Terminal guide
Red Hook Container Terminal, Brooklyn
The harbor's Brooklyn-side container pier at Atlantic Basin: boxes and breakbulk landing on the New York side, minutes from the city's receivers.
- USDOT 674152
- MC 253723
- UIIA interchange carrier
- TWIC-credentialed drivers
- Certificates of insurance on request
Red Hook Container Terminal works the Atlantic Basin piers in Red Hook, Brooklyn, handling containers and breakbulk on the New York side of the harbor, with a barge link across to the company's Port Newark facility. Freight destined for Brooklyn, Queens, or Long Island that lands here starts on the right side of the water.
It runs differently than the big Elizabeth gates: smaller, breakbulk-friendly, and without the appointment-system machinery of the Turnpike-side terminals. Dispatch confirms current gate procedure and acceptance directly with the terminal before the truck rolls.
Trucker notes
- City-side delivery: a Red Hook landing can spare a Brooklyn or Queens receiver the Hudson crossings and the bridge-toll stack entirely.
- Procedures differ from the Elizabeth gates; confirm current receiving hours and empty acceptance with the terminal before dispatching.
- Breakbulk and out-of-gauge freight moves here that the big container gates won't touch; raise it with the rates desk early.
How we run this gate
We run the Brooklyn pier as part of the harbor, not an exception: pickups and returns at Atlantic Basin, city deliveries that never cross the Hudson, and cross-harbor planning when a move touches both sides.
Common questions
- Where is Red Hook Container Terminal?
- 70 Hamilton Avenue at Atlantic Basin in Red Hook, Brooklyn, reached off the BQE at Hamilton Avenue.
- Why route a container through Red Hook Brooklyn?
- Freight for Brooklyn, Queens, or Long Island starts on the New York side of the harbor: shorter city drays, no Hudson crossings, and receivers reached without the bridge tolls.
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Need a box moved at Red Hook Brooklyn?
A dispatcher confirms your quote within 20 minutes, 7am to 7pm ET weekdays.