Originally Posted by
jbcarioca
Yes, you'll be in SI about 10 minutes or so after leaving JFK. The question is, where in SI?Depending on that answer it can be more efficient to take public transport, as closetasfan suggested, to get to the ferry.
10 minutes???
Do you just somehow get your own lane on the Belt and on the Verrazano to accomplish this?
LisaNaomi, what do your cousins advise for you? Since they don't drive, they must know the SI bus routes. Many if not most begin at the St George Ferry terminal. I know a few SI buses go into Bay Ridge, Brooklyn but not to JFK.
Try this:
http://tripplanner.mta.info/_start.aspx
Originally Posted by Blumie
Why do they charge a toll to go to Staten Island. It seems to me to make a lot more sense to charge people to leave Staten Island.
Tolls are paid heading into SI from all bridges. Perhaps it is to make sure that money is collected no matter which way people go to/from Brooklyn and Central NJ.