Rare Vineyard View Posted August 18, 2019 #1 Share Posted August 18, 2019 I read that there is a water taxi one can take from close to the Manhattan cruise terminal. Is this a viable and good option to arrive close to 911 Memorial? We don’t mind walking some on each end. It seems like a nice option to taking a taxi. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
138east Posted August 18, 2019 #2 Share Posted August 18, 2019 10 hours ago, Vineyard View said: I read that there is a water taxi one can take from close to the Manhattan cruise terminal. Is this a viable and good option to arrive close to 911 Memorial? We don’t mind walking some on each end. It seems like a nice option to taking a taxi. Thank you Could you provide more details about your ship and date, your timing, and any other details about yoursightseeing objectives? Would you have luggage or are you overnighting in NYC in the ship? The problem is that from the 39th St ferry terminal there is no New York Waterways direct service to the Battery Park/Brookfield Terminal near the 911 Memorial, so you would have to pay a double fare, which would be $15-17/pp., to go across the Hudson to NJ (Hoboken) and back to lower Manhattan. The “New York Water Taxi” seems to operate like a Hoho ferry with a flat rate price of about $37/pp per day. The MTA ferries which are about $3/pp only operate in the East River, so you would have to get yourselves all the way across midtown Manhattan to 34th St. IMO by the time you could do this rather time consuming trip traffic, you could take the subway from 50th & 8th to World Trade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Vineyard View Posted August 18, 2019 Author #3 Share Posted August 18, 2019 We will be overnight on the ship, so no luggage. We are sailing Viking out of the Manhattan terminal on Wednesday 10/9 and have that day free. We will already have done some exploring as we arrive Sunday evening. I read that there is a NYC Water Taxi that leaves not far from the Manhattan pier (42nd St?) and goes to Battery Park. If that is a hassle or very expensive, then I really appreciate the subway information, so thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
138east Posted August 18, 2019 #4 Share Posted August 18, 2019 1 hour ago, Vineyard View said: We will be overnight on the ship, so no luggage. We are sailing Viking out of the Manhattan terminal on Wednesday 10/9 and have that day free. We will already have done some exploring as we arrive Sunday evening. I read that there is a NYC Water Taxi that leaves not far from the Manhattan pier (42nd St?) and goes to Battery Park. If that is a hassle or very expensive, then I really appreciate the subway information, so thank you! New York water taxi does this, but it’s a Hoho and costs $37/pp for the whole day. Subway is about $3/pp - E train to World Trade from 50th & 8th - https://www.mta.info/sites/default/files/archive/pdfs/subway_web_full_map_Jun10.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Vineyard View Posted August 18, 2019 Author #5 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Awesome. That is the winner! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristieB Posted September 10, 2019 #6 Share Posted September 10, 2019 https://www.nywatertaxi.com/neighborhood-guides/midtown-42nd-street Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
138east Posted September 10, 2019 #7 Share Posted September 10, 2019 17 hours ago, KristieB said: https://www.nywatertaxi.com/neighborhood-guides/midtown-42nd-street Yes - that’s the one that is $37 for the day. It has 4 stops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Vineyard View Posted September 14, 2019 Author #8 Share Posted September 14, 2019 Taxi wins. Glad I asked. Love water taxis but this is a bit steep in comparison! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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