:Battery Maritime Building

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The Battery Maritime Building is at 10 South Street, on the shore of the East River, in the Financial District of Manhattan in New York City. It is slightly east of South Street's intersection with Whitehall Street, adjacent to a ramp connecting the FDR Drive and the Battery Park Underpass.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DT03AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA5-PA63 |title=Governors Island Disposition of Surplus Federal Real Property: Environmental Impact Statement |publisher=General Services Administration |year=1998 |pages=62–63 |access-date=February 26, 2021 |archive-date=October 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015165514/https://books.google.com/books?id=DT03AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA5-PA63 |url-status=live}} The Battery Maritime Building is between the Staten Island Ferry Whitehall Terminal to the west and the Downtown Manhattan Heliport to the east.{{Cite web |title=10 South Street, 10004 |url=https://zola.planning.nyc.gov/l/lot/1/2/2#15.51/40.700729/-74.007783 |access-date=February 26, 2021 |publisher=New York City Department of City Planning |archive-date=October 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015165515/https://zola.planning.nyc.gov/l/lot/1/2/2#15.51/40.700729/-74.007783 |url-status=live}} The structure measures about {{Convert|250|ft}} wide and {{Convert|140|ft}} long.{{sfn|National Park Service|1978|p=2}} According to the New York City Department of City Planning (DCP), the land lot measures {{Convert|311|x|556|ft}}.

The Battery Maritime Terminal is close to the New York City Subway's South Ferry/Whitehall Street station, served by the {{NYCS trains|South Ferry}}, as well as bus services at Peter Minuit Plaza. Through the Whitehall Terminal, access to the Staten Island Ferry is also available.{{cite NYC neighborhood map|Lower Manhattan}}{{Cite NYC bus map|M}} There is taxicab service outside the terminal as well.{{cite web |date=July 31, 2019 |title=Governors Island Directions and Ferry Schedule |url=https://www.nps.gov/gois/planyourvisit/ferryschedule.htm |access-date=February 26, 2021 |website=Governors Island National Monument (U.S. National Park Service) |archive-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124191731/https://www.nps.gov/gois/planyourvisit/ferryschedule.htm |url-status=live}}

The Battery Maritime Building was designed by the firm of Richard Walker and Charles Morris{{sfn|National Park Service|1978|p=3}}{{cite AIA4|page=26}}{{cite nycland |pages=8-9}} and constructed by Snare & Triest Co.{{cite magazine |date=June 6, 1908 |title=The City's New Ferry Terminal and Office Building |url=https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vollist=1&vol=ldpd_7031148_041&page=ldpd_7031148_041_00001102 |journal=The Real Estate Record: Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide |volume=81 |pages=1062 |via=columbia.edu |number=2099 |access-date=February 26, 2021 |archive-date=October 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015165516/https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vollist=1&vol=ldpd_7031148_041&page=ldpd_7031148_041_00001102 |url-status=live}} The project's construction was overseen by C. W. Staniford, the chief engineer of the city's Department of Docks, as well as assistant engineer S. W. Hoag Jr.{{Cite news |date=May 10, 1908 |title=City to Spend $1,750,000 for Big Battery Ferry Terminal. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1908/05/10/archives/city-to-spend-1750000-for-big-battery-ferry-terminal.html |url-status=live |access-date=February 26, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015165517/https://www.nytimes.com/1908/05/10/archives/city-to-spend-1750000-for-big-battery-ferry-terminal.html}} It was inspired by the Exposition Universelle and is the only remaining ferry building in that style in Manhattan.{{sfn|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1967|p=1}}{{cite NY1900|page=49}}{{cite web |title=History of the Battery Maritime Building |url=http://www.batterymaritimebuilding.com/history.html |access-date=February 26, 2021 |website=Historic Battery Maritime Building |archive-date=November 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115013904/http://www.batterymaritimebuilding.com/history.html |url-status=live}}

The Battery Maritime Building contains three ferry slips, numbered 5, 6, and 7.{{sfn|Office of the Manhattan Borough President|2008|p=2}} These are the three easternmost ferry slips of a never-completed larger terminal:{{Cite news |last=McKinley |first=Jesse |date=March 19, 1995 |title=F.Y.I. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/19/realestate/fyi-942695.html |url-status=live |access-date=February 25, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=August 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805162619/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/19/realestate/fyi-942695.html}} the Whitehall Street Ferry Terminal, which was proposed to contain seven slips when it was constructed from 1906 to 1909.{{sfn|Architects' and Builders' Magazine|1907|p=396}} What is now the Battery Maritime Building was originally served by ferries traveling to 39th Street in South Brooklyn (now the neighborhood of Sunset Park in Brooklyn). The Staten Island Ferry terminal comprised slips 1, 2, and 3, which served ferries to St. George Terminal in St. George, Staten Island. The unbuilt slip 4 was to serve ferries from both Staten Island and South Brooklyn.{{sfn|Architects' and Builders' Magazine|1907|p=396}}{{sfn|Hunson|1912|p=330}} The three sections were designed to be built independently of each other with a visually identical style. The westernmost slips were drastically rebuilt in 1956,{{Cite news |date=July 24, 1956 |title=Ferry Station to Open; $2,800,000 Whitehall Terminal Starts Operating Today |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1956/07/24/archives/ferry-station-to-open-2800000-whitehall-terminal-starts-operating.html |access-date=February 25, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210529083035/https://www.nytimes.com/1956/07/24/archives/ferry-station-to-open-2800000-whitehall-terminal-starts-operating.html |url-status=live}} but the easternmost slips remain as a part of the modern Battery Maritime Building.

{{As of|2021}}, the building contains five stories. The second floor was being converted to an event space while the third and fourth floors were being renovated into a 47-room hotel called Casa Cipriani. Part of the first floor continues to serve as a terminal for ferries to Governors Island.{{cite web |last=Lentz |first=Linda C. |date=June 3, 2021 |title=Casa Cipriani at the Battery Maritime Building by Marvel and The Office of Thierry W. Despont |url=https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15167-casa-cipriani-at-the-battery-maritime-building-by-marvel-and-the-office-of-thierry-w-despont |access-date=2021-07-01 |website=Architectural Record |archive-date=October 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015165517/https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15167-casa-cipriani-at-the-battery-maritime-building-by-marvel-and-the-office-of-thierry-w-despont |url-status=live}}

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Architectural metals including stamped zinc and copper, rolled steel, and cast iron were used in the building's design.{{cite web |title=Architecture of the Battery Maritime Building |url=http://www.batterymaritimebuilding.com/architecture.html |access-date=February 26, 2021 |website=Historic Battery Maritime Building |archive-date=July 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723163021/http://www.batterymaritimebuilding.com/architecture.html |url-status=live}} These materials are more widely used on the water-facing side, to the south, than on the other facades.{{sfn|Hunson|1912|p=339}} The water-facing side is {{Convert|316|ft}} wide and four stories high. Ferry slips 5, 6, and 7 are spanned by tall steel arches, which are supported by four pairs of pilasters with ornate capitals.{{sfn|National Park Service|1978|p=2}}{{sfn|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1967|p=1}} Slip 5 can accommodate vessels which load passengers from either the bow or the sides. Slips 6 and 7 can accommodate 149-passenger vessels which load passengers from the bow.{{sfn|Economic Development Corporation|2011|p=146}} The entrances to each of the slips can be sealed with elaborate swinging gates. Above the ferry slips is a penthouse with a row of double-hung windows.{{sfn|National Park Service|1978|p=2}}{{sfn|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1967|p=1}}

The land-facing side, along Whitehall Street to the north, is {{Convert|263|ft}} wide and two stories high. It consists of five bays of sash windows and entries,{{sfn|National Park Service|1978|p=2}}{{sfn|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1967|p=1}} flanked by six pairs of columns that are topped by decorative capitals and brackets. The columns support a hip roof, and the second floor of the land side contains a balcony with an elaborate railing.{{sfn|National Park Service|1978|p=2}}{{sfn|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1967|p=1}} The balcony forms a loggia that measures {{Convert|15|ft}} wide; a similar loggia was also planned for the Staten Island Ferry terminal and center wing.{{sfn|Hunson|1912|p=338}} The vaults under the porch roof utilize Guastavino tiles. The second story had a direct connection to the South Ferry elevated train station, the Staten Island Ferry terminal, and Lower Manhattan.{{sfn|Hunson|1912|p=338}} The windows contain large frames with glazed glass and cast-iron mullions. Between these are connecting walls with wire lattice work, attached to the facade's I-shaped steel stanchions.{{sfn|Hunson|1912|p=338}} The steelwork on the remainder of the building contains decorative motifs such as paneled lattice work, raised moldings, and elaborate cross bracings.{{sfn|National Park Service|1978|p=2}}{{sfn|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1967|p=1}} Unlike in other structures of the same era, the steel structural members were left exposed without any cladding.

