A portion of the former Marine Ocean Terminal will soon be home to a new ferry terminal offering service to Manhattan. Image courtesy City of Bayonne.
The Peninsula City will soon join the list of Hudson County cities that offer direct ferry service to Manhattan, as construction has officially begun to bring a new commuter option to Bayonne.
City officials, along with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and New York Waterway, recently held a groundbreaking ceremony at the future location of the Bayonne-New York ferry. The parcel is located on the southern side of the former Military Ocean Terminal, with an address at 51 Port Terminal Boulevard.
Bayonne secured the 2.3-acre parcel of land last year for a purchase price of $4.4 million. An adjoining private property owner, Lincoln Equities, is contributing an acre of additional land for the ferry project in return for building a UPS Facility.
“We are excited to be partnering with the City of Bayonne to bring safe, reliable and convenient ferry service to commuters and families of this great city,” said Armand Pohan, President and CEO of New York Waterway “Bayonne is growing in impressive ways. Adding ferry service will not only provide a better quality of life for those who live here now, it will be a great incentive for anyone thinking about making Bayonne their home.”
Port Authority Chairman Kevin O’Toole echoed the sentiment, predicting that the ferry would be part of “a shinier future” for the community and added that the new terminal “will transform this region and Bayonne.”
Bayonne Mayor Jimmy Davis predicted that ferry service would “change the economic future of Bayonne” and thanked New York Waterway for its partnership. The company currently operates various ferry services out of terminals in Jersey City, Hoboken, Weehawken, and Edgewater along the Hudson River.