Brooklyn Cruise Terminal
Brooklyn Cruise Terminal | |
|---|---|
 The Queen Mary 2 at the terminal | |
| General information | |
| Location | Pier 12, Clinton Wharf Brooklyn, NY United States |
| Coordinates | 40°40.92′0″N 74°0.86′0″W / 40.68200°N 74.01433°W |
| Owned by | Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |
| Operated by | Ports America |
| Connections |  NYC Ferry: South Brooklyn Route MTA New York City Bus: B61 |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | Pier |
| Parking | Yes |
| Accessible | Yes |
| Other information | |
| Website | nycruise |
| History | |
| Opened | April 2006[1] |
The Brooklyn Cruise Terminal is a cruise terminal in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. The terminal is 180,000 square feet (17,000 m2) and sits on Buttermilk Channel, a tidal strait separating Brooklyn from Governors Island. It is located on land owned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) and leased by the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC).[2] The terminal is one of three terminals for ocean-going cruise ships in the New York metropolitan area. Ships from Carnival Corporation (which owns the Cunard and Princess Cruises) call the terminal their home port.
The Brooklyn Cruise Terminal is located at Red Hook Pier 12, on the south side of the Atlantic Basin[3] at Pioneer and Imlay Streets. Vehicular access is through the main gate near the intersection of Bowne and Imlay Streets.
The terminal was converted from a 1954 freight terminal and was earlier the site of the Atlantic Basin Iron Works. The Brooklyn Cruise Terminal opened on April 15, 2006, following a $52 million investment by NYCEDC, with the arrival of the RMS Queen Mary 2.[4] On July 15 and 16, 2017,[5] the Brooklyn Street Circuit in the port and supporting roads hosted the Formula E electric car racing series's ninth and tenth round in the 2016–17 Formula E season.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Brooklyn Cruise Terminal Overview". NYCruise. 2015. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
- ^ AJOT (June 3, 2009). "NY/NJ Port Authority board approves lease extensions for New York seaport terminals". ajot.com. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
- ^ "NYCEDC Issues Request for Proposals for Atlantic Basin". NYCEDC. Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
- ^ Confessore, Nicholas (April 16, 2006). "New Brooklyn Terminal Shows It's Fit for Queen". The New York Times. Retrieved July 10, 2010.
- ^ "NYC". Formula E Tickets. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
- ^ O'Kane, Sean (September 21, 2016). "Formula E will race in Brooklyn in 2017". The Verge. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
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