Manhattan/Brooklyn - IV - A Circle Line cruise around Manhattan Island

Elliot brought Eloïse & Luca from Brooklyn .We met here for lunch before walking to the Circle Line at Pier 83 & 42nd St. on the Hudson River.

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View from Schnipper's.

BIG APPLE.

"Anime NYC is New York City’s anime convention! A showcase of the best of Japanese pop culture in the biggest city in America, Anime NYC brings anime fans together for three days of unique exhibits, exclusive screenings, and appearances by some of the biggest creators in Japan!"

It was at the Javitts Convention Center. We saw lots of characters walking around that part of Manhattan.

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I asked the grandkids what they thought was the oldest building in the area. They correctly guessed this one; Sts. Cyril & Methodius & St. Raphael's - Catholic Church & Croation Parish c. 1903.

Our Circle Line boat for the circumnavigation of Manhattan Island.

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"Three Forty Three is a Ranger 4200 class fireboat that serving the N.Y.C. Fire Department... since September 11, 2010... is the largest single purpose fireboat built to date with the highest pumping capacity of any fireboat ever built."

To the left is Little Island Park & behind is the High Line.

A N.Y.C. ferry boat.

On board was a guide who talked almost the entire time. Sometimes the information was good, but so much it was hard to take in & other times just too much information.

An orange Staten Island Ferry connecting Staten Island & lower Manhattan. To the left is Manhattan & to the right is Brooklyn. Straight ahead is the Brooklyn Bridge spanning the East River.

Wall Street, South Street Seaport and the 1885 tall ship, the Wavertree. We had visited the Wavertree earlier in the week.

The Domino Sugar "refinery building that once produced more than a million pounds of sugar a day has been transformed into a Class A office space."

The Brooklyn Bridge was the 1st of 22 bridges we would pass under during the sailing. They warned us that unless the tide receded sufficiently, we might have to turn back in upper Manhattan as there might not be enough clearance for us to pass under one of the bridges.

In September 2018, we had taken an Classic Harbor Line Architecture Tour up the East River. We were quite familiar with many landmarks.

Garbage and ...

...pleasure.

Cute.

Multi colored doors of the 1960's.

From our architectural tour, I knew this was coming up. I advised an Argentinian fellow with a fine camera, to get ready & told him when to shoot to get the Empire State Building between the residential American Copper Buildings.

Phew, we made it under & didn't have to turn back.

Metro-North R.R. Harlem Line.

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The c. 1895 Macombs Dam Swing Bridge over the Harlem River. Yankee Stadium is to the right..

Front to back, the High Bridge c. 1848 (originally Aqueduct Bridge but now for pedestrians & bicyclists), Alexander Hamilton Bridge c. 1963 & Washington Bridge c. 1931. The c. 1872 High Bridge Water Tower is to the left.

Washington Bridge.

I don't remember how our on board narrator descibed this massive, impressive, building.

Check out the rubber ducky atop the forward mast.

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The Metro-North Spuyten Duyvil railroad station seen from the Circle Line Manhattan.

In Background, the Henry Hudson Bridge (c. 1693 & rebuilt 1936; no commercial vehicles). Forefront the Spuyten Duyvil R.R. Swing Bridge c. 1900 is now for Amtrak. It now opens only for the Circle Line boats.

The Hudson River & the George Washington Bridge

In the distance, the 2017 Mario Cuomo Bridge that replaced the 1955 Tappan Zee Bridge.

The c. 1932 George Washington Bridge. The c. 1962 lower level is affectionately referred to as Martha by New Yorkers.

Under it, on the NYC side, is the c. 1921 Little Red Lighthouse.

"When George Washington Bridge was completed in 1931,the lighthouse navigational light was considered obsolete,so the Coast Guard decommissioned it, and put it out in 1948, with the intention of auctioning it off.The proposed dismantling of it resulted in a public outcry, largely from children who were fans of the 1942 children's book, The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge...

...this led the Coast Guard to sign its deed to the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation on July 23, 1951."

City Univeristy of New York (CUNY); PhD program in Clinical Psychology at City College.

To the left is the c. 1897 domed Grant's Tomb.

To the right is the c. 1932 interdenominational Riverside Church that was conceived by John D. Rockefeller.

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The British Airways Concorde. It is a retired Anglo-French supersonic airliner on Pier 86 at the Intrepid Museum next to the end of our voyage at Circle Line's Pier 83.

Oh captain, my captain.

We highly recommend the Circle Line Tour around Manhattan Island if you ever visit NYC.