The roof was intended as a recreational area. Originally, the portion of the roof devoted to this purpose was clad with {{convert|12|x|6|in|adj=on}} Welsh red tiles, set in cement and laid on a layer of ash concrete. The other sections of the roof were made of gravel.{{sfn|Hunson|1912|p=339}} A {{Convert|2800|ft2|adj=on}} skylight was installed in the center of the roof during one of the building's restorations. During the 1950s, the fourth floor was built on part of the roof. In the 2021 hotel conversion, a glass-clad addition was constructed on the roof.{{cite web |date=July 13, 2020 |title=Battery Maritime Building – Silman |url=https://silman.com/work/projects/view/battery-maritime-building/ |access-date=February 26, 2021 |website=Silman |archive-date=January 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128111152/https://silman.com/work/projects/view/battery-maritime-building/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Battery Maritime Building Redevelopment |url=https://marveldesigns.com/work/battery-maritime-building-redevelopment/23 |access-date=February 26, 2021 |website=Marvel Designs |archive-date=January 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127104022/https://marveldesigns.com/work/battery-maritime-building-redevelopment/23 |url-status=live}} The addition includes a swimming pool, restaurant, and bar.{{cite web |first=Jessica |last=Cherner |date=June 7, 2021 |title=11 New NYC Hotels That Are Making the Big Apple Even More Delicious |website=Architectural Digest |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/11-soon-to-debut-new-york-hotels-that-are-making-the-big-apple-even-more-delicious |access-date=2021-07-01 |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709181715/https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/11-soon-to-debut-new-york-hotels-that-are-making-the-big-apple-even-more-delicious |url-status=live}} Spires and cupolas were also installed atop the water-facing side;{{sfn|Department of Buildings|2020|p=2}} these design features had been part of the original design but were removed in the 1930s. Including bulkheads, the Battery Maritime Building is approximately {{Convert|104|ft}} tall, as measured from the sidewalk of South Street.{{sfn|Department of Buildings|2020|p=2}}

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The superstructure is made of steel framework and reinforced concrete floor slabs, which are finished with terrazzo.{{sfn|Hunson|1912|p=338}} The main floor-girders vary in depth from {{convert|8|in}}, for I-beams, to {{convert|45|in|adj=on}} box girders. The ceilings are made of wire lath and finished in plaster. The columns of the superstructure vary in size; the larger columns are generally {{convert|25|in}} thick and are built up of riveted steel sections.{{sfn|Hunson|1912|pp=338–339}}

Along the waterfront, the building rests upon thick concrete structural piers set over wooden piles, driven into the riverbed to the rock surface.{{cite web |title=Manhattan's Battery Maritime Building is Restored to its Historic Grandeur |website=Metropolis |last=Marani |first=Matthew |date=October 7, 2021 |url=https://metropolismag.com/projects/battery-maritime-building-restoration/ |access-date=October 28, 2021 |archive-date=October 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028134407/https://metropolismag.com/projects/battery-maritime-building-restoration/ |url-status=live}}{{sfn|Hunson|1912|pp=338–339}} Along the land, the concrete structural piers descend to the rock {{convert|20|to|30|ft}} deep.{{sfn|Hunson|1912|pp=338–339}} Subway tunnels run directly under the terminal.

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According to zoning documents filed with the New York City Department of Buildings in 2020, during the building's renovation, the interior has a gross floor area of {{Convert|163,964|ft2}} and a zoning floor area of {{Convert|163,964|ft2}}.{{sfn|Department of Buildings|2020|p=3}} Sources vary on how much floor area the Battery Maritime Building contained before its expansion in 2020. According to a report issued by the Manhattan borough president's office in 2008, the building has {{Convert|115586|ft2}} of gross area.{{sfn|Office of the Manhattan Borough President|2008|p=2}} A New York Times article from 2002 cited the building's area as {{Convert|140000|ft2}}.{{Cite news |last=Boland |first=Ed Jr. |date=April 7, 2002 |title=F.Y.I. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/07/nyregion/fyi-407623.html |url-status=live |access-date=February 25, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=January 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180128184650/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/07/nyregion/fyi-407623.html}} According to a document published by the New York City Economic Development Corporation (EDC) in 2011, the Battery Maritime Building contained {{Convert|107,430|ft2}}.{{sfn|Economic Development Corporation|2011|p=146}}

The interior has many decorative steel columns, beams, and molded ceilings, much of which dates from the original design.{{sfn|National Park Service|1978|p=2}} The terminal's first story contains a waiting area along South Street. The waiting area was originally accessed by two vestibules and contained a smoking area, ticket office, and other booths.{{sfn|Hunson|1912|pp=330, 338}} The walls and furniture of the waiting area were decorated with wood, and the entire space was initially illuminated by a large skylight.{{sfn|Hunson|1912|p=339}} Behind the waiting area, to the south, was a passageway {{Convert|40|ft}} wide. This passage connected the two transverse driveways to slips 5 and 7, each measuring {{Convert|51|ft}} wide.{{sfn|Hunson|1912|p=330}} It served as a vehicular loading area for wagons and motor vehicles. The modern terminal contains the waiting area, ticket area, and restrooms for the Governors Island ferry line between slips 6 and 7.{{cite web |title=Basic Information |website=Governors Island National Monument (U.S. National Park Service) |date=January 31, 2021 |url=https://www.nps.gov/gois/planyourvisit/basicinfo.htm |access-date=February 26, 2021 |archive-date=February 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205004625/https://www.nps.gov/gois/planyourvisit/basicinfo.htm |url-status=live}} {{As of|2021}}, the section of the ground floor between slips 5 and 6 contains a lobby for the Casa Cipriani hotel, surrounded by a porte-cochere.

The building was originally constructed with a large second-story waiting room known as the Great Hall.{{sfn|Office of the Manhattan Borough President|2008|p=3}}{{Cite news |last=Pristin |first=Terry |date=February 27, 2008 |title=Pondering Public Uses for a Hall Named Great |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/27/realestate/commercial/27battery.html |url-status=live |access-date=February 25, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=January 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105192952/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/27/realestate/commercial/27battery.html}} The Great Hall measured {{Convert|60|ft}} wide and {{convert|150|to|170|ft}} long,{{sfn|Hunson|1912|p=338}} with a ceiling about {{Convert|30|ft}} high.{{sfn|Hunson|1912|p=339}} The interior contains iron columns and stained glass windows and, as in the first floor, had wooden furnishings.{{sfn|Hunson|1912|p=339}} Had the center wing of the Whitehall Street Ferry Terminal been completed, it would have formed a single, more massive concourse connected to the Staten Island Ferry slips. A concourse runs around the perimeter of the Great Hall. During the 2010s, a steel double stair was constructed between the first story and the second-story concourse, similar in design to a previous steel stair on the site. A daylight measuring {{Convert|16|by|130|ft}} was also installed in the Great Hall.

