The Day After Tomorrow ship

[Sean Carter]

Hi new here and just recently finished watching The Day After Tomorrow and I apologize if this has been discussed and I know it’s not a ship related film but I wanted to ask if the people who were in the New York public library could have sailed the ship out of New York and south to safer waters if they had gotten on it?

please let me know below. Thanks!

 

[Tim Gerard]

I was still living in NY when that movie came out, and my first thought was wondering if that ship could even fit down 42nd street to get anywhere near the library.

 

[Tim Aldrich]

Assuming the car in the foreground isn't floating that ship won't be sailing anywhere. If the car's on the ground that would suggest a water depth of three to four feet. The ship is obviously unloaded but the bulbous bow is just showing. Without more depth to the water that ship is grounded

 

[Sean Carter]

I was still living in NY when that movie came out, and my first thought was wondering if that ship could even fit down 42nd street to get anywhere near the library.

Is that where the library is?

 

[Mark Baber]

Yes, it's at 42d and 5th Avenue, although the main entrance is on 5th, where the lions Patience and Fortitude are.

 

[Samuel Halpern]

Patience and Fortitude

I only wish I had those when having to deal with certain individuals on this site.

 

[Tim Gerard]

Is that where the library is?

Yeah, 42nd street and 5th Avenue. In Manhattan, streets run East/West and avenues go North/South. Once the area is flooded, the ship would come down 42nd from the Hudson River.

 

[Steven Christian]

Assuming the car in the foreground isn't floating that ship won't be sailing anywhere. If the car's on the ground that would suggest a water depth of three to four feet. The ship is obviously unloaded but the bulbous bow is just showing. Without more depth to the water that ship is grounded

If I remember the movie right the ship grounded by the library. Also been awhile since I was there last but I don't remember the streets being all that wide. It was an entertaining movie though for one of the more recent sci-fi flicks. Cheers.