Battery Park City Ferry Terminal
40°42′54.6″N 74°1′2.6″W / 40.715167°N 74.017389°W
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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][13] SeaStreak operates peak hour shuttle service to Pier 11/Wall Street for connecting service to the Raritan Bayshore.[14]
Since June 2013, ferries using the terminal, in accordance with the previously disregarded Rule 34(a)(i) (which prescribes maneuvering and warning signals[15]), sound their horns to indicate their actions, creating what many local residents perceive as noise pollution.[16][17]
Service
See also
References
- ^ Dunlap, David W. (June 6, 2008). "This Ferry Terminal Will Come to You". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-11-23.
- ^ Uhlig, Mark A. (May 5, 1988). "Site in Manhattan is Chosen for New Ferry Terminal". New York Times. 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.
- ^ Ohrstrom, Lysandra (June 6, 2008), "Bigger, Better Battery Park Ferry Terminal Finally Arriving", New York Observer
- ^ "Battery Park City Ferry Terminal". Project Gallery. Birdair. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
- ^ "International Achievement Awards". Battery Park City Ferry Terminal. IFIA Publications. Archived from the original on 5 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
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- ^ "Battery Park City Ferry Terminal". McClaren Engineering Group. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
- ^ Uhlig, Mark A. (May 5, 1988). "Site in Manhattan is Chosen for New Ferry Terminal". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-11-23.
- ^ Statue Cruises|Liberty Water Taxi
- ^ McGeehan, Patrick (February 19, 2013). "Public May Use New Goldman Sachs Ferries on Hudson". The New York Times.
- ^ McGeehan, Patrick (March 4, 2011). "Goldman's Own Ferries Will Ply the Hudson". The New York Times.
- ^ McGeehan, Patrick (August 1, 2010), "Neighbors Press Goldman Sachs on Ferry Noise", New York Times, retrieved 2011-03-06
- ^ "Seastreak". Seastreak. Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-06.
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- ^ Paumgarten, Nick (July 29, 2012). "On the Waterfront: Kayaktivist". The New Yorker. pp. 21–22. Retrieved 2013-07-31.
- ^ Lewak, Doree (July 29, 2014). "Unruly ferry horns driving away residents in Battery Park City". New York Post.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
External links
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