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Sneak Peak at Freshkills

FREE WATER TAXI SERVICE

Please note: there has been a change in location for Water Taxi departure. Water Taxis will now be departing from Slip 6 at Battery Park in Manhattan.

Free water taxi service will operate between Slip 6 in Battery Park and Freshkills Park. Water taxis will depart Slip 6 in Battery Park at 10:00am, 12:00pm and 2:00pm. Travel to Freshkills Park from Manhattan lasts approximately one hour. Water Taxis will return to Battery Park from Freshkills Park at 11:00am, 1:00pm and 3:30pm.

Bikes will not be permitted on the water taxi. For biking directions to the event site from the St. George Ferry Terminal, please see below.

FREE SHUTTLE BUSES

Free shuttle buses will operate between the St. George Ferry Terminal and the event. Sunday Staten Island Ferries from Manhattan to the St. George Ferry Terminal depart every half hour on the half hour. Travel to St. George from Manhattan lasts approximately 30 minutes.

Free shuttle buses from the St. George Ferry Terminal to Freshkills Park will depart every half hour at :15 and :45 past the hour from 10:45 a.m. to 2:15 p.m.. Travel lasts approximately 45 minutes. Look for signs inside the St. George Ferry Terminal to direct you to your departure. Please note that capacity is limited. Shuttle buses returning to St. George from Freshkills Park will depart every half hour between 11:30 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Bikes will not be permitted on the shuttle buses. For biking directions to the event site from the St. George Ferry Terminal, please see below.

PUBLIC TRANSIT

From Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens & The Bronx:
Take the 1 or R trains to Whitehall Street/South Ferry, or the 4/5 train to Bowling Green. Then take the Staten Island Ferry to St. George, Staten Island.

Within Staten Island, or if you miss the free shuttle:
The S62 Bus will depart the St. George Ferry Terminal every half hour on the half hour. Travel lasts approximately 35 minutes. Take the bus to Victory Boulevard and Glen Street. Walk south on Beresford Avenue to Wild Avenue. Enter the site on foot or wait for the shuttle bus.

The S62 Bus from Victory Boulevard and Glen Street will depart for the St. George Ferry Terminal every half hour at :15 and :45 minutes past the hour.

DRIVING

Head west on I-278, the Staten Island Expressway. Take Exit 5 for the Southbound West Shore Expressway. Take Exit 7, Victory Boulevard. Turn left at the end of the exit ramp, onto Victory Boulevard. Proceed 0.25 miles and turn right into the parking lot of the Showplace Entertainment Center. Bear left to stay on Beresford Ave. Parking is available at Wild and Beresford Aves.

BIKING

Enter at the corner of Wild Ave and West Shore Expressway East Service Rd. You may enter the site on bike.

Ride the City recommends a safe bike route from the St. George Ferry to the site. A more direct but potentially more difficult route would follow Victory Boulevard from Bay Street, near the Ferry Terminal, to Beresford Ave, through the entrance of the Showplace Entertainment Center and straight through to the event entrance.

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