New York Cruise Port Guide

Three separate terminals serve the New York area: Manhattan's West Side, Brooklyn's Red Hook, and Cape Liberty across the river in Bayonne, NJ. New York, US.

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The Manhattan Cruise Terminal at 711 12th Avenue mainly handles Norwegian and Carnival plus seasonal lines; the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal in Red Hook is now primarily used by Cunard and Virgin Voyages.

From the Brooklyn terminal, LaGuardia is about 12 miles (20 minutes), Newark 16 miles and JFK 20 miles, each roughly a half-hour drive; Manhattan's terminal keeps similar distances to all three airports.

Which New York cruise terminal you sail from

The terminal depends on your cruise line. The Manhattan Cruise Terminal at 711 12th Avenue on the West Side mainly serves Norwegian and Carnival, plus seasonal visits from other lines. The Brooklyn Cruise Terminal at Pier 12, 72 Bowne Street in Red Hook, is home to Cunard's Queen Mary 2 and to Virgin Voyages, whose Valiant Lady began sailing from Brooklyn in 2026.

Cape Liberty Cruise Port, at 4 Port Terminal Boulevard in Bayonne, New Jersey, is Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruises' New York-area homeport, with sailings to Bermuda, the Bahamas, the Caribbean, and Canada and New England.

Cruise parking at the New York terminals

Manhattan: on-site parking on the roof above the piers costs $45 per night for cruise passengers, with an 8-foot height limit. The garage usually opens at 8am on sailing days.

Brooklyn: an outdoor, secured lot at the terminal costs $45 per night, tax included, with no surcharge for larger vehicles; pay on arrival. Cape Liberty: the port lot next to the terminal costs $30 per day for a car, first come, first served, with no advance reservations.

Getting to the terminals

The Manhattan terminal is on the Hudson in Hell's Kitchen, a taxi or rideshare from anywhere in Midtown. The Brooklyn terminal is in Red Hook, which has no subway; the NYC Ferry's Red Hook landing is next door, and taxis are the other option.

All three terminals are within roughly a half-hour drive of LaGuardia, JFK and Newark outside rush hour. Newark is the closest airport to Cape Liberty.

Sources, checked September 2026: NYCEDC / Cruise NYC terminal parking pages; Cruise Hive and Cruise Fever terminal guides; Cape Liberty port parking guides.

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A sourced sailing schedule for New York isn't published on this site yet. We add a port's schedule once we have one pulled from an official or reliable source, rather than estimate one. Check upcoming sailings for the ports we do cover, or see the full ports index.