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The Staten Island Ferry is a fare-free passenger ferry route operated by the New York City Department of Transportation.The ferry's single route runs 5.2 miles (8.4 km) through New York Harbor between the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and Staten Island, with ferry boats completing the trip in about 25 minutes.
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]
In 2018, while in drydock in Staten Island after further hull work, the Yankee was listed for sale by Franklin-Ruttan: "The oldest existing Ellis Island Ferry. Built in 1907, acquired by Victoria & Richard Mackenzie-Childs in 2003 and renovated with their creative touch. 150 foot historic vessel listed on National Register of historic places.
The first vessel, MV SSG Michael H. Ollis, was expected to be delivered in mid-2019, [2] followed later that year by MV Sandy Ground, named after an early African American settlement on Staten Island. [7] A petition to name the third Ollis-class ship after Staten Island firefighter John G. Chipura, who died in the September 11 attacks, reached ...
Staten Island natives Colin Jost and Pete Davidson have officially obtained a piece of history in the form of a decommissioned ferry. ... Read article A boat titled the John F. Kennedy was bought ...
The boat, called the John F. Kennedy, served as a Staten Island Ferry until it was decommissioned in 2021. It was bought the following year by investors including actor-comedian Pete Davidson and “Saturday Night Live's” Colin Jost, who both grew up in the New York City borough. “We are really the first people to utilize it (the ferry) for ...
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 ...
A storied Staten Island ferry that infamously crashed in 2003, killing 11 people, went up for auction this week — in case comedians Pete Davidson and Colin Jost want a possibly haunted second one.