Staten Island Ferry

Staten Island Ferry 

Sonnet by Emma Lazarus engraved on the statue of Libery pedestal:

The New Colossus:

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land, Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A might woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. "Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my Lamp beside the Golden door!"

South Staten Island Ferry Terminal in New York. View on New Jersey.

Traveling to New York from Staten Island takes about 25 minutes.

New York City and New Jersey City as seen from the Staten Island Ferry.

The traffic here is rather dense. 

Manhattan approaching.

Statue of Liberty. New York, October 28, 1886. Liberty enlightening the World, better known as the Statue of Liberty, was the gift of the people of France. Designed by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, the copper-sheathed monument measures 151 feet from base to torch and weighs 225 tons.

The sonnet by Emma Lazurus is engraved on the pedestal of the statue and is entitled The New Colossus. It stood for years as a welcome to the immigrants passing through nearby Ellis Island.

The Manhattan Island and a small vessel sailing in front of it.

Verazzano Bridge which links New York to Staten Island.

A clipper or something like that crossing ways with the ferry.

South Port, Staten Island terminal in New York

Helioport by the South Port.

Brooklyn bridge on the left and Brooklyn in the center of this photo.

The Staten Island ferry at the Staten Island Port.