The third floor originally contained office space that could be used by the New York City Dock Board or rented out to other tenants.{{sfn|Hunson|1912|p=338}} In the mid-20th century, the second story was converted to offices and the fourth story was built.{{sfn|National Park Service|1978|p=2}} When the Casa Cipriani hotel and the event space were added in the early 21st century, the converted interior included a {{convert|15000|ft2|adj=on}} spa and gymnasium, operated by Cipriani S.A., as well as health club KX. A fifth story, a rooftop penthouse, and first- and second-story mezzanines were installed as part of the conversion.{{sfn|Department of Buildings|2020|p=3}} The additions totaled over {{Convert|17000|ft2}}. Furthermore, the interior spaces were clad with glossy mahogany, including the club on the fifth floor. There is also a restaurant, lounges, bars, a cafe, and terraces for Casa Cipriani's private membership club.{{cite web |first=Chloe |last=Berger | title=Inside the old-money-inspired social club in NYC charging nearly $4,000 a year | website=Fortune | date=July 2, 2023 | url=https://fortune.com/2023/07/02/photos-casa-cipriani-nyc-social-club-cost-taylor-swift/ | access-date=January 20, 2024}}

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Ferry lines from Manhattan to Staten Island began operating under the municipal authority of the Department of Docks and Ferries in 1905,{{Cite news |date=October 26, 1905 |title=Twenty-minute Ferry to Staten Island Now; Mayor Said: "Go Ahead, Bunt," and the First Boat Was Off. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1905/10/26/archives/twentyminute-ferry-to-staten-island-now-mayor-said-go-ahead-bunt.html |url-status=live |access-date=February 26, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512183039/https://www.nytimes.com/1905/10/26/archives/twentyminute-ferry-to-staten-island-now-mayor-said-go-ahead-bunt.html}} and ferries from Manhattan to Brooklyn were taken over by the city the following year.{{cite news |date=October 9, 1906 |title=Agree on Ferry Price: Controller Metz Offers 39th Street Company $750,000 for Plant |page=4 |work=New-York Tribune |id={{ProQuest|571733999}}}} After the consolidation of these ferry lines, plans for the Beaux-Arts Whitehall Street Ferry Terminal in Lower Manhattan were approved by the city's Municipal Art Commission in July 1906,{{cite news |date=July 9, 1906 |title=New Ferry House |page=3 |work=The Wall Street Journal |issn=0099-9660 |id={{ProQuest|129169134}}}} and Walker and Morris were named as architects later that year.{{cite magazine |date=December 15, 1906 |title=Plans for the Whitehall Street Terminal |url=https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vol=ldpd_7031148_038&page=ldpd_7031148_038_00001043&no=3 |journal=The Real Estate Record: Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide |volume=78 |pages=997 |via=columbia.edu |number=2022 |access-date=February 27, 2021 |archive-date=October 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015165516/https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vol=ldpd_7031148_038&page=ldpd_7031148_038_00001043&no=3 |url-status=live}} The structure was to replace an earlier building on the site that had operated since 1887.{{sfn|National Park Service|1978|p=3}}{{sfn|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1967|p=2}} Walker and Morris's plans were approved in February 1907{{cite magazine |date=February 9, 1907 |title=City Work |url=https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vol=ldpd_7031148_039&page=ldpd_7031148_039_00000364&no=5 |journal=The Real Estate Record: Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide |volume=79 |pages=314 |via=columbia.edu |number=2030 |access-date=February 27, 2021 |archive-date=October 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015165516/https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vol=ldpd_7031148_039&page=ldpd_7031148_039_00000364&no=5 |url-status=live}} and a budget of $1.75 million was allotted to the work. The separate sections of the Whitehall Street Ferry Terminal were designed so they could be constructed separately while remaining visually similar. Work started on the Brooklyn ferry slips first, followed by the Staten Island ferry slips in 1908. A simple cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Brooklyn ferry terminal took place in September 1908.{{cite magazine |date=September 26, 1908 |title=Prices Current |url=https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vol=ldpd_7031148_042&page=ldpd_7031148_042_00000638&no=6 |journal=The Real Estate Record: Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide |volume=82 |pages=600 |via=columbia.edu |number=2115 |access-date=February 27, 2021 |archive-date=October 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015165516/https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vol=ldpd_7031148_042&page=ldpd_7031148_042_00000638&no=6 |url-status=live}}{{Cite news |date=September 22, 1908 |title=Ferry Cornerstone Laid; Dock Commissioner Officiates at New Municipal House Ceremony |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1908/09/22/archives/ferry-cornerstone-laid-dock-commissioner-officiates-at-new.html |url-status=live |access-date=February 26, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015165530/https://www.nytimes.com/1908/09/22/archives/ferry-cornerstone-laid-dock-commissioner-officiates-at-new.html}}

The terminal was completed by 1909. The present Battery Maritime Building comprised the terminal's eastern wing and became known as the South Street Ferry Terminal, while the ferries to Staten Island used the western wing, which became the Staten Island Ferry's Whitehall Terminal. The city took over the Atlantic and Hamilton Avenue ferry lines from the Union Ferry Company in 1922. As part of the takeover, the two ferry lines were relocated from Union Ferry's Whitehall Street slips to the municipally operated South Street ferry slips.{{Cite news |date=December 18, 1922 |title=City Takes Over Ferries.; Nickel Fares Restored on Atlantic and Hamilton Avenue Lines. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1922/12/18/archives/city-takes-over-ferries-nickel-fares-restored-on-atlantic-and.html |url-status=live |access-date=February 26, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015165516/https://www.nytimes.com/1922/12/18/archives/city-takes-over-ferries-nickel-fares-restored-on-atlantic-and.html}}{{cite news |date=December 16, 1922 |title=City Seizes Ferry Lines For Disregarding Orders: Municipal Operation of Union Co. Boats to Brooklyn Will Begin at Midnight |page=3 |work=New-York Tribune |id={{ProQuest|576762535}}}} In 1935, Allen F. Stokes filed plans to renovate the South Street Ferry Terminal for $200,000. The changes included an upgraded fire protection system and expanded staff facilities.{{Cite news |date=December 24, 1935 |title=Will Improve Lodgings.; City to Expand Quarters in South Street Ferry Terminal |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1935/12/24/archives/will-improve-lodgings-city-to-expand-quarters-in-south-street-ferry.html |url-status=live |access-date=February 26, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015165517/https://www.nytimes.com/1935/12/24/archives/will-improve-lodgings-city-to-expand-quarters-in-south-street-ferry.html}} After the 1930s, the ferry terminal remained largely neglected for several decades.

By the mid-20th century, competition from the New York City Subway resulted in a decline in ferry traffic.{{cite web |date=August 23, 2019 |title=The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of the New York City Municipal Ferry System |url=https://www.archives.nyc/blog/2019/7/29/ferries |access-date=February 26, 2021 |website=NYC Department of Records & Information Services |archive-date=January 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125112536/https://www.archives.nyc/blog/2019/7/29/ferries |url-status=live}}{{cite news |last=Collins |first=T.J. |date=September 15, 1987 |title=Scheduled Ferry Service Begins From Brooklyn |page=33 |work=Newsday |id={{ProQuest|277813318}}}} Further competition came from the construction of vehicular bridges and tunnels across the East River.{{Cite news |last=Bamberger |first=Werner |date=December 7, 1952 |title=Ferry Lines Here Face Grim Future; Only Brooklyn and Manhattan Routes to Staten Island Have Bright Outlook |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1952/12/07/archives/ferry-lines-here-face-grim-future-only-brooklyn-and-manhattan.html |access-date=February 26, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015165517/https://www.nytimes.com/1952/12/07/archives/ferry-lines-here-face-grim-future-only-brooklyn-and-manhattan.html |url-status=live}} The 39th Street ferry service shut down on March 16, 1938, having failed to make a profit for twelve years.{{cite news |date=March 16, 1938 |title=Brooklyn Ferry Service Ends After 32 Years: Decline in Traffic Forces City to Discontinue Line, Run at a Loss Since '26; Bridges Cut Its Business |page=20 |work=New York Herald Tribune |id={{ProQuest|1242990023}}}} The Hamilton Avenue ferry was "temporarily" combined with the Atlantic Avenue ferry in June 1942 because its operation interfered with the construction of the Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel.{{cite news |date=July 1, 1942 |title=Manhattan-Brooklyn Ferry: Experimental Runs Starting Today Voted to Replace Old Line |page=19 |work=New York Herald Tribune |id={{ProQuest|1264902852}}}}{{cite web |title=How the Hamilton Avenue Ferry ended, 1942 - Hamilton Avenue, Brooklyn to South Street, Manhattan 1 mile |url=https://redhookwaterstories.org/items/show/1639 |access-date=February 26, 2021 |website=Red Hook WaterStories |archive-date=January 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122120619/https://www.redhookwaterstories.org/items/show/1639 |url-status=live}} Not only did the Hamilton Avenue ferry never resume service, the Atlantic Avenue ferry was also discontinued two months later due to a loss of profits. In subsequent years, the South Street Ferry Terminal fell into disrepair, though it remained in operation.{{sfn|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1967|p=2}} Its original multi-colored appearance was replaced by a paint color intended to emulate the copper patina of the Statue of Liberty.

