According to one of our favorite publications, Travel Weekly, alerts us to the fact that there will be a ceremonial ribbon cutting ceremony at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal on April 15th as the Queen Mary 2 anchors off Pier 12. The ceremony celebrates the $150 million the city has sunk into the terminal facilities (including the West Side terminal). The big question is will the Red Hook terminal be ready in time? I realize it looks like we have a long way to go, said the project manager for Turner Construction, the company doing the renovation, who didn’t want his name used. But we’re ahead of schedule. Not everyone is optimistic about the terminal’s impact on the neighborhood. It won’t bring me much business, said Arnaud Erhart, co-owner of 360, a French restaurant blocks from the terminal’s entrance. I’ve been looking at the terminal through a chain-link fence. They would need to open it up so there’s actual contact with the neighborhood. I don’t know that they’re ready to do that.
April Ribbon Cutting for Red Hook [Travel Weekly]