Queen Mary 2 at Brooklyn Cruise Terminal
Everything you need for boarding Queen Mary 2 (Cunard) at Brooklyn Cruise Terminal. Terminal info, parking, restaurants, hotels, and pro tips.
Historical Terminal Reference
Queen Mary 2 usually sails from Brooklyn Cruise Terminal at Brooklyn Cruise Terminal — this association is historical, so confirm with your cruise line. The drop-off lane, the sourced parking rate, and check-in timing are below.
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Upcoming Sail Dates
Current sailing dates are temporarily unavailable. Use the terminal, parking, hotel, and local guidance below, and confirm your itinerary with the cruise line.
We are not showing sail dates for Queen Mary 2 right now — our Brooklyn Cruise Terminal schedule is between checks, so this is a gap in what we can vouch for, not a sign the ship has stopped sailing. Your cruise line has the current dates.
Planning the rest of your port day
Parking rates, boarding windows and getting to the terminal are the same for every ship sailing from Brooklyn Cruise Terminal, so they live in one place: parking at Brooklyn Cruise Terminal, boarding tips and when you can board.
Historical Terminal Reference
Queen Mary 2 usually sails from here, but this terminal association is historical and may have changed. Confirm your terminal with your cruise line.
Brooklyn Cruise Terminal
Drop-off: All cars enter the terminal at the Bowne Street and Imlay Street intersection in Red Hook — NYCEDC publishes no other vehicle entrance, checked 2026-08-17. Walk-in passengers use the entrance at Pioneer and Conover Streets instead. Set your GPS for 210 Clinton Wharf, which is the address NYCEDC publishes for that purpose and labels "Address for GPS use ONLY". Porters are available by 9 am. If you are parking, park first and then take your bags up to the second level — NYCEDC states that passengers who need parking cannot drop luggage first and then park without leaving the terminal and re-entering.
Parking: An on-site outdoor lot with security on the south side of the terminal entrance, facing the Statue of Liberty, run for NYCEDC by Propark Mobility. The overnight rate is $45.00 per night for up to 24 hours, effective April 01 2023 and for cruise passengers only, per NYCEDC — taxes are included, no reservation is needed, and there is no upcharge for sport utility vehicles. Payment is due on arrival by cash or Visa, MasterCard, or American Express, and you keep your ticket with you during the cruise. Propark's own page adds two rules NYCEDC's does not: there is no height restriction, and the lot allows no in-and-out access. RVs, buses and larger vehicles park on the main level near the Security Main gate, and accessible parking is available at the standard rate.
Check-in tips:
- Baggage processing starts no earlier than 9:30 am and boarding generally begins between 11:30 am and 12:30 pm, per NYCEDC — your cruise line's assigned window still decides your own time
- Complete your cruise line's online check-in before you travel and keep the boarding pass, your proof of citizenship and your government-issued photo ID out until you are through security. Cunard, Princess, Virgin Voyages, Seabourn and Oceania all sail from this one terminal and each runs check-in its own way, so follow your own line's instructions rather than a neighbor's
- There is no luggage storage at the terminal — NYCEDC is explicit that it cannot hold bags — so plan the gap between hotel check-out and boarding around that
- The terminal prohibits knives and dangerous instruments inside the restricted areas regardless of blade length, alongside the usual firearms, explosives and incendiaries
- Use the marked taxi stand for on-demand rides and the holding lot for pre-arranged ones. NYCEDC's own warning is not to let strangers direct you into a vehicle
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Getting to the Port
Driving & Parking at the Terminal
Every route funnels through one exit. From Manhattan, take the Battery Tunnel (I-478 east) into Brooklyn, join the westbound BQE (I-278 west) and take Exit 26, Hamilton Avenue, onto the service road; stay left, make the left U-turn at Clinton Street/9th Street, follow the westbound service road to its end at Van Brunt Street, turn left, go two blocks, then right onto Bowne Street. From Long Island, the LIE to the westbound BQE and the same Exit 26. From New Jersey, the Turnpike to Exit 13, the Goethals and Verrazzano bridges, north on the Gowanus/BQE, off at Exit 26. The vehicle entrance is Bowne Street at Imlay Street and there is no other one.
Cost: $45.00 per night for up to 24 hours, taxes included, effective April 1 2023 and for cruise passengers only. No reservation needed, no upcharge for SUVs, and the operator publishes no height restriction. Payment on arrival by cash, Visa, MasterCard, or American Express — keep your ticket with you during the cruise.
