Pier 11/Wall Street

Pier 11/Wall Street is a pier providing slips to ferries and excursion boats on the East River in the Port of New York and New Jersey. It is located east of South Street and FDR Drive just south of Wall Street in Lower Manhattan, New York City. The ferry terminal has five landings (A, B, C, D, E), each with two berths, and is used by four privately owned companies.

Pier 11/Wall Street
Ferry terminal
Ferries at the landing on Pier 11 seen from across the East River
General information
Coordinates	40°42′11″N 74°0′22″W
Owned by	NYCDOT[1]
Platforms	5 (A, B, C, D, E)
Connections	NY Waterway NYC Ferry NY Water Taxi SeaStreak Downtown Connector M15, QM7, QM8, QM11, QM25, SIM5, SIM15, SIM35
Construction
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	1986
Services
Preceding station NYC Ferry Following station Terminus East River DUMBO toward Hunters Point South Governors Island Governors Island Terminus Rockaway Sunset Park toward Rockaway Atlantic Avenue toward Corlears Hook South Brooklyn DUMBO toward Bay Ridge Terminus Astoria Brooklyn Navy Yard toward East 90th Street Soundview Stuyvesant Cove toward Throgs Neck/Ferry Point Park
Other services
NY Waterway Seastreak
Location Pier 11/Wall Street Location within New York City Show map of New York City Pier 11/Wall Street Pier 11/Wall Street (New York) Show map of New York Pier 11/Wall Street Pier 11/Wall Street (the United States) Show map of the United States

Public transportation available within walking distance includes the New York City Subway's 1​, N, ​R, and ​W trains at South Ferry – Whitehall Street and 2 and ​3 trains at Wall Street; the M55, M15, M15 SBS, M20 New York City Bus routes, and the Staten Island Ferry at the Whitehall Terminal.^[2]

Service

Seastreak

SeaStreak catamaran at Slip D

Seastreak catamarans operate daily to the Raritan Bayshore in Monmouth County, New Jersey. Journeys originate at the East 34th Street Ferry Landing or West Midtown Ferry Terminal. West Midtown journeys stop at Paulus Hook Ferry Terminal and/or Battery Park City Ferry Terminal before stopping at Pier 11. After stopping at Pier 11, boats continue through New York Harbor to terminals at Atlantic Highlands, Highlands, or Belford. Some departures make stops at both Atlantic Highlands and Highlands.^[3]

Seasonal excursions and sightseeing trips include service to Sandy Hook, Cold Spring, Bear Mountain State Park, West Point, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket.

Seastreak formerly operated weekday commuter service to Rockaway, Queens.^[4][5] The service began in November 2012 in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, which heavily damaged subway infrastructure in Queens and Brooklyn, but was discontinued in October 2014 once all repair work had been completed.^[6]

Routes

Destination	Intermediate Stops	Operational Hours
Belford	Originates at West Midtown	Weekday peak hours
Atlantic Highlands	Originates at East 34th Street
Highlands		7 days a week

NY Waterway

View from Pier 11 looking north to Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Williamsburg bridges

NY Waterway operates ferries to points along the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway in Hudson County, New Jersey such as Weehawken Port Imperial, Hoboken Terminal, and Paulus Hook Ferry Terminal. ^[7][8]

NY Waterway also operates the IKEA Express Shuttle to the IKEA store in Red Hook, Brooklyn.^[9] The ferry was formerly operated by New York Water Taxi.^[10]

Routes

Destination	Intermediate Stops	Operational Hours
Liberty Harbor	Paulus Hook	Weekday peak hours
Hoboken Terminal	None
Port Imperial	Battery Park City, Hoboken 14th Street
IKEA Red Hook	Originates at West Midtown	Weekends

NYC Ferry

Pier 11 Wall Street is a stop for all NYC Ferry routes, except for the St. George route, and the terminus of all except the South Brooklyn route.^[11] In 2016, the city drew up plans for routes to Bay Ridge, Rockaway, Governors Island, Astoria, Lower East Side, and Soundview.^[12][13] On May 1, 2017, NYC Ferry's Rockaway route started operations, and NY Waterway's East River route was transferred over to NYC Ferry operation.^[14] The Bay Ridge route began on June 1, a month later,^[15] and the Astoria route began on August 29 of the same year.^[16] The route to Soundview opened on August 15, 2018,^[17] followed by the Lower East Side route two weeks later, on August 29 which was then later discontinued on May 18, 2020. Wall St/Pier 11 used to be the northern terminal for the South Brooklyn line, before the line was extended to end at Corlears Hook on May 18, 2020.^[18]

