Pier 11/Wall Street

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Pier 11/Wall Street
Ferry terminal
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Ferries at the landing on Pier 11 seen from across the East River
General information
Coordinates 40°42′11″N74°0′22″W / 40.70306°N 74.00611°W / 40.70306; -74.00611 Coordinates: 40°42′11″N74°0′22″W / 40.70306°N 74.00611°W / 40.70306; -74.00611
Owned by NYCDOT [1]
Platforms5 (A, B, C, D, E)
Connections BSicon BOOT.svg NY Waterway


BSicon BOOT.svg NYC Ferry
BSicon BOOT.svg NY Water Taxi
BSicon BOOT.svg SeaStreak
Aiga bus trans.svg Downtown Connector

Contents

Aiga bus trans.svg M15, QM7, QM8, QM11, QM25, SIM5, SIM15, SIM35
Construction
ParkingNo
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
History
Opened1986
Services
Preceding station NYC Ferry Following station
Terminus East River DUMBO
Governors Island Governors Island
Terminus
Rockaway Sunset Park
toward Rockaway
Atlantic Avenue South Brooklyn DUMBO
toward Bay Ridge
Terminus Astoria Brooklyn Navy Yard
Soundview Stuyvesant Town
Other services
NY Waterway
Seastreak
Location
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Pier 11/Wall Street
Location within New York City
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Pier 11/Wall Street
Pier 11/Wall Street (New York)
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Pier 11/Wall Street
Pier 11/Wall Street (the United States)

Pier 11/Wall Street is a pier providing slips to ferries and excursion boats on the East River in the Port of New York and New Jersey. It is located east of South Street and FDR Drive just south of Wall Street in Lower Manhattan, New York City. The ferry terminal has five landings (A, B, C, D, E), each with two berths, and is used by four privately owned companies.

Public transportation available within walking distance includes the New York City Subway's 1 , N , R , and W trains at South Ferry – Whitehall Street and 2 and 3 trains at Wall Street; the M55 , M15 , M15 SBS , M20 New York City Bus routes, and the Staten Island Ferry at the Whitehall Terminal. [2]

Service

Seastreak

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SeaStreak catamaran at Slip D

Seastreak catamarans operate daily to the Raritan Bayshore in Monmouth County, New Jersey. Journeys originate at the East 34th Street Ferry Landing or West Midtown Ferry Terminal. West Midtown journeys stop at Paulus Hook Ferry Terminal and/or Battery Park City Ferry Terminal before stopping at Pier 11. After stopping at Pier 11, boats continue through New York Harbor to terminals at Atlantic Highlands, Highlands, or Belford. Some departures make stops at both Atlantic Highlands and Highlands. [3]

Seasonal excursions and sightseeing trips include service to Sandy Hook, Cold Spring, Bear Mountain State Park, West Point, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket.

Seastreak formerly operated weekday commuter service to Rockaway, Queens. [4] [5] The service began in November 2012 in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, which heavily damaged subway infrastructure in Queens and Brooklyn, but was discontinued in October 2014 once all repair work had been completed. [6]

Routes

DestinationIntermediate StopsOperational Hours
Belford Originates at West Midtown Weekday peak hours
Atlantic Highlands Originates at East 34th Street
Highlands 7 days a week

NY Waterway

View from Pier 11 looking north to Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Williamsburg bridges NY Waterway boat at Wall St Pier jeh.jpg
View from Pier 11 looking north to Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Williamsburg bridges

NY Waterway operates ferries to points along the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway in Hudson County, New Jersey such as Weehawken Port Imperial, Hoboken Terminal, and Paulus Hook Ferry Terminal. [7] [8]

NY Waterway also operates the IKEA Express Shuttle to the IKEA store in Red Hook, Brooklyn. [9] The ferry was formerly operated by New York Water Taxi. [10]

Routes

DestinationIntermediate StopsOperational Hours
Liberty Harbor Paulus Hook Weekday peak hours
Hoboken Terminal None
Port Imperial Battery Park City, Hoboken 14th Street
IKEA Red HookOriginates at West Midtown Weekends

NYC Ferry

Pier 11 Wall Street is a stop for all NYC Ferry routes, except for the St. George route, and the terminus of all except the South Brooklyn route. [11] In 2016, the city drew up plans for routes to Bay Ridge, Rockaway, Governors Island, Astoria, Lower East Side, and Soundview. [12] [13] On May 1, 2017, NYC Ferry's Rockaway route started operations, and NY Waterway's East River route was transferred over to NYC Ferry operation. [14] The Bay Ridge route began on June 1, a month later, [15] and the Astoria route began on August 29 of the same year. [16] The route to Soundview opened on August 15, 2018, [17] followed by the Lower East Side route two weeks later, on August 29 which was then later discontinued on May 18, 2020. Wall St/Pier 11 used to be the northern terminal for the South Brooklyn line, before the line was extended to end at Corlears Hook on May 18, 2020. [18]

Terminal building

Pier 11 contains a terminal building with 2,100 square feet (200 m2) of space for storage, retail, and offices. [19] Designed by Henry Smith-Miller and Laurie Hawkinson, along with structural engineer Arup Group, the building was completed in 2000. The structure is made of glass, structural steel, and galvanized and corrugated material; these materials were used to evoke the waterfront. [19] [20] The building's entrances, on its western and eastern sides, are shaded by canopies. [19] The Architectural League of New York displayed a model of the terminal building in 2001 as part of New New York 2, an exhibit showcasing six new buildings in New York City. [21]

See also

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