Pier 12 Brooklyn Cruise Terminal

[CJTKAT]

I will be taking a cruise that will depart from Pier 12 Brooklyn Cruise Terminal and am trying to figure out where I will depart from. According to my map, Pier 12 is not in  the same spot as Brooklyn Cruise Terminal. Can anyone explain finding the Cunard check-in location in Red Hook?

[BklynBoy8]

Pier 12 and the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal are side by side.

 

The Brooklyn Cruise Terminal is the building converted into the Check In Building.

Is where you will approach and be dropped off via vehicles to the front door.

 

Pier 12 - part of it is where there is a waiting room before board, leads you to the Gangway.

 

On disembarkation it is the location where the luggage is off loaded.

Also where you would be seeing the Customs Officers before exiting it to the sidewalk.

 

[CJTKAT]

Thanks so much for this clear explanation!

[jsn55]

2 hours ago, BklynBoy8 said:

Pier 12 and the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal are side by side.

 

The Brooklyn Cruise Terminal is the building converted into the Check In Building.

Is where you will approach and be dropped off via vehicles to the front door.

 

Pier 12 - part of it is where there is a waiting room before board, leads you to the Gangway.

 

On disembarkation it is the location where the luggage is off loaded.

Also where you would be seeing the Customs Officers before exiting it to the sidewalk.

 

It's beyond me why 'they' can't just name something one name and stick to it.  It's almost like a conspiracy to be sure a traveller never gets too comfortable and thinks s/he knows what's going on.  Pier 12, Brooklyn CT, Red Hook ... 'everybody' calls the same place a different name.  It's the cruiseline's responsibility to inform the pax, not confuse him.  What a great explanation, BklynBoy8!  How did we ever travel without the internet and forums on which to ask questions like this that shouldn't even be a question in the first place.

Edited June 14 by jsn55
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[BklynBoy8]

21 minutes ago, jsn55 said:

It's beyond me why 'they' can't just name something one name and stick to it.  It's almost like a conspiracy to be sure a traveller never gets too comfortable and thinks s/he knows what's going on.  Pier 12, Brooklyn CT, Red Hook ... 'everybody' calls the same place a different name.  It's the cruiseline's responsibility to inform the pax, not confuse him.  What a great explanation, BklynBoy8!  How did we ever travel without the internet and forums on which to ask questions like this that shouldn't even be a question in the first place.

 

Thank you..

 

First the location is property of the NY - NJ Port Authority before use for cruise ships and the piers up the East River were designated Pier Numbers. Now if you look up the East River towards the Brooklyn Bridge, the area has been converted into Waterfront Parks.

 

And they had to give a name to the terminal when they knew the QM2 was going to occupy it when it was assigned in on it arrival along with Princess Line in 2006,

 

So the name "Brooklyn Cruise Terminal" was given... Surprise they didn't give it a name with Red Hook attached. That would really confuse everybody. Being a Brooklynite, can't tell you how many people don't know how to get there...lol.....

Edited June 14 by BklynBoy8

[jsn55]

I've always dreamed of sailing out of NYC in the evening, picking up one of the Cunard girls for a TA might be really cool.  Not been on Mary, but loved Victoria.

[navybankerteacher]

19 minutes ago, jsn55 said:

I've always dreamed of sailing out of NYC in the evening, picking up one of the Cunard girls for a TA might be really cool.  Not been on Mary, but loved Victoria.

QM 2 from Brooklyn to Southampton sure beats flying from JFK to LHR (other than time expended if you are in a hurry),  but for pulling out of New York, sailing down the Hudson from MCT is the better way.

[navybankerteacher]

4 hours ago, jsn55 said:

It's beyond me why 'they' can't just name something one name and stick to it.  It's almost like a conspiracy to be sure a traveller never gets too comfortable and thinks s/he knows what's going on.  Pier 12, Brooklyn CT, Red Hook ... 'everybody' calls the same place a different name.  It's the cruiseline's responsibility to inform the pax, not confuse him.  What a great explanation, BklynBoy8!  How did we ever travel without the internet and forums on which to ask questions like this that shouldn't even be a question in the first place.

Also, what’s with the “Pier 12” - terminology?  There is ONE berth at BCT.

[BklynBoy8]

1 hour ago, navybankerteacher said:

Also, what’s with the “Pier 12” - terminology?  There is ONE berth at BCT.

 

The Brooklyn Cruise Terminal was developed using Pier 12 which was it's original designation.

 

Historically:

Pier 12 was first developed before the American Civil War and has been used as a cargo pier for most of its existence.  Indeed, the current terminal was converted from a 1954 vintage freight terminal.

 

Their are many historical buildings in the Red Hook area when it was the main connection to lower manhattan.

Edited June 15 by BklynBoy8

[navybankerteacher]

9 hours ago, BklynBoy8 said:

 

The Brooklyn Cruise Terminal was developed using Pier 12 which was it's original designation.

 

Historically:

Pier 12 was first developed before the American Civil War and has been used as a cargo pier for most of its existence.  Indeed, the current terminal was converted from a 1954 vintage freight terminal.

 

Their are many historical buildings in the Red Hook area when it was the main connection to lower manhattan.

When that part (Pier 12) of the waterfront was converted from a cargo handling facility to a cruise passenger terminal it was renamed: Brooklyn Cruise Terminal — without any proximity to a Pier  11 or a Pier 13, it is a bit silly to retain an obsolete (and possibly confusing) designating number.