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34-736: The Battery Park City Ferry Terminal , is a passenger ferry terminal in Battery Park City , Manhattan , serving ferries along the Hudson River in New York City and northeastern New Jersey . It provides slips to ferries, water taxis , and sightseeing boats in the Port of New York and New Jersey . The floating dock is moored at the foot of Vesey Street , consisting of four bow-loading slips and two side loading points to serve an additional slip. The mono-hull structure

68-801: A shopping center and office building complex formerly known as the World Financial Center . NYC Ferry uses the terminal for its St. George route, referring to it as Battery Park City / Vesey St . Regular ferry service between lower Manhattan and the Village of Communipaw (in today's Jersey City ) dates back to at least 1661 with the founding of the Communipaw ferry during the Dutch colonial period . The Jersey City Ferry began service in July 1764 between Paulus Hook to Mesier's dock, which

102-434: A single, large passenger terminal to service multiple docks, while others have multiple terminal buildings, each servicing a dock or wharf, so that passengers can board vessels directly from the terminal. Paulus Hook Ferry Terminal 40°42′58″N 74°01′59″W  /  40.71611°N 74.03306°W  / 40.71611; -74.03306 Exchange Place is a district of Downtown Jersey City , New Jersey that

136-502: A week. Goldman Sachs commissions two ferries to run between the terminal and Paulus Hook Ferry Terminal , connecting its offices in Battery Park City and Jersey City, with service beginning February 19, 2013. York and Jersey are operated by NY Waterway , flying the flag of the ferry service but not bearing its name or logo. The ferries are available to both employees and the general public since, by law, ferries utilizing

170-620: Is also the terminus for several New Jersey Transit and privately operated bus routes. PATH service from Exchange Place runs east to the World Trade Center , north to Hoboken Terminal , and west to Journal Square and Newark Penn Station . Three stations of the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail in the district are Harborside Financial Center , Essex Street and Exchange Place , where transfer to PATH and ferry are possible. The ferry that started in 1764 became known as

204-446: Is sometimes referred to as Wall Street West due to the concentration of financial companies that have offices there. The namesake is a square, about 200 feet long, at the foot of Montgomery Street at the waterfront of the Hudson River . This square was created by landfilling the shore at Paulus Hook , and has been a major transportation hub since the colonial era. A high concentration of highrise office and residential buildings in

238-445: 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 (23 m) below the water's surface. The terminal is primarily served by commuter ferries operated by NY Waterway , which refers to the terminal as Brookfield Place / Battery Park City , and Liberty Landing Ferry , which refers to it as World Financial Center . Both of these names refer to Brookfield Place ,

272-585: The Jersey City Ferry , but after nearly 200 years of service, the last regular ferry service across the Hudson ended in the 1960s. Service was revived in 1986, and today the Hudson's ferries are operated by New York Waterway and Seastreak . Journal Square limited service Hoboken Lincoln Harbor Freehold Old Bridge Georgian Court University Newport Centre Mall Hoboken Lincoln Harbor Ave C The views provided along

306-535: The Pennsylvania Railroad replaced the terminal in 1876 and yet again in 1888–1892. Passengers could move directly between the trains and ferries without going outside (a similar plan can still be seen today at Hoboken Terminal ). The railroad referred to the location simply as Jersey City, and if necessary to distinguish it from other railroads' terminals, as the Pennsylvania station . It

340-530: The Raritan Bayshore . New York City Transit bus routes M9 and M20 stop on the nearby corner of Vesey Street and North End Avenue. There is a free connecting bus to the South Amboy terminal that travels through South Amboy and Sayreville . Ferry terminal Passenger terminals may vary greatly in size. A small ferry terminal servicing a commuter ferry may just have the means to tie up

374-471: The United Kingdom and continental Europe, also have customs and immigration inspection facilities and security control areas similar to an international airport. Historically, the largest passenger terminals were located in major coastal cities servicing large ocean liners . With the demise of most ocean liners in the later half of the 20th century and the rise of cruise ship tourism in its stead,

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408-666: The Hudson River. A ferry slip opened at Battery Park City on October 16, 1989 with the intentions of reducing rush-hour crowds on the PATH trains serving the World Trade Center station . Port Authority of New York and New Jersey first commissioned the construction of the current terminal in 2000, but plans were put on hold following the September 11 attacks . A 1,200-ton hull was constructed in Corpus Christi, Texas and

