Staten Island Ferry

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The Gov. Herbert H. Lehman of the Staten Island Ferry during the crossing from the Lower Manhattan Terminal to Staten Island
Damage in the Saint George Ferry Terminal after the accident on October 15, 2003
Andrew J. Barberi of the Staten Island Ferry outside Lower Manhattan Terminal

The Staten Island Ferry is a ferry service operated by the Department of Transportation in the port of New York City between Manhattan and Staten Island . The landing stages are on Whitehall Street at Battery Park in Manhattan and at the Saint George Ferry Terminal , which is connected to the Staten Island Railway . Nine double-ended ferries are used.

history

The first regular ferry connections on this route began around 1810. Today's Staten Island Ferry has been operated by the City of New York since 1905. Annually over 19 million passengers use this ferry connection over the Upper New York Bay . The ferries take around 22 minutes to cross about 8.4 km (5 miles).

Since 1997 the ferries can be used by pedestrians and cyclists free of charge. Before that, a return trip cost 50 cents (until 1990 25 cents). Transporting vehicles cost initially continues to 3  US dollars , but was discontinued after the September 11 attacks 2,001th Since then, these ships have operated exclusively as passenger ferries.

All passengers must disembark from the ferry at both endpoints. However, you can immediately join the queue again and take the same ship back.

incident

On the afternoon of October 15, 2003, the Andrew J. Barberi ferry collided with a pier in Staten Island before approaching the Saint George Ferry Terminal. Of the approx. 1500 passengers on the 6000-seater ferry, eleven people died and more than 70 were injured.

Web links

Commons : Staten Island Ferry  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files