Destinations from Port Imperial on the New Jersey side:
Hamilton Park, atop the Palisades overlooking the ferry terminal, and out across the Hudson River to mid-Manhattan skyline. This is a terrific spot, reached by climbing 222 stair tower steps or using Pershing Road, to watch ships leave from the Passenger Cruise Terminal. See Cruise Ship Arrivals and Departures for the sailing schedules.
Mitsuwa Marketplace, a bustling Japanese shopping mall with supermarket, food court and restaurant located to the North in Edgewater, accessible by connecting bus, or on foot if you like a good walk via the new Hudson River Walkway that begins at the ferry terminal. Binghamton's, a former 1905-built Lackawanna ferry, now a long-standing restaurant, just north of Mitsuwa and accessible by bus or on foot. Arthur's Landing - an attractive Imperatore-owned restaurant (expensive) and bar located on the water next to the old ferry terminal, just south of the parking lot and new Port Imperial ferry terminal.
West 39th Street to Hoboken North, accesses Hoboken at 14th Street, the site of the former Bethlehem Steel Shipyard and now the site for The Shipyard, a residential development and a long pier location for ship photography; the Hoboken Historical Museum one block inland; the Stevens Institute of Technology campus just to the south for a picnic and ship watching; and the north end of Washington Street, the city’s main commercial artery.
On weekends, a most useful single ferry service operates from W. 39th Street to and from both Hoboken North (14th Street) and Hoboken South (NJT Hoboken Terminal). This two-landing route is excellent for sightseeing or getting off at one landing, spending time ashore and embarking at another. It’s a most interesting one mile on foot from Hoboken North to Hoboken South either via the Stevens Campus or Washington Street. From Hoboken South to Newport, the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Line leaves from near Track 17 at the NJT terminal, makes a nice ride and is a better bet than the awkward walk inland.
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Destinations in Hoboken:
(Hoboken websites: www.hoboken.com or www.hobokeni.com)
Washington Street is the city's main thoroughfare running north-south about a mile between 14th Street and the NJ Transit Terminal. There are lots of restaurants to sample here and on the immediate side streets. Long-time favorites: Arthur's Tavern (3rd & Washington), 24 and 48 oz. Steaks, in Hoboken's oldest building; and Helmer's (11th & Washington), genuine German eatery, undergoing restoration after a serious fire, dating from Hapag Lloyd and North German Lloyd days with one of best German beer selections in USA. Stevens Institute of Technology - a leafy campus built on a promontory above the river that provides several ship and skyline photo locations, including Castle Point just north of the main administration building. Walk south along Hudson Street to Elysian Park sloping up to the campus.

Ferries from the World Financial Center/Battery Park City and Pier 11 Wall Street:
The schedules and routes from the Lower Manhattan landings to points across the Hudson in New Jersey vary considerably between rush hours and off-peak. None operate on weekends, so use the PATH trains from New York points to Exchange Place, Newport and Hoboken and connecting Hudson Bergen Light Rail Line.

www.nywaterway.com lays it out route by route and with helpful maps. PATH trains www.panynj.gov/path.
Hudson-Bergen Light Rail www.MyLightRail.com

World Financial Center/Battery Park City to Hoboken South/NJ Transit Terminal – weekdays, except late mornings (then use ferry to/from Pier 11/Wall Street) Destinations: The historic and architecturally significant Hoboken Terminal, and the riverfront pier park just to the north of the terminal. Hoboken's restaurants and night life along Washington and adjoining streets between the terminal's tracks and 14th Street.
WFC/BPC to Colgate, Exchange Place – weekdays only. On weekends use the PATH from the World Trade Center Site one stop under the river to Exchange Place.
Destinations - Exchange Place, directly across from Lower Manhattan, offers an historic commercial center, landmarked residential section just inland from the ferry and new office complexes and Hyatt Hotel Pier to the north. Walk, or ride the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Line, from Exchange Place to Newport/Pavonia for a major shopping mall, office complex, residential apartments and access to the river. The light rail line continues to the Hoboken Terminal via an elevated viaduct, and a branch runs north along the west side of Hoboken to Lincoln Harbor, Port Imperial Ferry Terminal at Weehawken and through the Bergen Tunnel beneath the Palisades to Tonnelle Ave. in North Bergen. The line also operates south to the Liberty Science Center and into Bayonne over two branches. Buy timed tickets good for 90 minutes at platform vending machines.
N.B. The WFC/BPC temporary ferry landing will be replaced in 2007 by a new greatly expanded ferry landing under construction and to be floated to the original location opposite the Mercantile Exchange and Winter Garden in 2007.
Additional ferry routes for commuters operate between Pier 11/Wall Street on the East River and the Hoboken Terminal weekdays and to/from Liberty Harbor, Jersey City and Port Imperial Weehawken during rush hours.
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Sightseeing Ferry Routes:
New York Waterway Sightseeing Excursion ferries operate from West 39th Street and Pier A at Battery Park for harbor cruises and New York Waterway has ties with sightseeing destinations in Manhattan and ferries to Yankee Stadium. www.nywaterway.com/

Route: Tip of Lower Manhattan, Whitehall Street to St. George, Staten Island - five miles Operates: 24 hours a day; Passage: 22 minutes Frequency: Every hour late at night and on weekend mornings; every half hour at all other times except during weekday morning and afternoon rush hours when frequency increases to every fifteen minutes.

website: www.siferry.com/
Telephone: (718) 815-2628
Fare: Free for passengers & bicycles; no vehicles permitted. Connections: Manhattan: Subway Lines: 1 to South Ferry; 4 & 5 to Bowling Green; R to Whitehall Street; J to Broad Street. Buses: M6 and M15 to South Ferry; M1 during daytime on weekdays. Staten Island: Staten Island Railway from St. George to Tottenville - 14.3 miles and 21 stops. website: www.mta.nyc.ny.us Buses: routes fan out from the St. George Terminal to all of Staten Island.

