New York Ferry Companies

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Staten Island Ferry

Since New York has plenty of waterways, there are a lot of small ferry companies that connect several ports in and around New York even to New Jersey. Among the popular ferry companies that plies the New York Harbor are the NY Waterway, the Seastreak, and New York City Department of Transportation’s operated Staten Island Ferry. Among the popular service of these ferry companies are their trips to Yankees and the Mets stadiums, and the Staten Island Ferry’s free service from Manhattan to Staten Island and vice versa.

Ferry companies serving Yankees and Mets fans

During baseball season, the NY Waterway serves hundreds of avid Yankee fans onboard their aptly name boat, the Yankee Clipper! NY Waterway serves trips to the Yankee Stadium from West 38th St., Port Imperial, Hoboken NJT, Pier 11, and East 34th St., and for the last return trip, the boat leaves Yankee Stadium 30 minutes after the final out is recorded. Tickets are sold for $22 for adults, $18 for 12-year-olds and below, and free for toddlers 3 years old and younger. Seastreak on the other hand, offers chartered tours to the Yankees and Mets stadiums and other popular destinations in New York and New Jersey. They also have regular trips to the stadiums including West Point Football during the games’ season.

Free Staten Island Ferry ride

Carrying the symbol of America and New York since the early days of ferry companies in the 1700s, the government owned Staten Island Ferry now offers a free ride from Manhattan to Staten Island since July 4, 1997. Tourists will surely appreciate the free ride across the New York Harbor to Staten passing the Liberty Island, Brooklyn Bridge, the Wall Street skyscrapers, Ellis Island, and the Governor’s Island. If you’re a tourist in New York City, you just have to catch a ride in one of Staten Island Ferries’ trips because these ferries have become national, historical attraction in their own rights too.

Useful links for New York ferry companies

If you want to chart a tour to the many islands and tourist destination in New York Harbor, Seastreak Company has vessels for this purpose. You can either hire a charter onboard their catamarans or regular ferries, and a full catering and live entertainment is also available upon request.

For first time New York waterways travelers, the interactive ferry map from NY Waterway should be helpful to familiarize the routes around New York Harbor, too.

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