Going Coastal

Working Harbor Day is coming up on Sunday 18 May from 10 AM to 6 PM at the South Street Seaport Museum’s Pier 16. This year Working Harbor Day is brought to you by the Working Harbor Committee, in association with Circle Line Downtown and South Street Seaport Museum. Pier 16 is located at the end of Fulton Street and East River.

 

The day long celebration will feature, as always, 90-minute Hidden Harbor Tour’s of our harbor’s exciting and vibrant working maritime waterfront from the Brooklyn Navy yard to the busy ship channel called Kill Van Kull between Staten Island and Bayonne, NJ. See giant container ship ports, shipyards, tugboat yards, dry docks and graving docks, automobile ship terminals, cruise ship docks & more

 

These narrated trips are half-price (ranging from $8 to $14) and are on the ultra-luxurious sightseeing yacht Zephyr (except for the 10 AM tour which is on Patriot), both vessels from Circle Line Downtown. Departures are every 2 hours, alternating between the Brooklyn waterfront (Noon and 4 PM) and the Staten Island/New Jersey waterfront (10 AM and 2 PM). The full schedule is as follows:

 

·         10 AM – Staten Island & New Jersey (Kill Van Kull, Global & Military Ocean Terminals)

·         Noon – Brooklyn Working Waterfront (Brooklyn Navy Yard to Eire Basin)

·         2 PM – Staten Island & New Jersey (Same as 10 AM tour)

·         4 PM – Brooklyn Working Waterfront (Same as Noon tour)

Zephyr is a large, luxurious sightseeing vessel with 3 levels, 2 full bars and light food, and a capacity of over 500 (but we never go beyond 350 to keep it comfortable).

 

For tickets, visit www.WorkingHarbor.Org and for more about Circle Line Downtown and its boats, visit www.CircleLineDowntown.Com

 

In addition, there will be a special South Street Seaport Museum admission of $3, which  includes many enjoyable activities for children. Learn seamanship skills such as knot tying & create your own knot board to take home. Plus you can take a “Pirate Sail” aboard the Museum’s historic schooner Pioneer – or meet a traditional woodcarver, try your hand tossing a dock line or just listen to music at the free activities on Pier 16.

 

In addition, listen to The Mercantillers, an excellent group featuring sea shanties, Celtic and traditional folk music, free on Pier 16.

 

For information call 212-748-8786, visit www.southstreetseaportmuseum.org or email reservations@southstseaport.org

 

Or, if you prefer, consider our 2-hour Sunset Hidden Harbor Tour^® at 6 PM, also on Zephyr. This tour includes both the Brooklyn and Staten Island / New Jersey waterfronts with a pause at the Statue of Liberty for sunset – and features one free drink for each passenger. For a complete tour description, see Summer Sunset Hidden Harbor Tours below.

 

All tours feature a discount for WHC and SSSM members. To become a member go to the respective websites:

www.WorkingHarbor.Org or www.southstreetseaportmuseum.org.

 

Summer Sunset Hidden Harbor Tours^®.

 

All summer long on selected Tuesday evenings – 6 to 8 PM

 

2-hour Special Sunset Hidden Harbor Tours® on board Circle Line’s luxury yacht, Zephyr.  All on Tuesdays at 6 PM – All depart from Pier 16 at the South Street Seaport Museum, foot of Fulton Street and East River. Narrated by harbor experts with guests from the maritime industry.

 

The dates are: 10 June, 24 June, 8 July, 29 July, 12 August, 26 August, 16 September, and 30 September

 

Children (4-12) $17 / SSSM/WHC Members or Seniors $21 / Non-Members $29

 

Tour Description: Depart South Street Seaport Museum Pier 16, Red Hook Container Terminal (American Stevedoring), East side Governors Island, Red Hook Passenger Terminal (where QM2 and other cruise ships dock), Erie Basin (Barges & tugs, where fireworks are loaded), Across the upper bay, Kill Van Kull (old docks and tugboat yards), Bayonne Bridge, then either New York Container Terminal (at Howland Hook, NJ) or Port Elizabeth & Port Newark (container terminals), back out the Kill Van Kull, by Robbins Reef Lighthouse (widow Kate Walker’s home), Military Ocean Terminal (large graving dock), Global Ocean Terminal (container port & automobile ship dock), Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island, Whitehall Ferry Terminal (tip of Manhattan) and back to South Street Seaport Museum Pier 16

 

Zephyr is a large, luxurious sightseeing vessel with 3 levels, 2 full bars and light food, and a capacity of over 500 (but we never go beyond 350 to keep it comfortable).

 

For tickets, visit http://workingharbor.com/Events.htm#hidden_harbor_tours

(or simply www.workingharbor.org and click on Summer Hidden harbor Tour Information in the upper left hand corner)

And for more about Circle Line Downtown and its boats, visit www.CircleLineDowntown.Com