today I'm going to show you a way to see some of the best sites of New York City at a fraction
of the cost of what you pay for a big tour boat for only four dollars we're riding the
NYC Ferry one of the best travel hacks that most tourists have never even heard of and
I'll show you some of my favorite routes let's go
card on the NYC Ferry it is four dollars one way the easiest way to handle this is to download
the NYC Ferry app and just buy your tickets before you even get to the station the other
way would be to get to any of the ferry Terminals and to buy it from one of the machines also
if you have a big group and you're going to be taking a few of these ferries great deals
10 tickets for 27.50 Rockaway bound boat is one of my favorites for not just sightseeing
but actually going to Rockaway Beach super fun now I've seen this line before like down
the block In the Heat of the summer there's some sights on this specific ride that you
can't get on any tourist boat in New York City you need to pick a nice day to do it
always sit up top unless it's freezing cold ferries have gotten really high tech you even
can order right from your phone have everything set and go down and pick it up later on in
the video and they even have a beer all right the coolest thing about leaving from Pure
11 is you have just this straight on shot of lower Manhattan the skyline as you pull
out
not bad not bad View at all and one thing to keep in mind is that these boats are four
dollars each way this is not an expensive tour boat you don't have somebody on an intercom
telling you what you're seeing you're just here to enjoy the views
[Music] I love that we have all of Manhattan just trailing behind us here one thing to
keep in mind is that these are commuter fairies so I would try to avoid Peak rush hour times
in the mornings end of the late afternoons just so you have more space yourself and now
we're approaching one of my favorite bridges in the city Verrazano we are going under it
as I said before I don't know any other boat that will take you under this bridge [Music]
yeah the island is completely deserted the beach is empty normally on a hot summer day
you would see it absolutely packed it is deserted because of these insane wins you can see the
skyline all the way in the distance foreign
like this [Music]
the fact that they have a few outlets on the main deck is actually really useful especially
because your ticket is on your phone you are coming back in the same direction you do have
to exit get back in line and head back I really insist you come to Rockaway Beach for an entire
morning or afternoon check out the beach check out the food check out the beer really nice
scene here of all of the fairies on this video this is the one if you just want to dedicate
to straight up sightseeing take this if you have two hours take this ride since we just
came back from Rockaway we've got two hours to transfer for free so we're jumping on the
next line included true story this is the only line I have not done for this video and
I'm most excited for it you can already see those bridges I already see where we're heading
I've heard a lot of tour guys use This Acronym but it's BMW Brooklyn Manhattan Williamsburg
Bridge in order if you want to remember [Music] it's amazing how many ways you can do the
Brooklyn Bridge biked it walked it going underneath it with a ferry and I see the people walking
right now
his view never gets old I'm not gonna lie it never ever gets old [Music]
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a little tip for you before you take the ferry it's 75 degrees right now and I need this
jacket it is a lot colder on the water it's a lot windier on the water so you're almost
guaranteed to need a jacket for this far the most relaxing way to experience New York I
have to say [Music]
a lot of the the tour boats of New York dinner cruises the the circle lines great in their
own way of course and I think worth the money but for the budget option they actually don't
go really beyond the Williamsburg Bridge if you want to go past that on the East River
ferry it's pretty much the best way to do it foreign
[Music] because we're passing Roosevelt Island I love taking the tram there and then the
Queensborough Bridge okay now if you saw our video about what to do in the summer in New
York we biked over it not for the first time that I can remember I'm actually going under
the bridge on ferry it's the first for me beautiful bridge too very underappreciated
I think by uh most non-new Yorkers it's a lead Gracie Mansion yes thank you sure you
could take over you're better than me you're way better than me one of the reasons I didn't
jump out here is I wanted to go under both the RFK and the Hellgate bridge and I've never
been underneath either of those bridges before
all right look at the RFK
[Music] thank you missing probably the last place you want to end up on a trip to New
York City Rikers Island which is the largest and most notorious jail in New York with an
estimated 10 000 or so inmates passing some time there and we will leave it at that we
went under six different Bridges and we see two more up there white stone on the Throgs
Neck Bridge a tour company could have just done this and called it the the New York Rich's
tours I think the final piece to this puzzle is when you look straight down at all the
places we passed and I just see the entire Manhattan skyline clear as can be it's commuting
in style I gotta say I don't have this much fun taking the subway [Music]
all due respect a circle line I've taken them before they are literally going the exact
same path as the ferry for about I don't know nine or ten times more money now if you're
planning on walking the Brooklyn Bridge this is why you need to take this boat take the
ferry to Dumbo and then you walk back over the Brooklyn Bridge so you only have to do
it once and you are walking towards the skyline this is absolutely an amazing idea [Music]
couldn't even get a seat on this but it doesn't matter because we are just going One Stop
four minutes
you have the ability to pick a nice day to do this not such a windy day to do this this
is a good like intro to New York Ferry I kind of put this on like your requirement you're
required to take this ferry ride one stop you visit New York [Music] and now you've
got a few options at your disposal you can explore Dumbo which I highly recommend you
do and of course walk back right there to Manhattan via the Brooklyn Bridge when you're
coming to New York not taking one of these ferries would definitely be a mistake and
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