Both the Whitehall Street Terminal in Manhattan and the St. George Terminal on Staten Island have been completely rebuilt and now feature through-glass-wall-views of the harbor and ferryboats arriving and leaving. The plaza in front of the Manhattan terminal and the South Ferry subway station used by the #1 Train are still under reconstruction.

Type of ferries: Three classes of double-ended passenger-vehicle and passenger-only ferries--- Molinari Class (3) – Guy V. Molinari, Sen. John J. Marchi, Spirit of America – all built 2004/5 and entered service 2005. 310 feet long. 4,400 passengers and 30 vehicles (none carried at present).
Barberi Class (2) - Andrew J. Barberi (1981), Samuel I. Newhouse (1982). 310 feet long. 6000 passengers and no vehicles.
Noble Class (2) - John A. Noble, Alice Austen. - both built 1986. 207 feet long. 1,300 passengers and no vehicles.
N.B. The Kennedy Class is being phased out, with the John F. Kennedy remains a training and an emergency spare boat. Kennedy Class (3) - John F. Kennedy, American Legion (now scrapped), The Gov. Herbert H. Lehman - all built 1965. 297 feet long. 3500 passengers and 40 vehicles.

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NEW YORK WATER TAXI

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NEW YORK WATER TAXI operates both 1) Leisure weekday off-peak and weekend services along the Hudson and East Rivers and in Upper New York Bay; 2) Commuter services along the East River, from the Brooklyn Army Terminal in Bay Ridge and Van Brunt Street Red Hook to Wall Street, and 3) Tours The small boats are easily recognized, canary-yellow catamarans sporting a black and white checkerboard stripe on the hull just above the waterline. They ply both the Hudson and East Rivers, and Upper New York Bay on a daily basis. All boats have a top open deck with seating (conditions permitting).

1) WEEKEND & WEEKDAY OFF-PEAK TRAVEL
For WEEKEND leisure travel, the longest and most interesting route begins at Pier 84, West 44th Street & the Hudson River, just above the Circle Line and World Yacht piers.
Stops are the Chelsea Piers; Pier 63, West 23rd Street; Pier 45, Christopher Street; North Cove, World Financial Center; Battery Park, Slip 6; Statue of Liberty (viewing only, no landing); Red Hook, Brooklyn, Foot of Van Brunt Street; South Street Seaport, Pier 17; Fulton Ferry Landing, just south of the Brooklyn Bridge; Schaefer Landing, Williamsburg, S. 6th Street; East 34th Street, Manhattan; and Hunters Point, Long Island City, Queens, and then return via same route.

For example, the one way trip from the Intrepid, W. 44th St. on the Hudson River to East 34th on the East River takes one hour 25 minutes; from Battery Park to the Intrepid, W. 44th St. = 34 minutes; and from the South Street Seaport Pier 17 to Red Hook, Brooklyn = 11 minutes. Hourly departures operate from about 11am to 7pm, depending on the landing.

WEEKDAY Hop-On/Hop-Off service operates midday hours (11am to about 3pm) between the Intrepid, W. 44th Street, stopping at Hudson River landings, out to the Statue of Liberty then landings up to South Street Seaport Pier 17 and Fulton Ferry Landing, Brooklyn. This service does not call at Red Hook nor travels along the East River north of the Brooklyn Bridge.

One-way fare is $10, ($6 for seniors & children 2-12), and a short one-stop trip between and two ports is $5. An all-day pass (good for two days) is $25 ($15 for seniors & children 2-12).

2) COMMUTER SERVICES
1a) East River Commuter Service – Rush hours only between Hunters Point, East 34th Street and Schaefer Landing, Williamsburg to Wall Street, Pier 11. Fares are $5.50 one way to/from Wall Street. $4.50 to/from East 34th Street. Reduced ten-trip and monthly rates also available. A new service operates four trips, rush hour only, between Yonkers and the World Financial Center and Pier 11 Wall Street.

2a) Brooklyn Army Terminal, Bay Ridge and Van Brunt Street, Red Hook to Pier 11, Wall Street- Weekday rush hours only. Four morning departures operate to Manhattan, and five evening departures operate to Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, taking 20-25 minutes. Service also operates counter rush hour during these same times. $6 one way.

3) TOURS. – National Parks of New York Harbor operate from Battery Park, Slip 6 and South Street Seaport, Pier 15 - hourly noon to 5pm April 15th to October 15th. Also: Sunset Cruises; Gateway to America; Military History; Audubon EcoCruises and special holiday cruises.

4) Ikea Express - a new free ferry service operates from Pier 11 Wall Street through Buttermilk Channel to the Ikea Store at Red Hook. On weekdays, ferries depart from 10am then every 40 minutes until early evening. On weekends, ferries depart from 10am every 20 minutes until late evening. Boats may fill up to capacity for certain departures, especially on weekends. The route passes Red Hook Container Terminal, Brooklyn Cruise Terminal and the entrance to Erie Basin. N.B. If a charge is implemented, we will advise.