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During the mid-20th century, the United States Army operated ferries to Fort Jay, an Army installation on Governors Island, from a pier on the Battery, west of the Whitehall Street Ferry Terminal. Because of this, the Governors Island and Staten Island ferry routes crossed over each other and, because of strong currents between the Battery and Governors Island, ferryboats needed additional space between each other. In November 1955, the U.S. Army agreed to lease slip 7 at the South Street Ferry Terminal to eliminate the conflicts between the ferry lines.{{Cite news |date=November 20, 1955 |title=City and Army Act to End Ferry Peril |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1955/11/20/archives/city-and-army-act-to-end-ferry-peril.html |access-date=February 26, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015165531/https://www.nytimes.com/1955/11/20/archives/city-and-army-act-to-end-ferry-peril.html |url-status=live}} The Army, which was replacing smaller steam-powered ferries with two larger new diesel-electric boats, required larger ferry slips and docks at its new location.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1956/10/20/archives/first-army-gets-two-ferryboats-but-cannot-use-them-until-the-slip.html |title=First Army Gets Two Ferryboats; But Cannot Use Them Until the Slip Is Renovated at Governors Island |date=October 20, 1956 |work=The New York Times |access-date=June 1, 2019 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=June 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601011311/https://www.nytimes.com/1956/10/20/archives/first-army-gets-two-ferryboats-but-cannot-use-them-until-the-slip.html |url-status=live}}

Simultaneously, renovations of the adjoining Staten Island Ferry slips were announced in 1953. As part of the project, the South Street Ferry Terminal was to be rehabilitated, and office space for the Department of Marine and Aviation would be added.{{Cite news |date=January 5, 1953 |title=Ferry House, 50, to Get New Face; Interior Rejuvenation Also Is Slated in $3,000,000 Job at Tip of the Battery |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1953/01/05/archives/ferry-house-50-to-get-new-face-interior-rejuvenation-also-is-slated.html |access-date=February 26, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210529083041/https://www.nytimes.com/1953/01/05/archives/ferry-house-50-to-get-new-face-interior-rejuvenation-also-is-slated.html |url-status=live}} In 1956, the department requested about $3 million from the New York City Planning Commission for the South Street Ferry Terminal's reconstruction.{{Cite news |date=December 24, 1935 |title=City Dock Agency Asks $63,653,000: O'connor Requests a Record Capital Budget for 1957-- Outlines Pier Program the Request Analyzed |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1935/12/24/archives/will-improve-lodgings-city-to-expand-quarters-in-south-street-ferry.html |url-status=live |access-date=February 26, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015165517/https://www.nytimes.com/1935/12/24/archives/will-improve-lodgings-city-to-expand-quarters-in-south-street-ferry.html}} The fourth story was added the following year as part of the renovation.{{cite web |date=November 20, 2008 |title=Battery Maritime plan backed by residents, but will lenders agree? |url=https://www.amny.com/news/battery-maritime-plan-backed-by-residents-but-will-lenders-agree/ |access-date=February 25, 2021 |website=amNewYork |archive-date=October 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015170036/https://www.amny.com/news/battery-maritime-plan-backed-by-residents-but-will-lenders-agree/ |url-status=live}} The structure was renamed the Battery Maritime Building in 1959, when 1,100 employees of the Department of Marine and Aviation moved into the third and fourth floors following the $1.2 million renovation.{{cite news |last=Hamshar |first=Walter |date=February 12, 1959 |title=Marine, Aviation Dept. Installed in New Home |page=A4 |work=New York Herald Tribune |id={{ProQuest|1328083713}}}}{{Cite news |last=Bamberger |first=Werner |date=February 12, 1959 |title=Marine Agency Gets New Home; Department Leaves Hudson for Near-by Quarters on East River at Battery |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1959/02/12/archives/marine-agency-gets-new-home-department-leaves-hudson-for-nearby.html |access-date=February 26, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=August 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829213530/https://www.nytimes.com/1959/02/12/archives/marine-agency-gets-new-home-department-leaves-hudson-for-nearby.html |url-status=live}} The Battery Maritime Building was used by other city agencies as well.{{sfn|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1967|p=2}}

The United States Coast Guard took over Governors Island from the Army in 1966.{{cite web |last=Johnston |first=Richard J.h. |date=January 1, 1966 |title=A 15-Gun Salute Signals the Army's Departure From Governors Island |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1966/01/01/archives/a-15gun-salute-signals-the-armys-departure-from-governors-island.html |access-date=May 15, 2019 |website=The New York Times |archive-date=May 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531014024/https://www.nytimes.com/1966/01/01/archives/a-15gun-salute-signals-the-armys-departure-from-governors-island.html |url-status=live}} The Coast Guard continued to use the terminal to provide vehicle and passenger service to Governors Island for its 3,000 residents and 2,000 daily commuters.{{Cite news |last=Kennedy |first=Randy |date=October 18, 1995 |title=On an Oasis in New York Harbor, a Bittersweet Salute |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/18/nyregion/on-an-oasis-in-new-york-harbor-a-bittersweet-salute.html |access-date=May 24, 2019 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531021117/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/18/nyregion/on-an-oasis-in-new-york-harbor-a-bittersweet-salute.html |url-status=live}} The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) designated the Battery Maritime Building as a city landmark in 1967.{{sfn|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1967|p=1}} The terminal was also added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. At some point in the 20th century, the ferry terminal also served as a homeless shelter.

By the early 1980s, the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) was investigating the feasibility of using the Battery Maritime Building's second floor for commercial tenants. At the time, the building was used by the Coast Guard ferry terminal and the Department of Ports and Terminals' offices.{{Cite news |date=June 12, 1983 |title=Postings; Time to Innovate? |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/06/12/realestate/postings-time-to-innovate.html |url-status=live |access-date=February 25, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=January 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115115246/http://www.nytimes.com/1983/06/12/realestate/postings-time-to-innovate.html}} In 1984, the city laid out plans to redevelop the Whitehall Terminal and Battery Maritime Building.{{Cite news |last=Goldberger |first=Paul |date=1985-12-06 |title=An Appraisal; Reshaping South Ferry: 8 Plans Before the City |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/06/nyregion/an-appraisal-reshaping-south-ferry-8-plans-before-the-city.html |access-date=2022-10-17 |issn=0362-4331}} The Whitehall Terminal would be replaced, and the developer would restore the adjacent Battery Maritime Building, an official city landmark that could not be demolished.{{Cite news |last=Moritz |first=Owen |date=1985-04-11 |title=Curtains on theater plan? |pages=12 |work=New York Daily News |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111471691/curtains-on-theater-planowen-moritz/ |access-date=2022-10-17}} Accordingly, the city planned to look for a tenant to restore the former waiting room on the Battery Maritime Building's second story.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A8gxAQAAIAAJ |title=Progressive Architecture |publisher=Reinhold |year=1985 |pages=21–22 |issue=v. 66, nos. 10-12 |access-date=February 27, 2021 |archive-date=October 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015170050/https://books.google.com/books?id=A8gxAQAAIAAJ |url-status=live}} City officials received proposals from seven developers in August 1985.{{cite news |date=2 Aug 1985 |title=New York Receives 7 Bids To Develop Ferry Landing |page=1 |work=The Wall Street Journal |issn=0099-9660 |id={{ProQuest|397936897}}}}{{Cite news |last=Schmalz |first=Jeffrey |date=August 4, 1985 |title=7 Developers Offer Plans for South Ferry Site |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/08/04/nyregion/7-developers-offer-plans-for-south-ferry-site.html |url-status=live |access-date=February 25, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=November 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115230429/https://www.nytimes.com/1985/08/04/nyregion/7-developers-offer-plans-for-south-ferry-site.html}} The Zeckendorf Company was selected in July 1986 to develop a 60-story tower above the Whitehall Terminal at a cost of $400 million. The city government would retain ownership of the terminals and lease the site to Zeckendorf for 99 years.{{Cite news |last=Carmody |first=Deirdre |date=July 18, 1986 |title=Manhattan's Southern Tip to Get 60-story Tower |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/07/18/nyregion/manhattan-s-southern-tip-to-get-60-story-tower.html |url-status=live |access-date=February 25, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=November 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115230421/https://www.nytimes.com/1986/07/18/nyregion/manhattan-s-southern-tip-to-get-60-story-tower.html}}{{Cite news |last=Fitzgerald |first=Owen |date=1986-07-18 |title=Whatta widow's walk! |pages=7 |work=New York Daily News |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111471964/whatta-widows-walkowen-fitzgerald/ |access-date=2022-10-17}}

