Pier 11/Wall Street

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. Within walking distance, public transportation 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]

Pier 11/Wall Street
Ferry terminal
Ferries at the landing seen from across the East River
Coordinates40°42′11″N 74°0′22″W
Owned byNYCDOT[1]
Platforms5 (A, B, C, D, E)
Connections NY Waterway


NYC Ferry
NY Water Taxi
SeaStreak
Downtown Connector

M15, QM7, QM8, QM11, QM25, SIM5, SIM15, SIM35
Construction
ParkingNo
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessYes
History
Opened1986
Services
Preceding station   NYC Ferry   Following station
TerminusEast River
TerminusGovernors Island
Terminus
TerminusRockaway
toward Rockaway
South Brooklyn
toward Bay Ridge
TerminusAstoria
TerminusSoundview
toward Soundview
TerminusConey Island
Begins 2021
toward Coney Island
Location
Pier 11/Wall Street
Location within New York City
Pier 11/Wall Street
Pier 11/Wall Street (New York)
Pier 11/Wall Street
Pier 11/Wall Street (the United States)

Service

SeaStreak
SeaStreak catamaran at Slip D

SeaStreak catamarans operate daily to the Raritan Bayshore in Monmouth County, New Jersey. Most journeys originate at the East 34th Street Ferry Landing with peak hour shuttle service to/from Battery Park City Ferry Terminal. After calling at Pier 11/Wall Street boats continue through The Narrows to terminals at Atlantic Highlands or Highlands.[3]

Seasonal excursions and sightseeing trips include service to Sandy Hook, Yankee Stadium, the Hudson Valley, and Martha's Vineyard.

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]

NY Waterway
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, Paulus Hook Ferry Terminal, Paulus Hook/Morris Canal Basin, and Port Liberte. Commuter service runs to Belford Harbor on the Raritan Bayshore.[7][8]

New York Water Taxi

New York Water Taxi operates the IKEA Express Shuttle to the IKEA store in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Though weekday ferry tickets start from $5, passengers who make purchases of over $10 can get a $5 ferry credit toward the cost of the shuttle ticket. The ferry, operated by New York Water Taxi, is still free on weekends.[9]

New York Beach Ferry

New York Beach Ferry operates seasonal summer weekend/holiday service to Riis Landing, near Fort Tilden at Jacob Riis Park in the Gateway National Recreation Area.[10]

NYC Ferry

Pier 11 Wall Street is the terminal for all NYC Ferry routes, except for South Brooklyn and the future St. George routes.[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]

See also

References
  1. Regional Plan Association (November 6, 2006). "Ferries in the Region - Challenges and Opportunities" (PDF).
  2. "Ferry Information". NYCDOT. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
  3. "Fares and Schedules". Seatreak. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
  4. "New Rockaway Ferry Service". NYCEDC. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
  5. "Seastreak Ferries - Servicing New York, New Jersey, and Massachusetts". Retrieved April 20, 2016.
  6. "End of ferry leaves Rockaway a 'transportation desert'". New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
  7. "To Manhattan Pier 11 / Wall St". NY Waterway. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
  8. "Wall Street / Pier 11 Terminal". NY Waterway. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
  9. "IKEA Express". New York Water Taxi. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
  10. "Rockaway Beach Ferry Schedule from Pier 11 New York City". American Princess Cruises. Retrieved October 23, 2011.
  11. DNAinfoNewYork. "Proposed Routes for NYC's Expanded Ferry Service". Scribd. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  12. "Citywide Ferry Service to Launch in June 2017, Official Says". DNAinfo New York. March 3, 2016. Archived from the original on September 23, 2016. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  13. "New York City's Ferry Service Set to Launch in 2017". NBC New York. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
  14. "NYC launches ferry service with Queens, East River routes". NY Daily News. Associated Press. May 1, 2017. Archived from the original on May 1, 2017. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  15. Barone, Vin (June 1, 2017). "NYC Ferry launches South Brooklyn route". am New York. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  16. Barone, Vin (August 28, 2017). "Astoria's NYC Ferry route launches Tuesday". am New York. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  17. Creag, Katherine (August 15, 2018). "New Yorkers Have a New, $2.75 Way to Get Around NYC". NBC New York. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
  18. Bagcal, Jenna (August 29, 2018). "Newly launched NYC Ferry route takes riders from Long Island City to the Lower East Side in 30 minutes". QNS.com. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
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