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Brooklyn Cruise Terminal

Fixed-price private transfers to and from Brooklyn Cruise Terminal, United States.

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IATA code
USBOY
To city centre
8 km
Drive time
25 min
Pickup point
Pier 12, Brooklyn Cruise Terminal - driver waits at the designated rideshare and pre-booked transfer area outside the terminal building.

About Brooklyn Cruise Terminal

Brooklyn Cruise Terminal sits on Pier 12 in Red Hook, on the western edge of Brooklyn facing New York Harbor. The terminal opened in 2006 and handles primarily Cunard’s transatlantic Queen Mary 2 sailings between New York and Southampton, alongside seasonal Carnival cruises. It is smaller and quieter than the Manhattan Cruise Terminal at Pier 88/90, with simpler kerbside access and shorter taxi queues, but it is also less well connected by public transport - most arriving passengers rely on cars.

Getting from Brooklyn Cruise Terminal to New York

The terminal is 8 km from Lower Manhattan, with drive times of 20–30 minutes via the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel or the Brooklyn Bridge. Midtown adds 10–15 minutes. Routes north to the Upper East Side use the FDR Drive after crossing into Manhattan.

For airport runs, JFK is about 30 km away (35–45 minutes via the Belt Parkway), LaGuardia 18 km (35 minutes via the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway), and Newark 25 km (50–65 minutes via the Holland Tunnel and New Jersey Turnpike).

Berths and pickup points

Brooklyn Cruise Terminal operates a single passenger pier (Pier 12). Pre-booked drivers wait at the designated rideshare and private transfer area immediately outside the terminal building, separate from the taxi queue. With one terminal building, there is no risk of pickup confusion across multiple piers.

Common transfer routes from Brooklyn Cruise Terminal

  • Brooklyn Cruise Terminal to JFK or LaGuardia
  • Brooklyn Cruise Terminal to Newark Liberty (EWR)
  • Brooklyn Cruise Terminal to Midtown Manhattan or Times Square
  • Brooklyn Cruise Terminal to Lower Manhattan and the Financial District
  • Brooklyn Cruise Terminal to Williamsburg, DUMBO, or Park Slope hotels
  • Brooklyn Cruise Terminal to the Manhattan Cruise Terminal (Pier 88/90) for back-to-back sailings
  • Brooklyn Cruise Terminal to Long Island destinations
  • Brooklyn Cruise Terminal to Grand Central or Penn Station for onward rail

Booking your Brooklyn Cruise Terminal transfer

Reservations confirm in real time. Payment options include Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Alipay, iDEAL, Wero, and PayPal. The fare is fixed at booking and includes the driver, vehicle, tolls, and 60 minutes of free wait at the terminal. Free cancellation applies up to 24 hours before pickup, useful when sailings rearrange embarkation slots.

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