✨ The Staten Island Ferry: NYC’s Best Free Ride! ✨🗽 Want skyline views, Lady Liberty, and Ellis Island all for $0? The Staten Island Ferry is a New York icon, free, famous, and running 24/7. Each ride is about 25 minutes across the harbor, with ferries every 15–20 minutes during rush hour and about every 30 minutes off peak. 🌟 History & Highlights •First launched in 1817 by the Richmond Turnpike Company. •Cornelius Vanderbilt owned it in the 1830s before the City took over in 1905. •Civil War