The new Brooklyn Cruise Terminal will officially open April 15
with the arrival of Cunard's Queen Mary 2. The opening of the $52 million Brooklyn facility will help increase cruise capacity in New York while minimizing congestion at the Manhattan Cruise Terminal, which will limit capacity to three berthing spaces from five, said Bronson Fox, assistant vice president of transportation for the New York City Economic Development Corp.
"We are shifting future growth to Brooklyn," Fox said. "This facility is meant for the larger ships." Brooklyn will also host Princess Cruises' Crown Princess when it makes its debut in June. The Brooklyn terminal is in a neighborhood called Red Hook, home to art galleries, restaurants and shops. "The Brooklyn terminal is right across from the Brooklyn Bridge from Manhattan," Fox said during a press briefing at CLIA's cruise3sixty show. "When the cruise executives saw the view, they were sold on it." For more information, visit www.nycruiseterminal.com or www.nycvisit.com
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