Chelsea Pier
Chelsea Piers is a series of piers in Chelsea, on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Located to the west of the West Side Highway and Hudson River Park and to the east of the Hudson River, they were originally a passenger ship terminal in the early 1900s that was used by RMS Lusitania and was the destination of RMS Carpathia after rescuing the survivors of RMS Titanic.Photo: Groovio, CC BY-SA 2.5.
- Type: Pier
- Description: architectural structure
- Also known as: “Chelsea Piers”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Empire State Building and Madison Square Garden.
Empire State Building
Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Empire State Building is a 102-story, supertall skyscraper in the Midtown South neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States. The building was designed in the Art Deco style by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and constructed between 1930 and 1931. Empire State Building is situated 1¼ miles east of Chelsea Pier.
Madison Square Garden
Stadium
Photo: Ajay Suresh, CC BY 2.0.
Madison Square Garden, colloquially known as the Garden or by its initials MSG, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in New York City. It is located in Midtown Manhattan between Seventh and Eighth avenues from 31st to 33rd streets above Pennsylvania Station. Madison Square Garden is situated 1 mile east of Chelsea Pier.
Whitney Museum of American Art
Museum
Photo: Ajay Suresh, CC BY 2.0.
The Whitney Museum of American Art is a modern and contemporary American art museum in the Meatpacking District and West Village neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States. Whitney Museum of American Art is situated 2,700 feet south of Chelsea Pier.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chelsea and Hudson Yards.
Chelsea
Photo: Xauxa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sitting on the southwest side of Midtown Manhattan, Chelsea has a huge concentration of art galleries and is a popular dining and nightlife district. The area along 8th Avenue is the center of gay social life in Manhattan.
Hudson Yards
Neighborhood
Photo: King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hudson Yards is a neighborhood on the West Side of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, bounded roughly by 30th Street in the south, 41st Street in the north, the West Side Highway in the west, and Eighth Avenue in the east.
Gramercy Flatiron
Photo: Jean-Christophe BENOIST, CC BY 3.0.
In the shadow of the skyscrapers of Midtown sit some of Manhattan's most colorful and vibrant neighborhoods. Busy Flatiron is one of the borough's most active shopping and entertainment districts, situated between Union Square and Madison Square Park, two of the most popular meeting places for Manhattanites.
Chelsea Pier
- Categories: architectural structure, business, enterprise, and transportation
- Location: New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Venetian—“Chelsea Pier” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “59號碼頭”
- Chinese: “切爾西62號碼頭”
- Chinese: “切爾西碼頭”
- Chinese: “雀兒喜碼頭”
- Dutch: “Chelsea Piers”
- French: “Chelsea Piers”
- German: “Chelsea Piers”
- Japanese: “チェルシー・ピア”
- Japanese: “チェルシー・ピアーズ”
- Japanese: “チェルシー埠頭”
- Spanish: “Embarcaderos de Chelsea”
- Swedish: “Chelsea Piers”
- Thai: “ท่าน้ำเชลซี”
- Ukrainian: “Пірси Челсі”
- Venetian: “Chelsea Piers”
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