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Battery Park City Ferry Terminal

Coordinates: 40°42′54.6″N 74°1′2.6″W / 40.715167°N 74.017389°W / 40.715167; -74.017389
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View to north showing North Cove, BPC Ferry Terminal, and New York Mercantile Exchange at World Financial Center
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Most routes are NY Waterway-operated and use "bow-loading" vessels

The Battery Park City Ferry Terminal provides slips to ferries, water taxis, and sightseeing boats in the Port of New York and New Jersey. It is located on the Hudson River at the foot of at Vesey Street in Hudson River Park in Battery Park City, Manhattan. Nearby is 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 of the new facility in 2009. Commissioned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey which owns it,[1][2][3][4][5] the terminal is used by private operators such as NY Waterway, Liberty Water Taxi[6] and New York Water Taxi.[7]

Service

route paid transfers
Battery Park City Ferry Terminal
at World Financial Center
[8]
Hudson River Park at Vesey Street
Battery Park City, Manhattan 		MTA bus M20 bus
Downtown Connection bus
to
 notes
Weehawken Port Imperial[9]
Weehawken 		peak service Hudson Bergen Light Rail
New Jersey Transit bus
NY Waterway buses
14th Street
[10]
Hoboken 		peak service New Jersey Transit bus
Hoboken Terminal[11]
Hoboken 		full service Port Authority Trans Hudson
Hudson Bergen Light Rail
NJT & MTA rail
Hudson Place bus terminal
Paulus Hook Ferry Terminal[12]
Exchange Place, Paulus Hook, Jersey City 		full service PATH
Hudson Bergen Light Rail
New Jersey Transit bus
New York Waterway shuttle
Liberty Harbor[13]
Marin Boulevard, Paulus Hook, Jersey City 		full service Hudson Bergen Light Rail
Liberty Landing Marina[14]
Hudson River Waterfront Walkway
Liberty State Park, Jersey City 		via Warren Street
at Morris Canal Basin, Paulus Hook
weekday and seasonal weekend service 		NJT 305-LSP shuttle bus[15]
Ellis Island-Liberty Island ferry[16][17]
Belford Harbor[18]
Raritan Bayshore, Monmouth County 		peak service via The Narrows & Upper Bay
New York Water Taxi seasonal service along Hudson River & East River
New York Water Taxi runs seasonal weekend service

See also

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ Ohrstrom, Lysandra (June 6, 2008), "Bigger, Better Battery Park Ferry Terminal Finally Arriving", New York Observer {{citation}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |month= (help)
  3. ^ "Battery Park City Ferry Terminal". Project Gallery. Birdair. Retrieved 2010-05-18. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  4. ^ "Internatonal Achievement Awards". Battery Park City Ferry Terminal. IFIA Publications. Retrieved 2010-05-18. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  5. ^ Dunlap, David W. (March 17, 2009), "Downtown Gets a New Ferry Terminal", New York Times {{citation}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |month= (help)
  6. ^ Statue Cruises|Liberty Water Taxi
  7. ^ New York Water Taxi
  8. ^ WFC routes
  9. ^ WFC/Port Imperial schedule
  10. ^ BPC-WFC-14th Street schedule
  11. ^ BPC/WFC-Hoboken Terminal schedule
  12. ^ BPC-WFC/Paulus Hook schedule scheudle
  13. ^ BPC/WFC-Liberty Harbor schdule
  14. ^ Liberty Landing Marina
  15. ^ NJT bus 305 schedule
  16. ^ Ellis Island and Liberty Island Ferry Map
  17. ^ http://www.statuecruises.com/ferry-service/welcome.aspx
  18. ^ BPC/WFC-Belford schedule

40°42′54.6″N 74°1′2.6″W / 40.715167°N 74.017389°W / 40.715167; -74.017389

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