S. I. boat, mansions, & Sri Lankan restaurant/museum

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NOTE: THE BUFFET IS CASH ONLY!

DON'T BE LATE: THE FERRY LEAVES AT 4 PM

The Stapleton Heights Historic District is the oldest collection of elegant, richly creative wooden mansions in New York City. We'll take a short bus ride there from the S.I. ferry terminal. (The boat ride itself is a beautiful, serene treat.) After viewing the mansions we'll Walk for about 15 minutes to Lakruwana, a Sri Lankan restaurant decorated with enough traditional art and artifacts to resemble a museum. It's in the Michelin guide and is among the New York Times's top 100 restaurants. Yet its great, unusual, All you can eat buffet costs only $21.95 plus tax. After dining, we'll walk or take a bus back to the terminal.:

DISTANCE: About 1.5 to 3 miles, depending on whether you walk or take a bus back to the terminal

ENDING TIME: You should get back to the ferry terminal in Manhattan by about 830 PM, give or take half an hour, or earlier if you decide to skip dinner.

COST: $1 for me, to help cover Meetup's organizer fee; $5.50 for two bus rides if you don't have an unlimited Metrocard; and the cost of dinner unless you decide to leave early.

TRANSPORTATION: R, 1 train to Whitehall/South Ferry, or 4,5 train to Bowling Green. Google MTA planned service changes
for weekend changes on your trains.