TankerTime, always FREE
TankerTime is 7 days a week, 12pm to 6pm on weekends and starting earlier at 10am on weekdays and often running later than 6pm when the office staff works late - unless a special alert is posted here. Hours can change if we have an offsite or are painting the ship deck, so check here back before visiting!
TankerTime = enjoy the deck of the tanker MARY A. WHALEN with tables, chairs, hammocks. Kids toy area. During hot weather: kiddie pool and ArtTable with colored pencils, watercolors, blank paper and coloring book pages. One cabin (the Tankerman’s cabin just inside the main door, is set up as a kids’ educational play space. It has 2 bunk beds (kids can get on them), stuffies and kids books you can read (but not take; we use these for our education programs).
TankerFlicks = when we show movies on deck
TankerTunes = concerts and music jams
TankerTours = tours of the ship including the interior
Where: ship MARY WHALEN, Pier 11, Atlantic Basin, Red Hook, Brooklyn. The Red Hook Atlantic Basin NYC ferry stop is next to us. Directions. You can get take-out delivered here or bring your own.
Pets: Dogs must be on a leash at all times at the request of our ship cat Chiclet.
Getting inside the ship: We offer public tours a few times a year, and for school groups and others by appointment. Send an email to arrange that and see our webpage EDUCATION & YOUTH for ideas. We can’t open the interior more often since our offices are in here until we can get building space (and it’s been a 19-year saga at this point).