In 1987, with the revival of ferry service in the New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary area, the city government started renting out slip 5 at the Battery Maritime Building for ferry companies. That April, the Public Development Corporation and Department of Cultural Affairs started soliciting proposals from cultural groups to take space in the Battery Maritime Building.{{Cite news |last=Dunlap |first=David W. |date=April 7, 1987 |title=Cultural Groups Seek New Home in Old Ferry House |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/04/07/nyregion/cultural-groups-seek-new-home-in-old-ferry-house.html |url-status=live |access-date=February 25, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=November 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171102082602/http://www.nytimes.com/1987/04/07/nyregion/cultural-groups-seek-new-home-in-old-ferry-house.html}}{{cite magazine |date=10 Apr 1987 |title=City Will Choose Arts Tenant For Whitehall Ferry Terminal |magazine=Back Stage |volume=28 |issue=15 |pages=3A |id={{ProQuest|962772794}}}} The Twyla Tharp Dance Foundation, the Big Apple Circus, the Dance Theater Workshop, and the American Indian Community House were among the organizations that expressed interest in the Battery Maritime Building. The Dance Theater Workshop and the arts group Creative Time were named as the tenants for the Battery Maritime Building in October 1988. The groups would occupy {{Convert|30000|ft2}}, half of which would be rent-free; they had to pay the operating costs and raise $4 million to renovate the interior.{{Cite news |last=Shepard |first=Joan |date=October 28, 1988 |title=New arts center to get colorful tenants |pages=228 |work=New York Daily News |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72030864/new-arts-center-to-get-colorful-tenants/ |url-status=live |access-date=February 25, 2021 |archive-date=October 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015170050/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72030864/new-arts-center-to-get-colorful-tenants/}}{{cite news |last=Mangaliman |first=Jessie |date=October 28, 1988 |title=S. Ferry Landmark Will Be Renovated |page=35 |work=Newsday |id={{ProQuest|278025937}}}}{{cite magazine |last=Walsh |first=Thomas |date=4 Nov 1988 |title=Two Arts Groups Named As Tenants For S. Ferry Project |magazine=Back Stage |volume=29 |issue=45 |pages=1A, 5A |id={{ProQuest|962886226}}}} Officials planned to start renovating the Battery Maritime Building in 1990 and open the building to the public in 1993.

Conversion of the Battery Maritime Building commenced in 1990.{{Cite news |last=Shepard |first=Joan |date=May 16, 1990 |title=Art sets its sails |pages=290 |work=New York Daily News |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72030921/art-sets-its-sails/ |url-status=live |access-date=February 25, 2021 |archive-date=October 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015170049/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72030921/art-sets-its-sails/}} Some performances and temporary exhibitions were to be held there until the conversion was completed.{{Cite news |last=Kozinn |first=Allan |date=May 31, 1990 |title=Review/Music; Last Gasps of an Empire |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/31/arts/review-music-last-gasps-of-an-empire.html |url-status=live |access-date=February 25, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 25, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525204402/http://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/31/arts/review-music-last-gasps-of-an-empire.html}} According to the plans by renovating architect Diller Scofidio + Renfro, the space would have contained a ground-floor entry lobby, flanked by offices on the second story.{{cite web |title=Battery Maritime Building |url=https://dsrny.com/project/battery-maritime |access-date=February 26, 2021 |publisher=Diller Scofidio + Renfro |archive-date=October 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015170049/https://dsrny.com/project/battery-maritime |url-status=live}}{{cite book |last=Dimendberg |first=Edward |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NVuhZvS9pI8C&pg=PA75 |title=Diller Scofidio + Renfro: Architecture after Images |publisher=University of Chicago Press |year=2013 |isbn=978-0-226-00872-1 |page=75 |access-date=February 27, 2021 |archive-date=October 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015170049/https://books.google.com/books?id=NVuhZvS9pI8C&pg=PA75 |url-status=live}} The waiting room, containing movable equipment for performances and exhibitions, was the firm's first successful design for an auditorium. KG Land was also a partner in the development project,{{Cite news |last=Jordan |first=George E. |date=1991-09-09 |title=Terminal's Rich Past Foggy Future |pages=32 |work=Newsday |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111472742/terminals-rich-past-foggy/ |access-date=2022-10-17}} which had stalled by late 1990.{{Cite news |last=Dunlap |first=David W. |date=October 7, 1990 |title=Commercial Property: Trade-Offs; Delaying the Amenities-for-Building-Bonuses Pledge |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/07/realestate/commercial-property-trade-offs-delaying-amenities-for-building-bonuses-pledge.html |url-status=live |access-date=February 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824171847/https://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/07/realestate/commercial-property-trade-offs-delaying-amenities-for-building-bonuses-pledge.html |archive-date=August 24, 2021 |issn=0362-4331}} The South Ferry Plaza project was canceled in January 1991 due to a decline in the real estate market.{{Cite news |last=Dunlap |first=David W. |date=January 4, 1991 |title=New York City Scraps Plans For South Ferry Office Plaza |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/01/04/nyregion/new-york-city-scraps-plans-for-south-ferry-office-plaza.html |url-status=live |access-date=February 25, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=November 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115230416/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/01/04/nyregion/new-york-city-scraps-plans-for-south-ferry-office-plaza.html}} The Whitehall Terminal's ceiling and roof were gutted by a major fire that September,{{Cite news |last=McFadden |first=Robert D. |date=September 9, 1991 |title=Big Fire Destroys Terminal of Ferry to Staten Island |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/09/nyregion/big-fire-destroys-terminal-of-ferry-to-staten-island.html |access-date=September 20, 2017 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921002131/http://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/09/nyregion/big-fire-destroys-terminal-of-ferry-to-staten-island.html |url-status=live}} though the Battery Maritime Building was not damaged.{{Cite news |last=Myers |first=Steven Lee |date=September 9, 1991 |title=Ferry Terminal a 'Banal Portal to Joy' |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/09/nyregion/ferry-terminal-a-banal-portal-to-joy.html |access-date=February 25, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=November 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115230426/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/09/nyregion/ferry-terminal-a-banal-portal-to-joy.html |url-status=live}} By 1996, the Coast Guard had moved its operations off Governors Island, and ferry service from the Battery Maritime Building stopped operating.{{Cite news |last=Dunlap |first=David W. |date=November 12, 1995 |title=Islands Lapped by Tides of Change |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/12/realestate/islands-lapped-by-tides-of-change.html |access-date=May 24, 2019 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015171551/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/12/realestate/islands-lapped-by-tides-of-change.html |url-status=live}} Through 2000, the building's office space was used for storing DOT documents. The building's facade had deteriorated over time, and many of the design details had decayed.

