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The Manhattan Cruise Terminal, formerly known as the New York Passenger Ship Terminal or Port Authority Passenger Ship Terminal is a ship terminal for ocean-going passenger ships in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, New York City. [3] It was constructed and expanded in the 1920s and 1930s as a replacement for the Chelsea Piers.
The harbor is fed by the waters of the Hudson River (historically called the North River as it passes Manhattan), as well as the Gowanus Canal.It is connected to Lower New York Bay by the Narrows, to Newark Bay by the Kill Van Kull, and to Long Island Sound by the East River, which, despite its name, is actually a tidal strait.
Collectively the cruise terminals in the Port of New York and New Jersey are the sixth busiest in the United States and 16th busiest in the world for passenger travel. Cape Liberty Cruise Port, MOTBY, Upper Bay [88] Brooklyn Cruise Terminal, Buttermilk Channel, Upper Bay [89] New York Passenger Ship Terminal, Hudson River [90]
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. [6] On July 15 and 16, 2017, [ 7 ] the Brooklyn Street Circuit in the port and supporting roads hosted the Formula E electric car racing series' ninth and tenth round in the 2016–17 Formula E season .
Currently one of two remaining operational Manhattan Cruise Terminal piers. 89 12th Ave and W. 49th St. 1930s Demolished for New York Passenger Ship Terminal expansion 90 12th Ave and W. 50th St. 1937 Original pier demolished for New York Passenger Ship Terminal expansion. Currently part of Manhattan Cruise Terminal 91 12th Ave and W. 51st St ...
A passenger terminal is a structure in a port which services passengers boarding and leaving water vessels such as ferries, cruise ships and ocean liners.Depending on the types of vessels serviced by the terminal, it may be named (for example) ferry terminal, cruise terminal, marine terminal or maritime passenger terminal.
IKEA Express ferry operated by New York Water Taxi at Pier 11 in 2008. In June 2008, New York Water Taxi began operation of a ferry route to the IKEA store in Red Hook, Brooklyn. The free service was implemented as a measure to improve transportation access to the new store but was not limited to use by store customers. [59]
Manhattan Cruise Terminal; Manhattan Waterfront Greenway; Marine life of New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary; Maxwell's Executors v. Wilkinson; Military Ocean Terminal at Bayonne; Millennium Marine Rail; Mobro 4000; Murphy v. Waterfront Commission; Murray's Lessee v. Hoboken Land & Improvement Co.