List of piers in New York City

New York City's piers have served an important role in the city's history. They historically served industrial purposes and as the main reception area for immigrants to the city, but many have been converted into public parks with deindustrialization.^[1]

History[]

New York City's piers and wharves were the most valuable assets of the New York City government in the 1860s,^[2] worth almost $15.8 million without any repairs in 1867.^[3] Nevertheless, by that time they had been in such a poor state of repair as to drive steamboat companies to other nearby cities such as Hoboken and Jersey City.^[4] Money to maintain them was appropriated by the New York State Legislature in 1866, but such money failed to receive the approval of the Governor, leaving no money for such repairs.^[5] At the beginning of 1867 $100,000 of rent owed to the city from the piers and other port structures was withheld due to the city's negligence in keeping those structures in good repair.^[5] A report ordered by the city government subsequent to such development found that several of the piers owned by the city had been claimed to be under private ownership.^[4]

Manhattan's Hudson River waterfront had become deindustrialized and derelict by the 1980s.^[6] The Hudson River Park, which would later subsume several of the piers on the Hudson River, was established in 1998.^[6]

List of piers[]

Piers of New York City by number, borough, location, opening and closing dates, and notes
Number	Borough	Location	Opened	Closed	Notes
1	Brooklyn				Currently part of Brooklyn Bridge Park^[7]
2	Brooklyn				Currently part of Brooklyn Bridge Park^[1]
17	Manhattan				Part of the South Street Seaport^[1]
26	Manhattan				Currently part of Hudson River Park^[1]
54	Manhattan				Currently part of Chelsea Piers
55	Manhattan				Deteriorated and demolished, now site of Little Island at Pier 55
57	Manhattan	West 15th Street	1954^[8]	2004	Replaced a wooden pier #57 that stood from 1907 to 1947 Currently part of the Hudson River Park

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Warerkar, Tanay (July 17, 2018). "How NYC's abandoned piers are being transformed into public spaces". Curbed New York. Curbed. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
^ 1868 Report, p. 3
^ 1868 Report, p. 15
^ ^a ^b 1868 Report, p. 2
^ ^a ^b 1868 Report, p. i
^ ^a ^b "Waterfront Transformation". Hudson River Park. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
^ "Pier 1". Brooklyn Bridge Park. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
^ Doswell, John (September 24, 2003). "Pier 57's construction was an engineering marvel". The Villager (21). Archived from the original on November 29, 2009. Retrieved October 11, 2020.

Works cited[]

The Commissioners of the Sinking Fund of the City of New York (1867). Wharves, piers and slips, belonging to the corporation of the city of New York, 1868. The New York Printing Company. Retrieved October 15, 2020.

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[Curbed-1] Warerkar, Tanay (July 17, 2018). "How NYC's abandoned piers are being transformed into public spaces". Curbed New York. Curbed. Retrieved October 11, 2020.

[FOOTNOTE1868_Report3-2] 1868 Report, p. 3

[FOOTNOTE1868_Report15-3] 1868 Report, p. 15

[FOOTNOTE1868_Report2-4] 1868 Report, p. 2

[FOOTNOTE1868_Reporti-5] 1868 Report, p. i

[Hudson_River_Park-6] "Waterfront Transformation". Hudson River Park. Retrieved October 11, 2020.

[Brooklyn_Bridge_Park-7] "Pier 1". Brooklyn Bridge Park. Retrieved October 11, 2020.

[The_Villager-8] Doswell, John (September 24, 2003). "Pier 57's construction was an engineering marvel". The Villager (21). Archived from the original on November 29, 2009. Retrieved October 11, 2020.

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