442-605: The Pennsylvania Railroad service dwindled after the opening of Penn Station in New York in 1910, it did not end until 1962. Following the end of service on the Jersey City Branch , the remains of the large terminal were demolished, leaving a large open space on the waterfront. This and the elimination of other railroad passenger and freight yards along the river during the 1960s and 1970s opened up

476-658: The St. George route of the NYC Ferry system began in August 2021. Battery Park City is the intermediate station between West Midtown and St. George Terminals . Service to South Amboy , NJ via NY Waterway began on October 30, 2023. SeaStreak 's Belford service stops at Pier 11/Wall Street before continuing on to Belford giving passengers the chance to connect to the East Side service to Atlantic Highlands and Highlands on

510-414: The city are located in the district radiating from Exchange Place, which since the 1990s has overtaken Journal Square as Hudson County 's major business district and become a major business center along the redeveloped waterfronts in the Port of New York and New Jersey . The Mack-Cali building is host to several nesting sites for peregrine falcons . The Hudson River Waterfront Walkway crosses Exchange,

544-644: The city, writing: "The memory of the Katyn massacre is an important part of the memory and memories of the Holocaust and we encourage you to reconsider your decision to remove this monument." To the south are New York Waterway 's Paulus Hook Ferry Terminal, and the two tallest buildings in New Jersey; the Goldman Sachs Tower and 99 Hudson . The Colgate Clock , promoted by Colgate-Palmolive as

578-676: The container and returns to shore. If the passenger terminal handles vehicles (which is common especially in cross-sea ferry terminals), it will usually have the facilities, such as appropriate markings on the ground, to enable the vehicles to line up in an orderly manner. Vehicles may be driven off the ship directly, if the vessel is a Roll-on/roll-off ship. Passenger terminals in large ports usually have passenger facilities comparable with medium-sized airports, including waiting areas, ticketing desks, luggage deposit and retrieval areas, and food, beverage and other retail outlets. Ferry terminals for international ferries, such as those crossing between

612-488: The head of the important highway to Newark (and points west and south) established in 1795. The ferry in turn influenced the location of the terminal of the New Jersey Railroad , which opened in 1838 running from the ferry dock via Newark to New Brunswick . The railroad purchased the ferry operation in 1853 and in 1858 built a much-needed larger intermodal terminal . After acquiring the railroad in 1871,

646-502: The land that would be used for redevelopment. The continued use of the name "Exchange Place" was based on the Hudson and Manhattan station ( PATH since 1962) and signs on the bus routes that had replaced the trolleys. Since 2000, both a trolley service, in the form of the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail , and a ferry service, provided by NY Waterway at the Paulus Hook Hook Ferry Terminal, have been restored. It

680-561: The largest in the world, faces Battery Park in lower Manhattan. The clock, which is 50 feet (15 m) in diameter with a minute hand weighing 2,200 pounds, was erected in 1924 to replace a smaller one that was relocated to a plant in Jeffersonville, Indiana . The riverfront promenade, which provides vistas of Lower Manhattan , continues along the Morris Canal Little Basin , part of Liberty State Park . To

714-459: The largest passenger terminals today are those in " cruise home ports ". In addition to extensive facilities to service passengers, these terminals must also be capable of handling the large amount of supplies required by large cruise ships and ocean liners. Major passenger ports (such as the Port of Southampton ) tend to have numerous docks and wharves , some with multiple berths, in order to handle more than one ship simultaneously. Some ports →

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748-525: The location for a military base. The Exchange Place PATH station was used to film an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , and the ending of the film Sid and Nancy was shot in the vicinity of Exchange Place near Harborside . A segment of MTV 's "The Week in Rock" was filmed along the Exchange Place waterfront during an interview with Queen Latifah . The pier and its New York backdrop

782-757: The many trolley lines which crisscrossed Hudson County , as well as for those which traveled farther, from destinations such as the Newark Public Service Terminal , or the Broadway Terminal in Paterson. At one time more than ten lines operated by the Public Service Railway originated/terminated here. The substitution of rail lines with busses, colloquially known as bustitution , was completed in 1949. Ferry services were also discontinued in 1949, and while

