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The auction concluded on January 19, 2022, with the ferry sold "as is" and "where is" to Paul Italia, Ron Castellano and Staten Island natives Colin Jost and Pete Davidson [9] for a final selling price of $280,100. [10] The new owners planned on converting the ferry into an entertainment venue at the cost of $34 million as of 2024. [11]
The Saturday Night Live comedian and the Black Widow actress, who married in 2020, recently debated Jost's unexpected purchase of a decommissioned Staten Island Ferry vessel during the "Great ...
Jost and Pete Davidson bought a decommissioned ferry in 2022 for $280,000
When Colin Jost decided to purchase a decommissioned Staten Island ferry boat to the tune of $280,000 with fellow Saturday Night Live alum Pete Davidson in 2022, the unorthodox decision became the ...
The Andrew J. Barberi was the first of two Staten Island Ferry boats in the Barberi class, which also includes MV Samuel I. Newhouse (built 1982). [2] Each boat has a crew of 15, can carry 6,000 passengers but no cars, is 310 feet (94 m) long and 69 feet 10 inches (21.29 m) wide, with a draft of 13 feet 6 inches (4.11 m), a gross tonnage of 3,335 short tons (2,978 long tons; 3,025 t), a ...
The backdrop of the Staten Island Ferry's route also makes it a popular place for film shoots, [146] and the ferry has been featured in various films, such as Working Girl (1988), [171] How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003), [172] and Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017). [173] Many other films and TV episodes use the Staten Island Ferry in establishing ...
In January 2022 Davidson and Jost — Staten Island-bred real-life pals — bought the 60-year-old decommissioned John F. Kennedy Staten Island Ferry for $280,000.
The MV Mary Murray was a 277-foot (84 m) long Staten Island Ferry vessel launched in 1937. She was decommissioned in 1975, and sold at auction with her new owner intending to turn it into a restaurant or museum.