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The city government conducted a survey of the building's conditions in 1999. The survey found that the exterior and roof needed at least $30 million worth of renovations.{{sfn|Economic Development Corporation|2011|p=152}} The EDC started soliciting proposals for a $36 million, two-year renovation of the building in May 2001.{{Cite news |date=May 2, 2001 |title=Metro Briefing New York: Manhattan: Battery Building Renovation |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/02/nyregion/metro-briefing-new-york-manhattan-battery-building-renovation.html |url-status=live |access-date=February 25, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015171551/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/02/nyregion/metro-briefing-new-york-manhattan-battery-building-renovation.html}} Exterior restoration work started in late 2001{{sfn|Economic Development Corporation|2011|p=152}} and about 200 workers vacated the building's offices in 2002.{{cite web |last=Rice |first=Andrew |date=January 14, 2002 |title=Restauranteur Emil, Who Ran Windows, Bids in the Battery |url=https://observer.com/2002/01/restauranteur-emil-who-ran-windows-bids-in-the-battery/ |access-date=February 25, 2021 |website=Observer |archive-date=September 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922164053/https://observer.com/2002/01/restauranteur-emil-who-ran-windows-bids-in-the-battery/ |url-status=live}} The deteriorating wooden piers were restored, and the exterior was refurbished and repainted in its original multiple-color scheme by Jan Hird Pokorny Architects.{{Cite news |last=Dunlap |first=David W. |date=March 7, 2006 |title=Landmark Ferry Building May Become Food Market |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/07/nyregion/landmark-ferry-building-may-become-food-market.html |url-status=live |access-date=February 25, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=April 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180401182731/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/07/nyregion/landmark-ferry-building-may-become-food-market.html}} The renovation costs had increased to $58 million due to the discovery of additional deterioration. The facade was disassembled into 11,600 pieces and the roof had to be supported by temporary framework after one of the building's corners had settled by {{Convert|2|in}}. In addition, {{Convert|40|ST|LT t}} of new steel was installed and 14 concrete bases were replaced.{{cite magazine |last=Padalka |first=Alex |date=April 2005 |title=Public Restoration |journal=New York Construction |volume=52 |issue=9 |pages=116 |id={{ProQuest|228201755}}}} Some of the facade's copper panels, described by an EDC spokesperson as "irreplaceable", were stolen during the renovation.{{Cite news |last=Gittrich |first=Greg |date=2002-07-12 |title=Crooks cop copper panels |pages=2 |work=New York Daily News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72219939/crooks-cop-copper-panels/ |url-status=live |access-date=2021-02-27 |via=newspapers.com |archive-date=October 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015171551/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72219939/crooks-cop-copper-panels/}}

The city also solicited bids to restore and operate the Maritime Building's interior in 2001. The interior renovations were projected to cost $26 million, but because the building was a city landmark, the interior renovation would be eligible for federal tax credits. The Governors Island Preservation and Education Corporation (GIPEC) assumed operation of Governors Island from the Coast Guard in 2003 as part of an effort to open the island to the public.{{Cite news |last=Pristin |first=Terry |date=January 31, 2003 |title=White House to Hand Over Governors Island to New York |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/31/nyregion/white-house-to-hand-over-governors-island-to-new-york.html |access-date=May 24, 2019 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531014025/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/31/nyregion/white-house-to-hand-over-governors-island-to-new-york.html |url-status=live}}{{cite news |last=Barrett |first=Devlin |date=February 1, 2003 |title=New York Reclaims Governors Island |page=27 |publisher=Star-Gazette |agency=Associated Press |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/32043187/ |url-status=live |access-date=May 24, 2019 |archive-date=October 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015171552/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/32043187/new-york-reclaims-governors-island/}} GIPEC subsequently leased slips 6 and 7 at the Battery Maritime Building for ferry service to Governors Island.{{sfn|Economic Development Corporation|2011|p=152}} The GIPEC started operating the Battery–Governors Island ferry line in 2005.{{Cite news |last=Depalma |first=Anthony |date=June 4, 2004 |title=Once Off Limits, Governors Island to Be Open for Summer Tours |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/04/nyregion/once-off-limits-governors-island-to-be-open-for-summer-tours.html |access-date=June 1, 2019 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=June 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601011311/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/04/nyregion/once-off-limits-governors-island-to-be-open-for-summer-tours.html |url-status=live}} The exterior work was completed early the same year.{{sfn|Economic Development Corporation|2011|p=152}} Also in 2005, SHoP Architects proposed relocating the Battery Park Underpass's entrance eastward to allow the construction of a public plaza outside the Battery Maritime Building.{{cite web |date=January 10, 2017 |title=A Forecourt for the Maritime Building |url=https://www.ebroadsheet.com/forecourt-maritime-building/ |access-date=February 27, 2021 |website=eBroadsheet |archive-date=January 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170111065058/http://www.ebroadsheet.com/forecourt-maritime-building/ |url-status=live}}{{Cite news |last=Saltonstall |first=David |date=June 1, 2005 |title=East River Riviera!. Downtown Waterfront 'Beach,' Park Planned |pages=2 |work=New York Daily News |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72155268/east-river-riviera-downtown/ |url-status=live |access-date=February 27, 2021 |archive-date=October 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015171552/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72155268/east-river-riviera-downtown/}} However, no progress was made on the plaza plan in the following decade.

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After the exterior renovations were completed, the EDC and GIPEC started advertising for proposals to redevelop the interior.{{sfn|Economic Development Corporation|2011|p=152}} In 2006, the city considered opening a food market in the building. The marketplace idea, modeled after the San Francisco Ferry Building, subsequently proved infeasible because the second floor lacked a loading dock. By 2007, Dermot Construction had won the bid to restore the building's interior at a cost of $150 million. The company planned to add a 140-room hotel atop the existing structure, designed by Rogers Marvel, as well as remove the fourth story. Marvel and structural engineering firm Silman determined that a fifth story would need to be constructed atop the existing ferry building. The LPC approved a downsized version of the plans in 2008.{{cite web |last=Arak |first=Joey |date=November 14, 2008 |title=Return of the Battery Maritime Building: Hotel Idea Has Fans |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2008/11/14/10553726/return-of-the-battery-maritime-building-hotel-idea-has-fans |access-date=February 25, 2021 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=October 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021192038/https://ny.curbed.com/2008/11/14/10553726/return-of-the-battery-maritime-building-hotel-idea-has-fans |url-status=live}} The same year, David Byrne's musical installation Playing the Building was temporarily installed in the Battery Maritime Building, using vibrations from the building's beams and pipes to produce sound.{{Cite news |last=Gelder |first=Lawrence Van |date=May 13, 2008 |title=Teaching an Old Building New Vibes |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/13/arts/13arts-TEACHINGANOL_BRF.html |url-status=live |access-date=February 25, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=January 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105145841/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/13/arts/13arts-TEACHINGANOL_BRF.html}}{{cite news |last=Johnson |first=Martin |date=June 17, 2008 |title=Music: The Pipes, the Pipes Are Calling |page=D9 |work=The Wall Street Journal |issn=0099-9660 |id={{ProQuest|399118493}}}} The New York City Council approved the hotel plan in March 2009, but Dermot had difficulty obtaining funding following the financial crisis of 2007–2008.{{Cite web |last=Arak |first=Joey |date=March 13, 2009 |title=Battery Maritime Gets OK, Needs Money |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2009/3/13/10545754/battery-maritime-gets-ok-needs-money |access-date=February 25, 2021 |website=Curbed NY |language=en |archive-date=December 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204162251/https://ny.curbed.com/2009/3/13/10545754/battery-maritime-gets-ok-needs-money |url-status=live}}

