Brooklyn Cruise Terminal Car Service

If your cruise documents say Brooklyn, your ship leaves from Pier 12 on the Red Hook waterfront. Back in 1954, the building opened as a freight terminal, and today Cunard and Princess ships tie up at its single berth. About 250,000 passengers pass through each year, and on the morning you board, you are one of them.

You have probably spent weeks choosing a cabin and an itinerary. The drive to Red Hook should be the simplest part of the trip. We take charge of the road and the suitcases with our Brooklyn Cruise Terminal car service, while you think about the first dinner on board.

Your morning might start in Suffolk County, Manhattan, or an airport arrivals hall. In each case, we work out the departure time from your boarding window, with enough margin for the check-in line.

Landing at JFK or LaGuardia Before Your Sailing

LaGuardia Airport (LGA) and John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) both sit about 12 miles from the pier, which helps when you fly in for your sailing. Whichever one you land at, we drive you from the arrivals area to Pier 12 as part of our private transportation to Brooklyn Cruise Terminal.

A flight that lands just hours before boarding can make you nervous. Should your flight leave home late, the time between landing and the boarding cutoff shrinks, and the cruise line will not hold the ship.

We monitor incoming flights to help coordinate airport pickups when arrival times change. If your flight is canceled, rescheduled, or moved to another day, contact our reservations team so we can review the pickup arrangements. You receive your chauffeur’s name and phone number by text and email, followed by a notice when they arrive. After landing, we offer 45 minutes of free waiting time on domestic flights and 60 minutes on international ones, so you can reach the luggage carousel unhurried. If you request Meet & Greet, we’ll confirm the meeting location, name-sign arrangements, and any additional fee before your arrival.

Returning Home After Your Brooklyn Cruise

When your ship returns to Pier 12, disembarkation may take time as passengers collect their luggage and complete the required arrival procedures.

You can arrange your return transfer when booking the outbound ride. Share your ship’s name, scheduled arrival date, destination, and any onward flight details. We’ll confirm the pickup instructions and explain how to contact your chauffeur once you’re ready to leave the terminal.

If you’re heading to JFK or LaGuardia after the cruise, allow enough time between disembarkation and your flight for terminal procedures, road traffic, and airport check-in.

Garden City, Huntington, Islip, and the Hamptons to Pier 12

The final approach to Pier 12 runs through Red Hook, where cruise-day traffic can build near Van Brunt Street and Bowne Street. We allow time for the terminal approach and take you to the designated drop-off area, where your chauffeur helps unload your luggage before you head inside.

Meanwhile, your own vehicle can remain at home instead of in a parking lot by the water while you are at sea. Stops on the way can be part of our car service to Brooklyn Cruise Terminal, too. Forgotten sunscreen or medication means a quick pharmacy stop, and we wait while you go inside.

We cover all five boroughs and every town on Long Island. Here is how far a few starting points sit from the pier:

• Garden City and the rest of central Nassau take around 40 minutes in light traffic.
• Huntington, on the North Shore, is 37 miles away, close to an hour’s drive.
• From Islip and the nearby South Shore towns, the trip is about 54 miles, just over an hour when the roads are clear.
• Southampton and other Hamptons villages are roughly 92 miles east, so the trip from there takes about two hours on its own.
• Within Manhattan, Midtown hotels, Penn Station, and Grand Central are all roughly a 30-minute drive.
• Hotels near the harbor, from Red Hook to Lower Manhattan, are only minutes away, and we can pick you up there on sailing day.

Weekend sailings can meet heavier traffic on the Long Island Expressway, so we add time for Saturday and Sunday departures.

Our Fleet for a Brooklyn Sailing

The right choice usually depends on your itinerary and how many of you are sailing.

• Before a transatlantic crossing on Queen Mary 2, two people can fit garment bags for evening wear in the extra-large trunk of our Lincoln Continental. Leather seats and automatic climate control make the back seat a pleasant place all the way to Brooklyn.
• Families heading out on a Princess sailing get extra legroom in our Chevrolet SUV. Rear-seat entertainment features give younger passengers something to watch, and the cargo area holds a week’s worth of luggage.
• For friends celebrating together, we seat everyone in the captain’s chairs of our Executive Sprinter. Its cabin has mounted screens up front, and the bags go in the rear cargo section.

Our chauffeurs inspect each vehicle in our fleet and stock it with bottled water and hand sanitizer before they leave to meet you.

The Way to Pier 12 With Our Brooklyn Cruise Terminal Private Transportation

On departure mornings in Red Hook, the sidewalk outside the building fills with suitcases, sun hats, and people checking their boarding passes again. Since 2016, Islip Limo Car Service has brought clients from Islip, the Hamptons, and Manhattan to mornings like these. Which ship is waiting for you this time? Whether it is a Cunard or a Princess ship, we can bring you to it with our Brooklyn Cruise Terminal private transportation.

Day or night, someone at (516) 628-6535 or info@isliplimocarservice.com can help with your dates, and our reservation form works just as well.

Here is what one client thought of the morning drive to the terminal, in their own words on Google: “First time using this company and A+++ service, from the appointment set up to drop off at the cruise terminal. Pick up was on time, friendly chauffeurs, and felt safe at all times. On the return, pick up was the same service: a text that he’s waiting for us a reply back, and there he was at the curb. Will 100% use again. Thanks again.” (Jimmy Z.)

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