How-To: Brooklyn Cruise Port Departure, Lower Manhattan Hotel Stay

When sailing out of the Brooklyn Cruise Port, consider the option of staying in one of the hotels in Lower Manhattan and walking a few blocks to Pier 11. For $2.75 a person, The NYC Water Taxi will pick you up at Pier 11 and drop you within a few hundred feet of the cruise port entrance. We did it in October 2017 and liked it so much, we used the service to go back to Manhattan when the cruise was over.

Please see my picture trip report here.

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2554096

That is a great tip. We are very familiar with NYC, but never even thought about a water taxi across the East River. But not sure it is a good option for those of us who have lots of luggage, since dragging that stuff a few blocks in not within my pay grade :).

Hank

I view the bags situation as similar to hauling them from parking at an airport to getting them checked. I f you can handle that, then this is similar.

That’s a good option for those not driving to the port!

Sent from my iPhone using Forums

Thanks didnt know that was an option.

Guess we could have done it in reverse after cruise ending in Brooklyn

Awesome tip ! This is why CC is so great

5 times sailing from Brooklyn and I did not even know this was a option.

Great Post !

Srpilo

This should be on the port board for NYC.

This should be on the port board for NYC.

It is.

5 times sailing from Brooklyn and I did not even know this was a option.

It's something that just started a couple of months ago.

Thanks for sharing :)

Tony