The ride to either terminal takes 25 minutes and runs every 30 minutes (rush hour service is every 15-20 minutes) īuses connect at the St. The ferry is free and operates 24 hours a day out of Battery Park in Manhattan and St. The ferry passes by Liberty Island and offers stunning views of the Manhattan skyline and New York Harbor. Staten Island can be reached by passenger ferry from Manhattan. The Borough is famous for its largely Conservative politcs and Suburban nature, Staten Island is Nicknamed the Forgotten Borough and is often overlooked compared to the rest of New York (city). New Springville the location of the Staten Island Mall.Tottenville at the southern tip of the island is the location of the Conference House.Livingston - to the east of West New Brighton and to the west of New Brighton, it is the location of the Snug Harbor Cultural Center, which includes the Staten Island Children's Museum.West New Brighton the neighborhood in which the Staten Island Zoo is located.Park Hill is known for having a large Liberian population, though with many other nationalities represented. (As are the areas surrounding both of those neighborhoods). Port Richmond is the center of Hispanic culture in the borough, as is Tompkinsville near the ferry to a lesser extent. It is the closest borough to New Jersey's Newark International Airport.Īlthough Staten Island is statistically the least diverse borough, the North Shore of Staten Island has many diverse sections. Although still predominantly residential in nature, the borough has changed significantly since the opening of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge in 1964. Staten Island is the most suburban of the five boroughs of New York City.

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