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Pete Davidson and Colin Jost buy old Staten Island ferry [View all]
https://www.workboat.com/passenger-vessels/-king-of-staten-island-and-comedy-partner-buy-old-ferry‘King of Staten Island’ and comedy partner buy old ferry
January 21, 2022
Kirk Moore
Passenger Vessels News
The Staten Island ferry John F. Kennedy, commissioned in 1965 and sidelined by aging mechanicals in summer 2021, was purchased at auction for $280,100 by ‘Saturday Night Live’ cast members Pete Davidson and Colin Jost.
“It’s sick,” Davidson told the New York Post Friday. Davidson, Jost, and third partner Paul Italia, a real estate agent and co-founder of the Stand comedy club in the city, plan to convert the 277’ x 69’ vessel into a floating entertainment venue and bar, the Post reported.
Replaced by the new 320’ x 70’, 4,500-passenger ferries Staff Sgt. Michael Ollis – WorkBoat's 2021 Boat of the Year – and sister ship Sandy Ground, the Kennedy was put up for auction by the city Department of Citywide Administrative Services.
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January 21, 2022
Kirk Moore
Passenger Vessels News
The Staten Island ferry John F. Kennedy, commissioned in 1965 and sidelined by aging mechanicals in summer 2021, was purchased at auction for $280,100 by ‘Saturday Night Live’ cast members Pete Davidson and Colin Jost.
“It’s sick,” Davidson told the New York Post Friday. Davidson, Jost, and third partner Paul Italia, a real estate agent and co-founder of the Stand comedy club in the city, plan to convert the 277’ x 69’ vessel into a floating entertainment venue and bar, the Post reported.
Replaced by the new 320’ x 70’, 4,500-passenger ferries Staff Sgt. Michael Ollis – WorkBoat's 2021 Boat of the Year – and sister ship Sandy Ground, the Kennedy was put up for auction by the city Department of Citywide Administrative Services.
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