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January 24, 2022

‘SNL' comics buy old boat from Staten Island Ferry

  • Colin Jost, Pete Davidson and a partner plan to turn the boat into a nightclub.
  • By KAREN MATTHEWS
    Associated Press

    NEW YORK — “Saturday Night Live” comics Colin Jost and Pete Davidson have purchased a decommissioned Staten Island Ferry boat for $280,100 with plans to turn it into New York's hottest club.

    Jost and Davidson teamed up with comedy club owner Paul Italia on Wednesday's winning bid for the John F. Kennedy, a 277-foot vessel that shuttled commuters between the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and Staten Island from 1965 until it was taken out of service last August.


     
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