Pier Eleven Terminal Building

Pier 11 houses quite a few ferry boats. From the water taxi to the waterway boat to Seastreak. We normally are using the seastreak boats traveling to an from Jersey. Now the south street seaport is right up the block. You can also sit and watch as the boats and the helicopters come and go from all the nearby piers. I will say I wish they would have better signage. We were confused which slip is what and almost missed our boat. Specially after we got in line for a boat that wasn’t the one that we wanted. After asking the folks around us. Is this the sister boat and everyone said yes it is. No it wasn’t so down the pier we went to our boat. So they do have an inside terminal for tickets and they even have a little snack shack inside too. In all it is a pretty good pier and we will always use it. after all it is part of our connection with our favorite city.

Checking in or checking out, this Pier serves primarily the wall street crowd that commutes from NJ into Manhattan. I still cant believe that the fare is $ 10 each way, compared to the LIC, BK to Manhattan ferries that are $ 4

The Pier Eleven Terminal Building is pretty much just as it sounds. Its a building on a pier that offers ferry service near the financial center. They keep it pretty clean and the staff does a great job with helping you out should you know know where to go or how to get there. Although it is a little more expensive than other means of transportation, I like using the ferry because it drops me off right near my door in Hoboken. You cannot really beat that.
The terminal also has a little snack shack inside it that has drinks, snacks, chapstick, and other little items you may need. Pretty convenient if you are in a rush. The one gripe that I have about this terminal is that it is open air, which means you will freeze your butt off in the winter time.
Overall I gave the terminal three stars because it does what it needs to do, and it does a decent job at doing it. I would recommend using it if you have the opportunity. It is pretty prompt with its service and is almost always on time.

Well, there it is: Pier 11. It’s a way to get somewhere. It’s pretty minimal, it’s more or less new. It is usually very clean. The people who work there try their damnedest to be friendly, even when they deal with the Ikea tourists (how do they pack that many people on the ferry with all those boxes?).