Staten Island Ferry Photo Gallery

Introduction

The Staten Island Ferry has been a municipal service since 1905, and currently carries over 19 million passengers annually on a 5.2-mile run between the St. George Terminal in Staten Island and the Whitehall Terminal in lower Manhattan. Service is provided 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

A typical weekday schedule involves the use of five boats to transport approximately 65,000 passengers daily (104 daily trips). A four-boat (15 minute headway) rush hour schedule is maintained. On weekends, three boats are used (64 trips each weekend day). Over 33,000 trips are made annually.

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Congressman Vito Fossella, Department of Transportation Commissioner Iris Weinshall and Economic Development President Andrew M. Alper announced the opening of the new Whitehall Ferry Terminal in Lower Manhattan on February 8, 2005.

"Today is a great day for Lower Manhattan and Staten Island," said Mayor Bloomberg. "This beautiful new terminal combined with the new Molinari, the soon to be in service Marchi, and the near completion of the St. George terminal are transforming the Staten Island Ferry experience. Instead of scurrying through dark and dilapidated terminals onto 40-year old boats, passengers will travel through architecturally exceptional airy terminals onto a state-of-the-art fleet. I want to thank all those who contributed to the opening of this terminal and especially to the people of Staten Island for their patience during this building process."