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The New York City Regional Center loaned Dermot $77 million in 2011 for the redevelopment of the Battery Maritime Building.{{cite web |last1=Clarke |first1=Katherine |last2=Gourarie |first2=Chava |date=September 29, 2016 |title=EB-5 regional center slaps Dermot with lawsuit over Battery Maritime loans |url=https://therealdeal.com/2016/09/29/eb-5-regional-center-slaps-dermot-with-lawsuit-over-battery-maritime-loans/ |access-date=February 25, 2021 |website=The Real Deal New York |archive-date=April 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420030849/https://therealdeal.com/2016/09/29/eb-5-regional-center-slaps-dermot-with-lawsuit-over-battery-maritime-loans/ |url-status=live}} Dermot, along with the Poulakakos family of restaurateurs, signed a contract in July 2012 that allowed them to lease the structure for up to 99 years.{{Cite web |date=July 25, 2012 |title=Dermot Company, Poulakakos will redevelop Battery Maritime Building |url=https://therealdeal.com/2012/07/25/dermot-company-poulakakos-will-redevelop-battery-maritime-building/ |url-status=live |access-date=February 25, 2021 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321212255/http://therealdeal.com:80/2012/07/25/dermot-company-poulakakos-will-redevelop-battery-maritime-building/ |archive-date=March 21, 2016}} Work was further delayed after Hurricane Sandy that October, which caused damage to the neighborhood and increased the project's costs.{{cite web |last=Warerkar |first=Tanay |date=November 17, 2016 |title=Stymied Battery Maritime Building redevelopment faces foreclosure. |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2016/11/17/13666742/battery-maritime-building-foreclosure-threat |access-date=February 25, 2021 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=October 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015171553/https://ny.curbed.com/2016/11/17/13666742/battery-maritime-building-foreclosure-threat |url-status=live}}{{cite web |date=April 5, 2016 |title=Long-delayed Battery Maritime Building hotel slated for completion at the end of 2017 |url=https://therealdeal.com/2016/04/05/long-delayed-battery-maritime-building-hotel-slated-for-completion-at-the-end-of-2017/ |access-date=February 25, 2021 |website=The Real Deal New York |archive-date=April 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416182148/https://therealdeal.com/2016/04/05/long-delayed-battery-maritime-building-hotel-slated-for-completion-at-the-end-of-2017/ |url-status=live}} The hotel project received additional funding in 2014,{{cite web |last=Budin |first=Jeremiah |date=August 14, 2014 |title=Construction Starts Back Up on Battery Maritime Building |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2014/8/14/10060722/construction-starts-back-up-on-battery-maritime-building |access-date=February 25, 2021 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=October 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015171552/https://ny.curbed.com/2014/8/14/10060722/construction-starts-back-up-on-battery-maritime-building |url-status=live}} and some progress had been made by the next year.{{cite web |last=Amato |first=Rowley |date=April 12, 2015 |title=Construction Progressing at Battery Maritime Building |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2015/4/12/9971502/construction-progressing-at-battery-maritime-building |access-date=February 25, 2021 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=October 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016120316/https://ny.curbed.com/2015/4/12/9971502/construction-progressing-at-battery-maritime-building |url-status=live}} In April 2016, Dermot withdrew from the project and Stoneleigh Capital signaled its intention to take over as the lessee. The project was 55 to 60 percent complete at the time.{{Cite web |last=Rubinstein |first=Dana |date=March 16, 2016 |title=Battery Maritime Building to get a new life, again |url=https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2016/03/battery-maritime-building-to-get-a-new-life-again-032410 |access-date=2021-07-01 |website=Politico PRO |language=en |archive-date=October 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015171552/https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2016/03/battery-maritime-building-to-get-a-new-life-again-032410 |url-status=live}} Stoneleigh ultimately did not take over the lease.{{Cite web |title=Rough Seas for Battery Maritime Building |url=https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Rough-Seas-for-Battery-Maritime-Building.html?soid=1101992539878&aid=LzvZcNCtkuU |access-date=2021-07-01 |website=myemail.constantcontact.com |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182739/https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Rough-Seas-for-Battery-Maritime-Building.html?soid=1101992539878&aid=LzvZcNCtkuU |url-status=live}} In late 2016, the NYC Regional Center sued Dermot for not paying interest on the loans, the EDC also sued Dermot for nonpayment of rent, and the NYC Regional Center threatened to foreclose on the property.{{Cite web |date=November 17, 2016 |title=Dermot Company executives threatened with foreclosure on Battery Maritime Building |url=https://therealdeal.com/2016/11/17/dermot-execs-threatened-with-foreclosure-on-battery-maritime-building/ |url-status=live |access-date=February 25, 2021 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118135400/http://therealdeal.com/2016/11/17/dermot-execs-threatened-with-foreclosure-on-battery-maritime-building/ |archive-date=November 18, 2016}}

The lease was transferred in 2017 to a group that included Cipriani S.A.{{cite web |last=Warerkar |first=Tanay |date=October 16, 2017 |title=Battery Maritime Building's hotel redevelopment is back on track |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2017/10/16/16481570/battery-maritime-building-redevelopment-restart |access-date=February 25, 2021 |website=Curbed NY |archive-date=October 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016123610/https://ny.curbed.com/2017/10/16/16481570/battery-maritime-building-redevelopment-restart |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Gannon |first=Devin |date=August 17, 2018 |title=Battery Maritime Building's hotel-restaurant conversion is back on track |url=https://www.6sqft.com/battery-maritime-building-redevelopment-project-back-on-track/ |access-date=February 25, 2021 |website=6sqft |archive-date=February 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227213352/https://www.6sqft.com/battery-maritime-building-redevelopment-project-back-on-track/ |url-status=live}} After Cipriani took over the lease, the number of hotel rooms was reduced and the proposed restaurant was downsized. Additional funds were provided in 2018, with Midtown Equities taking a 30 percent stake in the project.{{cite news |last1=Rosenberg |first1=Zoe |date=August 16, 2018 |title=Stymied Battery Maritime Building redevelopment gets needed financial boost |work=Curbed |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2018/8/16/17701668/battery-maritime-building-redevelopment-midtown-equities |access-date=December 27, 2018 |archive-date=December 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227085400/https://ny.curbed.com/2018/8/16/17701668/battery-maritime-building-redevelopment-midtown-equities |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last=Anuta |first=Joe |date=August 16, 2018 |title=Midtown Equities to join Battery Maritime Building hotel project |url=https://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20180816/REAL_ESTATE/180819943/midtown-equities-to-join-battery-maritime-building-hotel-project |url-status=live |access-date=February 25, 2021 |website=Crain's New York Business |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926130149/http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20180816/REAL_ESTATE/180819943/midtown-equities-to-join-battery-maritime-building-hotel-project |archive-date=September 26, 2018}} Thierry Despont was named as architect for the converted structure.{{Cite news |last=Hartman |first=Darrell |date=December 2, 2020 |title=Cipriani Bows a Private Club and Hotel—Go Behind the Scenes |language=en-US |work=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/cipriani-private-club-and-hotel-behind-the-scenes-11606864382 |access-date=February 26, 2021 |issn=0099-9660 |archive-date=February 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225150731/https://www.wsj.com/articles/cipriani-private-club-and-hotel-behind-the-scenes-11606864382 |url-status=live}} The conversion included restoring the original detailing, which had mostly been removed over the years, and reconstructing the superstructure, which was badly deteriorated. Two stories were also added to the building.{{sfn|Department of Buildings|2020|p=3}}

