Brooklyn Cruise Terminal

{{Short description|Cruise terminal in New York, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2019}}

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| caption = The Queen Mary 2 at the terminal

| address = Pier 12
210 Clinton Wharf
Brooklyn, NY

| country = United States

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| owned = City of New York

| operator = Ports America

| connections = 18px NYC Ferry: South Brooklyn Route
MTA New York City Bus: B61

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| website = {{URL|cruise.nyc/brooklyn-terminal}}

| opened = April 2006{{cite web |url=http://www.nycruise.com/brooklyn-terminal/ |title=Brooklyn Cruise Terminal Overview |publisher=NYCruise |date=2015 |accessdate=December 13, 2015}}

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The Brooklyn Cruise Terminal is a cruise terminal in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. The terminal is {{convert|180000|sqft|m2}} and sits on Buttermilk Channel, a tidal strait separating Brooklyn from Governors Island. It is owned by the City of New York and operated by Ports America.{{Cite web |title=PORT AUTHORITY BOARD AUTHORIZES FULL AGENCY OWNERSHIP OF HOWLAND HOOK MARINE TERMINAL TO EXPAND CARGO OPERATIONS AND GENERATE ECONOMIC GROWTH ON STATEN ISLAND |url=https://www.panynj.gov/port-authority/en/press-room/press-release-archives/2024-Press-Releases/port-authority-board-authorizes-full-agency-ownership-of-howland.html |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=www.panynj.gov |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=NYCEDC Announces Brooklyn Marine Terminal Task Force Appointees to Serve Alongside Rep. Dan Goldman, State Senator Andrew Gounardes, Council Member Alexa Aviles {{!}} NYCEDC |url=https://edc.nyc/press-release/nycedc-announces-brooklyn-marine-terminal-task-force-appointees-serve-alongside-rep |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=edc.nyc |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Mayor Adams, Governor Hochul, NYCEDC, and Port Authority Announce Plan to Transform Brooklyn Marine Terminal With Investment in 122-Acre Brooklyn Waterfront, Support Future Growth of Howland Hook Marine Terminal {{!}} NYCEDC |url=https://edc.nyc/press-release/city-announces-investments-to-transform-and-modernize-brooklyn-marine-terminal |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=edc.nyc |language=en}} The terminal is one of three terminals for ocean-going cruise ships in the New York metropolitan area. Ships from Carnival Corporation (which owns the Cunard and Princess Cruises) call the terminal their home port.

The Brooklyn Cruise Terminal is located at Red Hook Pier 12, on the south side of the Atlantic Basin{{cite web|url=http://www.nycedc.com/Web/PressRoom/PressReleases/Atlantic+Basin.htm|title=NYCEDC Issues Request for Proposals for Atlantic Basin|work=NYCEDC|accessdate=June 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907094514/http://www.nycedc.com/Web/PressRoom/PressReleases/Atlantic+Basin.htm|archive-date=September 7, 2008|url-status=dead}} at Pioneer and Imlay Streets. Vehicular access is through the main gate near the intersection of Bowne and Imlay Streets.

The terminal was converted from a 1954 freight terminal and was earlier the site of the Atlantic Basin Iron Works. The Brooklyn Cruise Terminal opened on April 15, 2006, following a $52 million investment by NYCEDC, with the arrival of the RMS Queen Mary 2.{{cite news |title=New Brooklyn Terminal Shows It's Fit for Queen |first=Nicholas |last=Confessore |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/16/nyregion/16mary.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 16, 2006 |accessdate=July 10, 2010}} On July 15 and 16, 2017,{{Cite web|url=http://info.fiaformulae.com/new-york-city-eprix-en|title=NYC|website=Formula E Tickets|language=en-GB|access-date=June 19, 2017}} the Brooklyn Street Circuit in the port and supporting roads hosted the Formula E electric car racing series' ninth and tenth round in the 2016–17 Formula E season.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2016/9/21/12996212/formula-e-electric-racing-brooklyn-new-york-2017|title=Formula E will race in Brooklyn in 2017|last=O'Kane|first=Sean|date=September 21, 2016|website=The Verge|access-date=February 11, 2017}}