Google Streetview…. I am with Ginnie, put that on the list for next time :D…….
Great pictures and I am looking forward to the next post.
Hugs.
Absolutely amazing pictures! You choose a perfect sky …
Wow, it’s been a long time since I’ve been here. Your photos have jarred my impressions of the place in a very fine way.
Wow! Gorgeous images!