Our neighbors down the river in Staten Island are getting a giant ferris wheel

And by giant we mean the biggest in the world. Yes, bigger than the pretender in London. The proposed 625 foot tall ferris wheel comes with a price tag of $230 million and will sit right near the "Status Island" Yankees ballpark and not entirely too far from the Staten Island ferry docks. The project should be completed and the wheel start spinning by 2015.

The ferris wheel will offer great views of Jersey City, New Jersey's Statue of Liberty and lower Manhattan. You can see the picture of the imagined view courtesy of Mayor Mike's office.

The city has not finalized the name of the project/ferris wheel but we do know one of the final choices is "The Johnny Wheel" which we support 100%.