[4] NYC Ferry also uses the terminal for its St. George route, referring to it as West Midtown/W 39th St/Pier 79, while Seastreak uses it for service to the Raritan Bayshore.

In 1981 Arthur Edward Imperatore, Sr., trucking magnate, purchased a 2.5-mile (4.0 km) length of the Weehawken waterfront from the bankrupt Penn Central for $7.5 million and in 1986 established New York Waterway,[9] with a route across the river that roughly paralleled the older one.

After the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center destroyed the PATH terminal located there cross-Hudson passenger capacity was greatly reduced, and ferry service was expanded to compensate.

City and state agencies contracted the construction of new ferry terminals to be leased to private operators, of which the West Midtown is one.

[4] NY Waterway commuter ferries connect to several New Jersey terminals, reaching Lincoln Harbor, Weehawken Port Imperial, and Hoboken 14th Street 7 days a week.

Ferries make intermediate stops at Brookfield Place, Paulus Hook, and Pier 11/Wall Street before continuing on to Belford.