Has Anyone Taken the Ferry from Manhattan to the Brooklyn Cruise Port?

[D&N]

Not been on the network since July 2022.

Here's the current link to the South Brooklyn Route timetable:

https://www.ferry.nyc/routes-and-schedules/south-brooklyn/

 

Timetables change periodically so best check nearer the time. Routes can change as well. For a while that route called at Governors Island (between Red Hook and Bay Ridge) but that isn't the case at present, but perhaps they might resume that during summer.

If you can install the app you can buy tickets on that and see timetables etc.

And the fare is now $4 per journey including one ferry connection in 2 hours.

[frankp01]

32 minutes ago, BostonBoy2 said:

taking the ferry from Pier 11 to Red Hook looks great!

And it is great. It's a game changer for getting to the QM2.

 

As an earlier post pointed out, check the schedules online (or on the app) as they do change seasonally. The spring schedule just went into effect, and there will probably be another change by August. 

 

If you're leaving Red Hook after the QM2 docks I'd recommend using the app for buying tickets (because there's usually a mob descending on the ticket machine). But leaving Wall Street you won't encounter the same crowd, so you can just buy your tickets from the ticket office or machine.

[*Miss G*]

It was super easy to download the app, purchase the tickets, and then jump on the ferry.  We could see our ship from Pier 11/Wall Street!  That made it more exciting.  Since we had already purchased our tickets on the app, all we had to do was get in the South Brooklyn (SB) line at the pier.  One, two, three stops and we are at Red Hook!  I would say 15 minutes, tops.  We got off the ferry and the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal was right in front of us.  I wouldn’t hesitate to do this again.

 

Our ferry.  You can see the “SB” identifier in red.