The Brooklyn Cruise Terminal is a cruise terminal in the Red Hook neighborhood of

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. The terminal is and sits on Buttermilk Channel, a tidal strait separating Brooklyn from

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. It is owned by the City of New York and operated by Ports America. The terminal is one of three terminals for ocean-going

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s in the

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. Ships from Carnival Corporation (which owns the Cunard and

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) call the terminal their home port. The Brooklyn Cruise Terminal is located at Red Hook Pier 12, on the south side of the Atlantic Basin at Pioneer and Imlay Streets. Vehicular access is through the main gate near the intersection of Bowne and Imlay Streets. The terminal was converted from a 1954 freight terminal and was earlier the site of the Atlantic Basin Iron Works. The Brooklyn Cruise Terminal opened on April 15, 2006, following a $52 million investment by NYCEDC, with the arrival of the RMS ''Queen Mary 2''. On July 15 and 16, 2017, the Brooklyn Street Circuit in the port and supporting roads hosted the

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electric car racing series' ninth and tenth round in the 2016–17 Formula E season.

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