Battery Park City Ferry Terminal
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Battery Park City Ferry Terminal
The Battery Park City Ferry Terminal provides slips to ferries, water taxis, and sightseeing boats in the Port of New York and New Jersey. The floating dock[1] is located on the Hudson River and moored at the foot of Vesey Street in Hudson River Park in Battery Park City, Manhattan.[2] It is near the World Financial Center, which in local nomenclature lends it name to such terms as World Financial Center ferry, WFC Ferry Terminal and the like used before and since the opening.
Commissioned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey which owns it, the facility opened 2009 to replace a landing to which service began in 1989.[3][4][5][6][7] There are four bow-loading and two side loading slips at the terminal. The mono-hull structure is the largest of its type in the world, covering 0.75 acres (0.30 ha) acres, its two towers anchored to bedrock 75 feet below the water's surface.[8]
The terminal is used by private operators NY Waterway, which originally started service in 1989,[9] and Liberty Water Taxi.[10] Goldman Sachs commissions two ferries between its offices on either side of the river, which are used by both employees and non-employees.[11][12] SeaStreak operates peak hour shuttle service to Pier 11/Wall Street for connecting service to the Raritan Bayshore.[13]
Service
See also
- South Ferry
- West Midtown Ferry Terminal
- East 34th Street Ferry Landing
- Paulus Hook Ferry Terminal
- Weehawken Port Imperial
- Fulton Ferry
- Battery Maritime Building
- St. George Ferry Terminal
- List of ferries across the Hudson River to New York City
References
- ^ "This Ferry Terminal Will Come to You". New York Times. June 6, 2008. http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/06/this-ferry-terminal-will-come-to-you/?scp=4&sq=Battery%20Park%20City%20Ferry&st=cse. Retrieved 2010-11-23.
- ^ Uhlig, Mark A. (May 5, 1988). "Site in Manhattan is Chosen for New Ferry Terminal". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/08/nyregion/site-in-manhattan-is-chosen-for-a-new-ferry-terminal.html?scp=3&sq=Battery%20Park%20City%20Ferry&st=cse. Retrieved 2010-11-23.
- ^ "NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART FERRY TERMINAL TO OPEN IN BATTERY PARK CITY ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18" (Press release). PorT Authority of New York and New Jersey. March 17, 2009. http://www.panynj.gov/wtcprogress/press_releasesItem.cfm?headLine_id=1132.
- ^ Ohrstrom, Lysandra (June 6, 2008), "Bigger, Better Battery Park Ferry Terminal Finally Arriving", New York Observer, http://www.observer.com/2008/bigger-better-battery-park-ferry-terminal-finally-coming-0?page=all
- ^ "Battery Park City Ferry Terminal". Project Gallery. Birdair. http://www.birdair.com/projectGallery/battery_park.aspx. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
- ^ "International Achievement Awards". Battery Park City Ferry Terminal. IFIA Publications. http://www.ifaipublications.com/iaa/articles/203.html. Retrieved 2010-05-18.[dead link]
- ^ Dunlap, David W. (March 17, 2009), "Downtown Gets a New Ferry Terminal", New York Times, http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/17/downtown-gets-a-new-ferry-terminal/
- ^ "Battery Park City Ferry Terminal". McClaren Engineering Group. http://www.mgmclaren.com/node/156. Retrieved 2012=01-31.
- ^ Uhlig, Mark A. (May 5, 1988). "Site in Manhattan is Chosen for New Ferry Terminal". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/08/nyregion/site-in-manhattan-is-chosen-for-a-new-ferry-terminal.html?scp=3&sq=Battery%20Park%20City%20Ferry&st=cse. Retrieved 2010-11-23.
- ^ Statue Cruises|Liberty Water Taxi
- ^ McGeehan, Patrick (March 4, 2011). "Goldman's Own Ferries Will Ply the Hudson". The New York Times. http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/04/goldmans-own-ferries-will-ply-the-hudson/?scp=2&sq=jersey%20city&st=cse.
- ^ McGeehan, Patrick (August 1, 2010), "Neighbors Press Goldman Sachs on Ferry Noise", New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/02/nyregion/02ferry.html?_r=1, retrieved 2011-03-06
- ^ "Seastreak". Seastreak. http://www.seastreak.com/. Retrieved 2011-06-06.
- ^ WFC routes
- ^ WFC/Port Imperial schedule
- ^ BPC-WFC-14th Street schedule
- ^ BPC/WFC-Hoboken Terminal schedule
- ^ BPC-WFC/Paulus Hook schedule scheudle
- ^ McGeehan, Patrick (March 4, 2011). "Goldman's Own Ferries Will Ply the Hudson". The New York Times. http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/04/goldmans-own-ferries-will-ply-the-hudson/?scp=2&sq=jersey%20city&st=cse.
- ^ BPC/WFC-Liberty Harbor schdule
- ^ Liberty Landing Marina
- ^ Ellis Island and Liberty Island Ferry Map
- ^ http://www.statuecruises.com/ferry-service/welcome.aspx
- ^ BPC/WFC-Belford schedule
Coordinates: 40°42′54.6″N 74°1′2.6″W / 40.715167°N 74.017389°W
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