The New Jersey city of Bayonne has signed a purchase and sale agreement to buy a parcel of land back from the local port authority for a ferry terminal.
For a purchase price of $4.4 million, the City of Bayonne has obtained 2.3 acres at the former Military Ocean Terminal Bayonne (MOTBY), which juts out two miles into Upper New York Bay from Bayonne’s eastern waterfront.
Of that parcel, 1.6 acres will provide space for the ferry terminal and parking. The remaining 0.7 acre will continue the Hudson Riverfront Walkway along the southern shore of the former MOTBY.
An adjoining private property owner, Lincoln Equities, is contributing an acre of additional land for the ferry project in return for building a UPS facility.
The terminal will be located about halfway out the former MOTBY, approximately one mile east of the Bayonne mainland.
Plans for the ferry terminal are in the final design phase. The municipality said its goal was to select a ferry operator by March or April 2025.