West Midtown Ferry Terminal
The West Midtown Ferry Terminal is a passenger bus and ferry terminal serving ferries along the Hudson River in New York City and northeastern New Jersey. It is located at Pier 79 in Hudson River Park adjacent to the West Side Highway at West 39th Street in Midtown Manhattan. The facility first opened in 1986 with the start of NY Waterway commuter ferry service.
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| Location | Pier 79, 459 12th Avenue, New York City, 10018 Manhattan, New York City United States | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°45′37.57″N 74°0′12.57″W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | City of New York | ||||||||||
| Operated by | NY Waterway | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | NY Waterway Midtown routes, NYC Ferry SG route | ||||||||||
| Connections | New York City Bus: M12, M42, M50 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1986 | ||||||||||
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NY Waterway services to Hudson and Bergen Counties, New Jersey NY Waterway IKEA shuttle Seastreak services to the Raritan Bayshore | |||||||||||
Built largely with public funds, the West Midtown terminal is owned by the city and leased to NY Waterway, which operates ferries to Jersey City, Hoboken, Weehawken, Edgewater, and South Amboy in New Jersey. The ferry service refers to the terminal as Midtown / West 39th Street in scheduling. As a public terminal, the facility is open to any ferry company. NYC Ferry also uses the terminal for its St. George route, referring to it as West Midtown/W 39th St/Pier 79, while Seastreak uses it for service to the Raritan Bayshore.
The terminal is located on a narrow strip of land west of Hudson River Park and the West Side Highway, also known as Twelfth Avenue). Its construction required the incorporation of the ventilation towers of the Lincoln Tunnel built in the 1930s. Clad in glass, it contains six ferry slips as well as a passenger ticketing area and waiting room.