Article in the Times about the long, slow overhaul of the ferry terminals. My favorite part is the story behind why the neighborhood around the Staten Island side is called the St. George Ferry Terminal:
As part of an effort to consolidate several ferry ports in 1886, a flamboyant developer named Erastus Wiman needed to renew a lease from a businessman named George Law. Said Mr. Wiman to Mr. Law: If you lease it again, I'll canonize you.
"And when the terminal came together, Wiman called it St. George," Mr. Dickenson said, adding that the tale was "probably true."
This reminds me of the story behind why Staten Island is part of New York instead of the more geographically logical choice, New Jersey: New York won a boat race. This, similarly, might not be true. Though this posting from seven years ago seems to agree with me (last entry, at the bottom).There, I gave you your Staten Island fix for the day! You're welcome!
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Any discussion of STATEN ISLAND should include how it was named.
It happened as Henry Hudson was entering the harbor and looked to his left and asked his first mate, "stat an island?"
"Yah, Stat en Island."
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