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NEW YORK HARBOR TOP SITES

Experiencing New York City from the water is one of the most exciting ways to celebrate this amazing place. Doing it on board a beautiful private yacht with your colleagues, friends or family makes it that much more special and memorable! Here are our top 10 sites to see while cruising NY Harbor with Aboard Citi Yachts.

1) Empire State Building

One of New York's most famous attractions, at over 1,250-feet high, the Empire State Building is one of the defining symbols of NYC. Completed in 1931, this 104-story building is currently the tallest skyscraper in New York (a title previously held by the 2nd Twin Tower). The spectacular lights at the top of the tower, especially during holidays, provide an amazing view of Manhattan's midtown skyline.

2) Battery Park City

Battery Park City is a 92-acre community located at the southwestern tip of lower Manhattan in New York City. The land upon which it stands was created on the Hudson River using dirt and rocks excavated during the construction of the World Trade Center. The neighborhood, which is the site of the World Financial Center along with numerous housing, commercial and retail buildings, is named for the adjacent Battery Park. Cruising on the Hudson alongside the promenade at Battery Park City, the Winter Garden and North Cove Marina offers cruisers spectacular views of lower Manhattan.

3) World Trade Center Site

The World Trade Center (WTC) was a complex located in the heart of New York City's downtown financial district in Lower Manhattan. Designed by Minoru Yamasaki in the early 1960s using a tube-frame structural design, its twin 110-story towers were built between 1966 and 1976. The twin towers were once the tallest buildings in the world. Besides office space, the complex contained the Windows on the World restaurant was located on the 106th and 107th floors of the North Tower, while the Top of the World observation deck was located on the 107th floor of the South Tower. The complex seven buildings were destroyed in 2001 in the September 11 terrorist attacks. The site is currently being rebuilt with six new skyscrapers and a memorial to the casualties of the attacks. A gaping hole is the skyline is a sad memory of these events.

4) Colgate Clock

The Colgate Clock is an octagonal clock facing the Hudson River near Exchange Place in Jersey City, NJ. With a diameter of 50 feet (15.24 meter), it is located on the former site of the headquarters of consumer products conglomerate Colgate-Palmolive, which was based in Jersey City until the 1980s. The current Colgate Clock was built in 1924 to replace an earlier clock designed by Colgate engineer Warren Day. It was initially constructed for the centennial of the Colgate Company in 1906. As of 2005, the Colgate Clock stands on an empty lot and maintained by Goldman Sachs. The clock is all lit up in red lights at night!

5) Ellis Island

Adjacent to the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island is another major symbol of the United States. It is located in the battery, at the mouth of the Hudson River. In the 19th and 20th centuries, this small island was the stopping point for immigrants entering the US, and the place where they would be officially registered. Nearly 17 million immigrants were processed here between 1892 and 1957. Today, over 100 million Americans - 1/3 of the population - can trace their ancestry to the immigrants who first arrived in America through the island before dispersing to points all over the country. At the 1900 Exposition in Paris, Architects Edward Lippincott Tilton and William Alciphron Boring received a gold medal for the building's design. This is a beautiful structure to cruise by.

6) Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty is one of the most recognizable icons of the United States and the City of New York, representing all that the US stands for: freedom from oppression in the land of opportunity. Built by sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, she was given to the United States by the people of France to represent the friendship between the two countries established during the American Revolution. The statue stands tall at 305 ft (93m). It was dedicated on October 28, 1886 and for many years after, it was one of the first glimpses of the United States for millions of immigrants and visitors after ocean voyages from around the world. Seeing Miss Liberty at night when she is all lit up is awe inspiring!

7) Governor’s Island

Governors Island is a 172-acre island in Upper New York Bay, approximately one-half mile (1 km) from the southern tip of Manhattan Island and separated from Brooklyn by Buttermilk Channel. First named by the Dutch explorer Adriaen Block, it was called Noten Eylant (and later Nutten Island) from 1611 to 1784. The island's current name—made official eight years after the 1776 Declaration of Independence—stems from British colonial times when the colonial assembly reserved the island for the exclusive use of New York's royal governors. The island was under military command from the 1700s through 1996, making it the oldest continuously operated military post in U.S. history. Since its transfer from the US Coast Guard to New York City in 2003, Governors Island has been open to the public every summer. Circling around the island on a private cruise is a rare treat!

8) South Street Seaport

The South Street Seaport is a historic area in the New York City borough of Manhattan, located where Fulton Street meets the East River, and adjacent to the Financial District. The Seaport is usually considered a historical district, distinct from the neighboring Financial District. It features some of the oldest architecture in downtown Manhattan, and includes the largest concentration of restored early 19th-century commercial buildings in the city. This includes renovated original mercantile buildings, renovated sailing ships, the former Fulton Fish Market, and modern tourist malls featuring food, shopping and nightlife, with a view of the Brooklyn Bridge. At the entrance to the Seaport is the Titanic Memorial lighthouse. Cruising by the Seaport with all its shoppers and tourists aboard a private yacht makes one feel privileged!

9) Brooklyn Bridge

Regarded as one of the greatest architectural achievements of all time, the Brooklyn Bridge is one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States. Designed by John Augustus Roebling and constructed between 1869 and 1883, it connects the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn by spanning the East River. Cruising under the Brooklyn Bridge, especially during the early evening hours, when the bridge lights come on, is a very exciting experience.

10) THE UNITED NATIONS

The United Nations (UN) is an international organization founded in 1945 after World War II to replace the League of Nations, to stop wars between countries, and to provide a platform for dialogue. Its stated aims are the achieving of world peace and the the facilitation of cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress and human rights. There are currently 192 UN member states, including nearly every sovereign state in the world. The United Nations Headquarters is a distinctive complex in New York City located in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Manhattan, on spacious grounds overlooking the East River. Cruising the East River, one can see the UN building from the water, however, getting too close is a risky move that immediately gets the US Coast Guard out!