Yankee, an historic ferry refit as a luxurious waterfront abode, is for sale in New York City; a 2017 Everglades center console is being raffled off to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Foundation.

Where can you get 5,000 square feet of living space in the New York metro area without being a multimillionaire? On a boat, of course. Consider Yankee, a 136foot ferry built and launched in 1907 by Neafie, Levy & Co. in Philadelphia.

Originally named Machigonne, the vessel ferried people, cargo and livestock between Portland, Maine, and the Casco Bay Islands. The Navy acquired the steel-hulled ferry in 1917 for service in World War I. Decommissioned in 1921, she was transferred to New York Harbor, where she spent eight years taking immigrants from Ellis Island to the mainland. In 1929 she was sold and subsequently passed through many hands. During World War II she provided ferry service between the Naval Yard in Philadelphia and National Park, New Jersey. In 1947, the ferry was again decommissioned and received her current name,

Yankee. She returned to commercial service, carrying vacationers from Providence to Block Island, Rhode Island.

Yankee was retired in 1983. Jim Gallagher bought her in 1990, towed her to Pier 25 in Manhattan and started a restoration. The current owners bought her in 2003. The ferry has 11 cabins that can accommodate 20 people and a lowerlevel ballroom that can host up to 150. Yankee is listed with Franklin Ruttan Property Specialists for $1.25 million and can be seen at the Henry Street pier in Brooklyn.