Pier 84

Pier 84’s events ended after the 2015 season. Hudson River Park stretches along the (even-numbered) piers on the west side of Manhattan, and includes Pier 84, directly west of...
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Pier 84

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The IntrepidPier 84’s events ended after the 2015 season.

Hudson River Park stretches along the (even-numbered) piers on the west side of Manhattan, and includes Pier 84, directly west of 44th Street.  Like South Street Seaport’s Pier 17, Pier 84 is an actual wooden pier, refurbished and updated into a pedestrian area.  It lies directly south of The Intrepid, the retired aircraft carrier that has been converted into a museum (including newest addition, Space Shuttle Enterprise), at Pier 86.  In 2012, the RiverRocks summer concert series moved from Pier 54 farther south, to the wider and much nicer Pier 84, with shows beginning at 6:00 PM.

While Pier 54 was just a long pier in so-so state (the series moved due to repairs needed at 54), Pier 84 is a full, modern pedestrian pier, with a coffee kiosk.  The actual stage is located at the far western end, and to get to it one must enter via the northern side of the pier, which is cordoned off from the rest by metal barriers.  Between the proper entrance, halfway down the pier, and the stage are two beer tables, some food carts, and a green strip (including trees) in the middle of the pier (there are also speakers further up the pier that broadcast the music from the stage).  To the house-right of the stage is a VIP area, and just before it some port-a-potties, along with a backstage area literally behind the stage.

RoomrunnersThough Pier 84 technically has a smaller capacity than Pier 54, Pier 84 is wider (the reduced capacity probably comes from not including the whole length of the pier), and as such is a much better venue to see a concert than Pier 84, where one either got smushed up front, or was far from the stage.  And the added speakers help handle the issue of sound dissipating out on the water, with no walls.  Like previous RiverRocks series, there are only three concerts regularly scheduled there, and RiverRocks wisely books active, energetic acts to play the Pier, as more sedate bands could get lost amidst the river, and there are no ‘adult’ acts, like classical or world music, which make up much of the free schedule for SummerStage and Celebrate Brooklyn!.  A nice upgrade for one of NYC’s underrated free concert series.

 

Capacity: 4,000

all ages, free

Address:

Pier 84 at West 44th Street

By Subway:

1, 2, 3, 7, A, C, E, N, Q, R, or S trains to Port Authority/Times Square – walk 2 blocks north on 8th Avenue, 4 blocks west on 44th Street, crossing 12th Avenue and entering on the north side of Pier 84

 

QRO Coverage:

-U.S. Girls, with Yuck and EZTV, August 6th, 2015 – U.S. Girls photos, Yuck photos, EZTV photos

-We Were Promised Jetpacks, with Krill, July 23rd, 2015 – We Were Promised Jetpacks live review, We Were Promised Jetpacks photos, Krill photos

-Super Furry Animals, with Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, Twin Peaks, Mikal Cronin, Screaming Females, Happyness, Meatbodies, Heaters, Heaven, and Surfbort, July 11th, 2015 (4Knots Fest) – festival recap, Super Furry Animals photos, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks photos, Twin Peaks photos, Mikal Cronin photos, Screaming Females photos, Happyness photos, Meatbodies photos, Heaters photos, Heaven photos, Surfbort photos

-Teenage Fanclub, with Honeyblood and Saint Rich, July 24th, 2014 – live review, Teenage Fanclub photos, Honeyblood photos, Saint Rich photos

-Wild Beasts, July 10th, 2014 – photos

-Titus Andronicus, with Ducktails, August 8th, 2013 – Titus Andronicus live review, Titus Andronicus photos, Ducktails photos

-Foxygen, with Thao & The Get Down Stay Down and The Aves, July 25th, 2013 – Foxygen photos, Thao & The Get Down Stay Down photos, The Aves photos

-Generationals, with Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside and Waxahatchee, June 11th, 2013 – live review, Generationals photos, Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside photos, Waxahatchee photos

-Grimes, with Wild Nothing and DIIV, August 9th, 2012 – live review, Grimes photos, Wild Nothing photos, DIIV photos

-Dan Deacon, with John Maus and Roomrunners, July 12th, 2012 (RiverRocks Pier 84 opening) – Dan Deacon photos, John Maus photos, Roomrunners photos

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