Staten Island
Model Ferry
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The Staten Island Ferry provides 20 million people a year, (60,000 passengers
a day not including weekends), with ferry service between St. George, on Staten
Island and Whitehall Street, in lower Manhattan.
The ferry is the only non-vehicular mode of transportation between Staten Island
and Manhattan. NYC DOT operates and maintains the nine vessel fleet as well
as the St. George Ferry Terminal on Staten Island, Whitehall Ferry Terminal
in Manhattan, the City Island and Hart Island Facilities, The Battery Maritime
Building and all floating dock building equipment.
The Staten Island Ferry is run by the City of New York for one pragmatic reason,
to transport Staten Islanders to and from Manhattan. Even so, the 5 mile, 25
minute ride provides a majestic view of New York Harbor and a no-hassle, even
romantic, boat ride, for free! One guide book calls it "One of the world's
greatest (and shortest) water voyages."
From the deck of the ferry you will have a perfect view of The Statue of Liberty
and Ellis Island. You'll see the skyscrapers and bridges of Lower Manhattan
receding as you pull away and coming into focus again as you return.
A typical weekday schedule involves the use of five boats to transport approximately
60,000 passengers daily (109 daily trips). During the day, between rush hours,
boats are regularly fueled and maintenance work is performed. Terminals are
cleaned around the clock and routine terminal maintenance is performed on the
day shift. On weekends, three boats are used (75 trips each Saturday and 68
trips each Sunday) and over 35,000 trips are made annually.
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on image above to view!
The RMS
Titanic is a little smaller then this Cruise
Ship.
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