816-406: The name was expanded to include "Exchange Place". By 1926 the H & M station was simply "Exchange Place". The Pennsylvania Railroad did not officially give in until some years later, but all the stations, and the neighborhood, were firmly known as Exchange Place by the 1920s. For many years the location functioned similarly to Hudson Place , farther up the Hudson waterfront, as a terminus for

850-690: The north is the former warehouse now housing Harborside Financial Center . As early as July 1764 a ferry began operating from Paulus Hook to Mesier's dock which was located at the foot of Courtland Street (where Cortland Street Ferry Depot would be built) and where Battery Park City Ferry Terminal is located today. The first steam ferry service in New York Harbor and the world was established in 1812 by Robert Livingston (1746-1813) and Robert Fulton and traveled between Paulus Hook and Cortlandt Street in Manhattan . The ferry dock stood at

884-551: The other side of which is J. Owen Grundy Park , extending into the Hudson River . The Katyń Memorial by Polish-American artist Andrzej Pitynski is the first memorial of its kind to be raised on American soil to honor the dead of the Katyń Forest massacre . In early May 2018, Holocaust survivor Edward Mosberg co-signed a letter asking Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop not to remove the Katyń Memorial from Exchange Place in

918-544: The previously disregarded Rule 34(a)(i) (which prescribes maneuvering and warning signals), sound their horns to indicate their actions, creating what many local residents perceive as noise pollution. NY Waterway is the largest operator of services in the terminal. It serves Port Imperial in Weehawken and 14th Street in Hoboken during weekday rush hours, and Hoboken Terminal and Paulus Hook Ferry Terminal 7 days

952-510: The public terminal must be available to the public. Liberty Landing Ferry provides ferry service to Liberty Landing Marina in Jersey City with an intermediate stop at Warren Street. The service is operated by Hornblower Cruises , which also operates NYC Ferry and ferries to the Statue of Liberty National Monument . Seastreak operates service to Monmouth County, NJ . Service on

986-423: The vessel and a waiting area for passengers. Even for a large, vehicle-carrying cross-sea ferry, the terminal at a small island location may be similar sized, with just a short ramp to enable vehicles to be driven onto the ferry. Passengers may be loaded onto a ship from the wharf by a gangway or by a linkspan . Goods packed in containers may be driven onto the vessel by a vehicle which then detaches itself from

1020-514: The waterfront are often featured as background images of New York City and One World Trade Center that have been used for Gmail , WordPress , and Emporis . The EarthCam webcam for One World Trade Center, which is placed on top of the Hyatt Regency Hotel, is viewed by millions every week and is occasionally used by local TV news stations. The 1998 film Godzilla used the area that the Goldman Sachs Tower currently occupies as

1054-529: Was almost at the water's edge, across the street from the Pennsylvania Railroad terminal and with easy access to the ferries. Cars with signs reading EXCHANGE PLACE could be seen all over town. In 1901, the privately held land was given to the city by the PRR. The Hudson and Manhattan Railroad opened its tunnels from Exchange Place to New York in 1910. Significantly, the station was at first called "Pennsylvania Railroad Station", not Exchange Place, but by 1916

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1088-483: Was located at the foot of Courtland Street. Both ferries continued to operate into the 19th and 20th centuries and docked at Liberty Street Ferry Terminal and the Cortland Street Ferry Depot respectively. When these ferry slips were closed in the 1950s and 1960s they were demolished and the slips were filled in to create Battery Park City . In 1986 NY Waterway restarted ferry service across

1122-462: Was probably the street railways , the local transportation in Jersey City, that first needed to identify the location more precisely as Exchange Place.{American railroad Journal Vol 32, June 18, 1859} Beginning with horsecars in 1860, the local network connected the ferry with neighborhoods in the city and nearby towns. An off-street terminal called "Exchange Place" was established in 1891. It

1156-479: Was transported to Pier 39 in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn in 2006, where the remainder of the terminal was constructed. At a total cost of $ 50 million, the terminal was then floated up to Battery Park City and opened March 18, 2009. The terminal reconstruction project was named Best Public Works Project by New York Construction News . Since June 2013, ferries using the terminal, in accordance with

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