January 13, 2005

Cruise ships to dock in Brooklyn later this year

A fancy $30 million cruise ship terminal is planned for Red Hook, Brooklyn, located a short walk from the NewYorkology offices. By the end of the year, Piers 11 and 12 - offering sweeping panoramas of the Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan skyline -- will open its docks to Carnival and Norwegian Cruise Lines.

The Brooklyn outpost will augment cruise ship services on the west side of Manhattan at the New York Cruise Terminal, which served nearly 900,000 passengers in 2003, according to city data. That terminal is getting its own $150,000 facelift, the local ABC affiliate reports.

And while I'm on the topic of cruise ships, here are two other related items.

1) Trump horror show "The Apprentice" is offering a themed cruise sailing out of New York in September.

2) Time Out magazine notes that the big bon voyage party the city held last year for the "final" departure of the Queen Elizabeth 2 was a little bogus, considering she's been seen on the Hudson a few times in the past month or so.

January 13, 2005 10:50 AM in Out of Manhattan

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