NYC Ferry from Manhattan or Brooklyn
The South Brooklyn route stops at the Red Hook/Atlantic Basin landing at Ferris Street and Clinton Wharf, a short walk from the terminal — the only public transport that puts you within sight of the ship. Weekdays it runs East 34th Street, Corlears Hook, Wall Street/Pier 11, Atlantic Avenue/Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 6, Red Hook and Governors Island, about 40 minutes end to end. Weekends the South Brooklyn Extension continues to Sunset Park and Bay Ridge, about 61 minutes.
Cost: $4.50 one way. A 10-trip pass is $29.00, a 2-day unlimited is $15.00 in the app, and the Ferry Discount Program fare is $1.45. Children under 44 inches ride free with an adult, and transfers within the NYC Ferry system are free for 120 minutes.
Subway and the B61 bus
There is no subway in Red Hook — MTA's own station list has nothing on the peninsula, and every rail route ends with a bus or a walk. The B61 is the bus that actually serves the terminal, running Park Slope to Downtown Brooklyn via Van Brunt Street, around the clock, and stopping at Van Brunt Street and Pioneer Street. From Downtown Brooklyn, pick it up on Atlantic Avenue at Court Street; the F and G at Smith/9th Street and Carroll Street are the nearest subway stops on the other side.
Cost: $3 for most riders on the subway and local buses, with one free transfer within two hours. Reduced fares for seniors and riders with qualifying disabilities are half the regular fare. MetroCards can no longer be bought or refilled as of January 1 2026, so plan on OMNY.
From John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)
JFK is about 15 miles from Red Hook and a 30-50 min drive, most often down the Belt Parkway around the bottom of Brooklyn or up over the Gowanus. The Belt is scenic and completely unforgiving at rush hour; the Gowanus is neither. Of the three airports this is the one with a real rail option toward Brooklyn: the Long Island Rail Road runs from Jamaica into Atlantic Terminal in Downtown Brooklyn, which is the closest any train gets to the terminal, and AirTrain also connects to the E, J and Z at Sutphin Boulevard and the A at Howard Beach. One trap on the subway route: Lefferts Boulevard-bound A trains do not serve the airport.
Cost: By cab, the standard metered fare: the Taxi & Limousine Commission's $70 flat fare covers trips between JFK and Manhattan only, so a Brooklyn trip is metered, plus a $2.00 airport access fee and the usual surcharges. By rail, AirTrain is $8.75 on top of your onward fare — about $11.75 all in via the subway, or $14 to $16 via the LIRR to Atlantic Terminal.
Where can I park for a Queen Mary 2 cruise?
The sourced rate is above, in Getting to the Port.
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Nearby Restaurants
Brooklyn Crab
Three-story crab shack with harbor views, mini-golf and cornhole — loud, and the best bet with children
Price not publishedSteve's Authentic Key Lime Pie
Key lime pie from fresh-squeezed juice, on the waterfront beside Valentino Pier
Price not publishedRed Hook Lobster Pound
Maine-style lobster rolls a few blocks from the pier, and a Red Hook fixture rather than a tourist trap
Price not publishedBaked
Bakery and proper espresso on Van Brunt — the one Red Hook room that is open on a boarding morning
Price not publishedNearby Hotels
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Holiday Inn Brooklyn Downtown
Full-service chain with an indoor pool, sauna and steam room — the strongest genuine family pick
New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge
618 rooms in Downtown Brooklyn — the cluster's anchor, and the most family capacity near the port
The Lodge Red Hook
The only hotel actually in Red Hook — an 81-room boutique about half a mile from the pier
Aloft New York Brooklyn
Loft-style rooms and a rooftop in Downtown Brooklyn, next door to the Sheraton
Local Tip
Queen Mary 2 usually sails her transatlantic crossings from the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal in Red Hook, not from Manhattan — set your GPS for 210 Clinton Wharf and enter at Bowne Street and Imlay Street. Terminal parking is $45.00 per night for up to 24 hours, taxes included, with no reservation needed. Red Hook has no subway, so if you are not driving the realistic options are NYC Ferry's South Brooklyn route to the Red Hook landing at $4.50, or the B61 bus. For dinner the night before, Red Hook Tavern on Van Brunt Street is a ten-minute walk from the pier.
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