I LOVE NY 28 Places to Visit by THE FUTURE

1. The Two Ho’s - Soho & Noho
2. Hue-Man Bookstore – Harlem
3. Peter’s Since 1969 – Brooklyn
4. Brooklyn Museum – Brooklyn
5. Apollo Theater – Harlem
6. Times Square
7. Grand Central Terminal
8. Chez Josephine – 42nd Street Manhattan
9. Brooklyn Bridge
10. Café Condesa – West Village
11. Coney Island – Brooklyn
12. The United Nations
13. Staten Island Ferry
14. Abyssinian Baptist Church - Harlem
15. The Village
16. Pieces – Brooklyn
17. B. Café – Upper Westside
18. Century 21 – Lower Manhattan
19. The Empire State Building
20. Columbia University
21. Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, Queens
22. The Meatpacking District – Midtown
23. Wall Street
24. Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
25. Yankee Stadium
26. Central Park
27. Macy’s
28. The Bronx Zoo

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I LOVE NY 13 of 28 Places to Visit

The Staten Island Ferry
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The Staten Island Ferry is a passenger ferry service operated by the New York City that runs between Manhattan Island and Staten Island. The ferry departs Manhattan from South Ferry, near Whitehall Circle, at the southernmost tip of Manhattan near Battery Park. On Staten Island, the ferry arrives and departs from St. George Ferry Terminal on Richmond Terrace, near Richmond County Borough Hall and Richmond County Supreme Court.

The five mile journey takes about 25 minutes each way. The ferry is now free of charge, though riders must disembark at each terminal and reenter through the terminal building for a round trip to comply with Coast Guard regulations regarding vessel capacity and the placeholding optical turnstiles at both terminals. Bicycles may also be taken on the lowest deck of the ferry without charge. In the past, ferries were equipped for vehicle transport, at a charge of $3 per automobile; however, vehicles have not been allowed on the ferry since the September 11th attacks.

For most of the 20th century, the ferry was famed as the biggest bargain in New York City. It charged the same five cent fare as the New York Subway but the ferry fare remained a nickel when the subway fare increased to 10 cents in 1948. In 1970 then-Mayor John Lindsay proposed that the fare be raised to 25 cents, pointing out that the cost for each ride was 50 cents, or ten times what the fare brought in. On August 4, 1975, the nickel fare ended and the charge became 25 cents for a round trip, the quarter being collected in one direction only. The round trip increased to 50 cents in 1990, but then was eliminated altogether in 1997.