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.
Brooklyn Cruise Terminal | |
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The Queen Mary 2 at the terminal
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| 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 / 40.68200; -74.01433 |
| Owned by | Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |
| Operated by | Ports America |
| Connections |  NYC Ferry (South Brooklyn Route) |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | Pier |
| Parking | Yes |
| Accessible | Yes |
| Other information | |
| Website | nycruise |
| History | |
| Opened | April 2006[1] |
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]