The event space, Cipriani South Street, hosted its first event in November 2019.{{cite web |title=Independent New York 2019 |website=Artguide – Artforum International |date=March 7, 2019 |url=https://www.artforum.com/artguide/independent-new-york-8753/independent-new-york-2019-152958 |access-date=February 26, 2021 |archive-date=October 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015171556/https://www.artforum.com/artguide/independent-new-york-8753/independent-new-york-2019-152958 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Cipriani |first=Maggio |title=LEADERS Interview with Maggio Cipriani, President, Cipriani USA, Inc. |website=LEADERS Magazine |date=January 2020 |url=http://www.leadersmag.com/issues/2020.1_Jan/Hospitality/LEADERS-Maggio-Cipriani-Cipriani-USA.html |access-date=February 26, 2021 |archive-date=July 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729173111/http://www.leadersmag.com/issues/2020.1_Jan/Hospitality/LEADERS-Maggio-Cipriani-Cipriani-USA.html |url-status=live}} When Cipriani took over the lease, the hotel was scheduled to be completed in mid-2020. The hotel's opening was subsequently delayed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City, opening as Casa Cipriani in August 2021 with 47 suites.{{cite news |last1=Young |first1=Michael |title=Casa Cipriani Readies for August Debut at The Battery Maritime Building in Financial District, Manhattan |url=https://newyorkyimby.com/2021/07/casa-cipriani-readies-for-august-debut-at-the-battery-maritime-building-in-financial-district-manhattan.html |access-date=16 July 2021 |work=New York YIMBY |date=16 July 2021 |archive-date=July 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210716145633/https://newyorkyimby.com/2021/07/casa-cipriani-readies-for-august-debut-at-the-battery-maritime-building-in-financial-district-manhattan.html |url-status=live}} The 2021 edition of the Independent Art Fair was also hosted in the Battery Maritime Building in late 2021.{{cite web |title=Independent New York proves that art fairs are still relevant |website=Wallpaper* |last=MacAlister-Smith |first=Tilly |date=September 8, 2021 |url=https://www.wallpaper.com/art/independent-new-york-art-fair-guide-2021 |access-date=October 28, 2021 |archive-date=October 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015171553/https://www.wallpaper.com/art/independent-new-york-art-fair-guide-2021 |url-status=live}}{{Cite news |last=Schwendener |first=Martha |date=2021-09-09 |title=Still Independent, and Still Exceptional |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/09/arts/design/independent-art-fair-cipriani.html |access-date=2021-10-28 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028134419/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/09/arts/design/independent-art-fair-cipriani.html |url-status=live}} The project was officially finished in December 2021.{{cite web |last=Davenport |first=Emily |title=Battery Maritime Building opens with hotel, restaurants and more following extensive renovations |website=amNewYork |date=December 15, 2021 |url=https://www.amny.com/news/battery-maritime-building-opens-with-hotel-restaurants-and-more-following-extensive-renovations/ |access-date=January 9, 2022 |archive-date=October 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015171558/https://www.amny.com/news/battery-maritime-building-opens-with-hotel-restaurants-and-more-following-extensive-renovations/ |url-status=live}} The same year, as part of the Lower Manhattan Coastal Resiliency project, city officials proposed constructing a new terminal for Governors Island ferries and demolishing the Battery Maritime Building's ferry slips.{{cite web | title=FDR Drive Tear-Down and Manhattan Land Extension Eyed in Downtown Flood Plan | website=The City | last1=Smith | first1=Rachel Holliday | last2=Maldonado |first2=Samantha | date=November 16, 2021 | url=https://www.thecity.nyc/2021/11/15/22784244/fdr-drive-tear-down-and-manhattan-land-extension-eyed-in-downtown-flood-plan | access-date=January 3, 2023}}{{cite web | title=Lower Manhattan Resilience Plan Calls for Flood Walls, Extended Shoreline Into East River |first=James |last=Leggate |date=November 18, 2021 | website=Engineering News-Record | url=https://www.enr.com/articles/53056-lower-manhattan-resilience-plan-calls-for-flood-walls-extended-shoreline-into-east-river | access-date=January 3, 2023}} Cipriani refinanced the hotel with a $100 million loan from Acore Capital in May 2022.{{cite web |last=Cunningham |first=Cathy |title=Casa Cipriani Lands $100M Refi from ACORE Capital |website=Commercial Observer |date=May 26, 2022 |url=https://commercialobserver.com/2022/05/casa-cipriani-lands-100m-refi-from-acore-capital/ |access-date=May 26, 2022 |archive-date=October 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015171554/https://commercialobserver.com/2022/05/casa-cipriani-lands-100m-refi-from-acore-capital/ |url-status=live}}

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Throughout the year,{{cite web |last=Sterling |first=Anna Lucente |title=Governors Island will open year-round starting Nov. 1 |website=Spectrum News NY1 |date=September 28, 2021 |url=https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2021/09/28/governors-island-will-open-year-round-starting-november-1--says-mayor |access-date=September 29, 2021 |archive-date=October 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015171559/https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2021/09/28/governors-island-will-open-year-round-starting-november-1--says-mayor |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Carlson |first=Jen |title=Governors Island Is Now Open 365 Days A Year, As It Should Be |website=Gothamist |date=September 28, 2021 |url=https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/governors-island-now-open-365-days-year-it-should-be |access-date=September 29, 2021 |archive-date=September 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928212007/https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/governors-island-now-open-365-days-year-it-should-be |url-status=live}} public ferry service to Governors Island operates out of slip 7.{{cite web |title=Map of the Governors Island ferry terminal at the Battery Maritime Building |url=https://www.nps.gov/gois/planyourvisit/map-of-the-governors-island-ferry-terminal-at-the-battery-maritime-building.htm |access-date=April 2, 2020 |publisher=National Park Service |archive-date=August 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808195037/https://www.nps.gov/gois/planyourvisit/map-of-the-governors-island-ferry-terminal-at-the-battery-maritime-building.htm |url-status=live}} The ferries are operated by the Trust for Governors Island.{{cite web |title=Governors Island Ferry |url=https://govisland.com/visit-the-island/ferry |access-date=May 1, 2019 |website=Governors Island |archive-date=May 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529150826/https://govisland.com/visit-the-island/ferry |url-status=live}} Ferries run half-hourly every day of the week.{{cite web |title=Governors Island Ferry Service |url=http://www.batterymaritimebuilding.com/directions.html |access-date=June 22, 2018 |website=New York City's Historic Battery Maritime Building |archive-date=June 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613174705/http://www.batterymaritimebuilding.com/directions.html |url-status=live}} The ferries travel to Soissons Landing on the north side of the island,{{Cite web |title=Lower Manhattan: Battery Maritime Building |url=http://www.lowermanhattan.info/construction/project_updates/battery_maritime_building_70249.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081101020349/http://www.lowermanhattan.info/construction/project_updates/battery_maritime_building_70249.aspx |archive-date=November 1, 2008}} covering the distance between the destinations in about seven minutes.{{Cite web |last=Venugopal |first=Nikhita |title=Officials Weigh Governors Island Stop on Citywide Ferry Route |url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160912/governors-island/officials-weigh-governors-island-citywide-ferry-route-brooklyn |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924105530/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160912/governors-island/officials-weigh-governors-island-citywide-ferry-route-brooklyn |archive-date=September 24, 2016 |access-date=September 23, 2016 |website=DNAinfo New York |date=2016-09-12}}

NY Waterway also formerly operated rush-hour commuter service to Port Liberté, Jersey City, out of slip 5.{{cite web |title=Port Liberte |url=https://www.nywaterway.com/PortLiberteTerminal.aspx |access-date=March 30, 2020 |publisher=NY Waterway |archive-date=March 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320234750/https://www.nywaterway.com/PortLiberteTerminal.aspx |url-status=live}} Other NY Waterway services operate out of Pier 11/Wall Street.{{cite web |title=Pier 11 / Wall St. |url=https://www.nywaterway.com/Pier11WallStTerminal.aspx |access-date=March 30, 2020 |publisher=NY Waterway |archive-date=March 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321040648/https://www.nywaterway.com/Pier11WallStTerminal.aspx |url-status=live}} In August 2020, SeaStreak operated ferries from slip 5, having relocated from Pier 11/Wall Street due to dredging near Pier 11.{{cite web |title=All Seastreak Pier 11/Wall Street Arrivals And Departures Have Been Relocated To Battery Maritime Building (BMB) – Slip 5 |website=Seastreak Ferries |date=2020-08-11 |url=https://seastreak.com/service-alerts/effective-wednesday-august-12th-all-seastreak-pier-11-wall-street-arrivals-and-departures-will-be-relocated-to-battery-maritime-building-bmb-slip-5/ |access-date=2022-10-16}} {{As of|May 2022}}, SeaStreak ferries had been relocated to Pier 11 to accommodate construction at the Battery Maritime Building.{{cite web | title=All Seastreak Battery Maritime Building (BMB) – Slip 5 Arrivals And Departures Have Been Relocated To Pier 11/Wall Street Effective Monday, May 9th | website=Seastreak Ferries | date=May 6, 2022 | url=https://seastreak.com/service-alerts/effective-wednesday-august-12th-all-seastreak-pier-11-wall-street-arrivals-and-departures-will-be-relocated-to-battery-maritime-building-bmb-slip-5-copy/ | access-date=April 12, 2023}} Seastreak is tentatively expected to return to slip 5 after construction is complete.

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