Terminal building

Pier 11 contains a terminal building with 2,100 square feet (200 m²) of space for storage, retail, and offices.^[19] Designed by Henry Smith-Miller and Laurie Hawkinson, along with structural engineer Arup Group, the building was completed in 2000. The structure is made of glass, structural steel, and galvanized and corrugated material; these materials were used to evoke the waterfront.^[19][20] The building's entrances, on its western and eastern sides, are shaded by canopies.^[19] The Architectural League of New York displayed a model of the terminal building in 2001 as part of New New York 2, an exhibit showcasing six new buildings in New York City.^[21]

Public art installations

Pier 11 is the venue for two permanent public art installations by artist Carl Cheng (who works under the corporate moniker The John Doe Company), Shadow Garden and Community Island Pond.^[22][23] Both installations showcase the artists conceptual take on the reflection of faces abstracted by conditions of the East River.^[24][25] The combined total cost for both installations was $189,000.^[22]

Shadow Garden (2000) is located near the entrance to the pier and showcases how the river condition like the tide, abstract the facial images in the water.^[25][22]

Community Island Pond (2001) measures 60 by 60 inches (1,500 mm × 1,500 mm) and is constructed of cast concrete deck, welded steel, and wood benches.^[26] The installation is approached by a pedestrian bridge over a 10 ft (3.0 m) water gap located at the end of the pier. A 20 ft (6.1 m) circular reflection pond is located in the center of the island with seating around it.^[24]

See also

• South Street Seaport
• Battery Park City Ferry Terminal
• South Ferry
• West Midtown Ferry Terminal
• East 34th Street Ferry Landing
• Paulus Hook Ferry Terminal
• Weehawken Port Imperial
• Fulton Ferry
• Battery Maritime Building
• St. George Ferry Terminal
• Liberty Street Ferry Terminal
• Cortland Street Ferry Depot
• Chambers Street Ferry Terminal

References

1. Regional Plan Association (November 6, 2006). "Ferries in the Region - Challenges and Opportunities" (PDF).
2. "Ferry Information". NYCDOT. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
3. "New York City | New Jersey Commute By Seastreak Ferry". seastreak.com. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
4. "New Rockaway Ferry Service". NYCEDC. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
5. "Seastreak Ferries - Servicing New York, New Jersey, and Massachusetts". Retrieved April 20, 2016.
6. Hickey, Magee (November 1, 2014). "End of ferry leaves Rockaway a 'transportation desert'". WPIX-TV. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
7. "To Manhattan Pier 11 / Wall St". NY Waterway. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
8. "Wall Street / Pier 11 Terminal". NY Waterway. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
9. "IKEA Free Weekend Ferry Service". www.nywaterway.com. Retrieved January 1, 2023.
10. "IKEA Express". New York Water Taxi. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
11. DNAinfoNewYork. "Proposed Routes for NYC's Expanded Ferry Service". Scribd. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
12. Honan, Katie (March 3, 2016). "Citywide Ferry Service to Launch in June 2017, Official Says". DNAinfo New York. Archived from the original on September 23, 2016. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
13. Siff, Andrew (March 16, 2016). "New York City's Ferry Service Set to Launch in 2017". NBC New York. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
14. "NYC launches ferry service with Queens, East River routes". NY Daily News. Associated Press. May 1, 2017. Archived from the original on May 1, 2017. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
15. Barone, Vin (June 1, 2017). "NYC Ferry launches South Brooklyn route". am New York. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
16. Barone, Vin (August 28, 2017). "Astoria's NYC Ferry route launches Tuesday". am New York. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
17. Creag, Katherine (August 15, 2018). "New Yorkers Have a New, $2.75 Way to Get Around NYC". NBC New York. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
18. Bagcal, Jenna (August 29, 2018). "Newly launched NYC Ferry route takes riders from Long Island City to the Lower East Side in 30 minutes". QNS.com. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
19. Luna, Ian (2003). New New York: Architecture of a City. New York: Rizzoli. p. 19. ISBN 978-0-8478-2621-6. OCLC 972013228.
20. Stephens, Suzanne (May 2001). "Smith-Miller + Hawkinson Architects brings architecture to the public realm with a small ferry terminal on PIER 11 near Wall Street" (PDF). Architectural Record. Vol. 189, no. 5. pp. 220–223. ProQuest 222141302.
21. "Postings: Architectural League Exhibition; New Buildings Of Merit". The New York Times. January 21, 2001. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
22. "Shadow Garden and Community Island Pond - CODAworx". www.codaworx.com. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
23. Cotter, Holland (November 10, 2000). "ART REVIEW; Innovators Burst Onstage One (Ka-pow!) at a Time". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
24. "Projects Detail Viewer - Percent for Art". www.nyc.gov. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
25. "Tribeca Citizen | On the East River Waterfront". Tribeca Citizen. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
26. Heartney, Eleanor; Affairs, New York (N Y. ) Department of Cultural (2005). City Art: New York's Percent for Art Program. Merrell. ISBN 978-1-85894-290-2.

External links

• SeaStreak
• New York Water Taxi
• New York Beach Ferry
• NY Waterway