Downtown Manhattan Heliport (JRB) Airport Charter Bus Rental Service

Charter Bus Rental Service to and from Downtown Manhattan Heliport (JRB) Airport

Rotor blades slow on the Pier 6 pad, the door opens onto the East River wind, and your group has exactly one question: where is the bus? Our Downtown Manhattan Heliport (JRB) Airport Charter Bus Rental Service answers it before anyone asks. Union Limousine positions a coach, mini bus, Sprinter van, or stretch limousine at the heliport gate on South Street so a delegation arriving by helicopter from JFK, a wedding party fresh off a harbor sightseeing flight, or an incentive group landing from the Hamptons walks a few steps and settles into cold air and clean leather. This page is the Pier 6 chapter of our New York airport charter bus rental program, written for planners who move groups through Lower Manhattan and need the ground leg to be as precise as the flight.

Why Book Charter Buses at Pier 6 Through Us?

The heliport at 6 East River Piers has no terminal building in the airport sense, no rental car counters, and no taxi rank. Passengers exit through a small check in office straight onto the South Street curb beneath the FDR Drive. That layout rewards a prearranged vehicle and punishes improvisation: a group of thirty standing on the sidewalk while three ride hailing cars fight the ferry terminal traffic is a bad first impression of New York. We fix that with one driver, one vehicle, and one confirmed meeting point.

• Flight tracking on helicopter charters and tour departures, so the coach is at the curb when the skids touch down
• Chauffeurs who know the South Street loop, the FDR service road, and the Whitehall Street ferry queues by heart
• One flat quote for the whole group, with tolls, curbside waiting, and gratuity spelled out in writing
• Vehicles from three seats to fifty six, all dispatched from the same New York City operation
• Coordination with heliport staff and flight operators when a group lands outside standard hours

Fleet Options for Downtown Manhattan Heliport (JRB) Group Transfers

Every vehicle below is available for a Pier 6 pickup or drop off, and our dispatch team matches the size of the vehicle to the size of the party, the luggage load, and the route. Ask about mixed fleets for large events, where a coach carries the group and a sedan trails with executives who want privacy on the ride.

Executive Sedans and SUVs

• Luxury sedan: up to 3 passengers. Ideal for a partner and two associates heading from the heliport to a Water Street law firm or a Brookfield Place meeting.
• Cadillac Escalade SUV: up to 6 passengers. Room for golf bags and garment cases after a Hamptons flight, and a favorite of production crews carrying camera gear.

Stretch Limousines and Sprinter Vans

• Escalade ESV stretch limousine: up to 20 passengers. Bachelor and bachelorette groups pair a Statue of Liberty helicopter tour with a limousine crawl through the Financial District and Tribeca.
• Executive Sprinter van: up to 14 passengers. Roadshow teams and board members use the high roof cabin as a rolling conference room between the pier and Midtown.

Party Buses and Charter Coaches

• Party bus: up to 30 passengers. Birthday and milestone celebrations that start with a skyline flight and end at a Meatpacking District rooftop.
• Mini coach bus: up to 35 passengers. School trips, alumni groups, and conference breakouts that need reclining seats, overhead racks, and a PA system for the guide.
• 56 passenger coach bus: up to 56 passengers. Full size motorcoaches with restrooms and under floor luggage bays for tour operators combining a helicopter experience with a full day across the five boroughs.

Where Groups Go After Landing at the Downtown Manhattan Heliport?

Pier 6 sits at the southern tip of the island where the East River meets New York Harbor, which puts most of Lower Manhattan within a ten minute drive and the rest of the city within reach of a single coach. These are the runs we handle most often.

Financial District, Battery Park, and the Seaport

Wall Street is four blocks north of the pad. Our Financial District car service shuttles executives to the Stock Exchange, Federal Hall, and the office towers along Broad and William Streets, while coaches carry visiting groups to the World Trade Center campus, the 9/11 Memorial, and the shops at the Oculus. Toward the west, Battery Park City hotels and the Brookfield Place ferry landing are a short ride around the Battery. Heading north along the waterfront, South Street Seaport puts Pier 17 concerts, the Tin Building market, and the Brooklyn Bridge walkway on the same short loop. Groups touring the Federal Reserve Bank of New York should book early: school and community group visits run Tuesday through Friday at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. for parties of 25 to 50, entry is at 44 Maiden Lane with photo ID, and the Fed asks visitors to arrive thirty minutes ahead for screening.

Tribeca, Civic Center, Chinatown, and the Lower East Side

Film crews and gallery buyers head to Tribeca lofts and screening rooms. Legal teams and jurors use our Civic Center runs to the courthouses on Centre Street and Foley Square. Food tours fill Sprinter vans for Chinatown dim sum on Mott Street, the waterfront blocks of Two Bridges beneath the Manhattan Bridge, and the bars and delis of the Lower East Side.

Airports, Heliports, and the Seaplane Base

Many Pier 6 passengers are making a connection, and the coach is there for the staff who came by road. Charter helicopters lift executives from Kennedy and Newark to the heliport in under ten minutes. We run a JFK charter bus and a LaGuardia charter bus for the main party, plus Newark Airport car service for arrivals landing in New Jersey. For events split across the island, we coordinate vehicles between Pier 6, the East 34th Street Heliport on the Midtown east side, the West 30th Street Heliport in Hudson River Park, and the New York Skyports Seaplane Base at 23rd Street, so a group can fly in at one facility and fly out from another with a bus waiting at each. Regional connections to Westchester County Airport in White Plains are a common corporate request.

Cruise Terminals, Brooklyn, and Staten Island

Cruise groups often book a harbor flight on embarkation morning. We collect them at the pier and drive to the Manhattan Cruise Terminal on the West Side or across the water to the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal in Red Hook, with luggage riding underneath. Wedding parties cross the Brooklyn Bridge to DUMBO photo spots and Brooklyn venues, and sports and school groups ride the Verrazzano to Staten Island fields and campuses. For sightseeing groups, our Statue of Liberty transfers drop passengers at the Battery ferry queue minutes after they have circled Lady Liberty from the air.

Downtown Manhattan Heliport (JRB) Airport Information

Downtown Manhattan Heliport, FAA identifier JRB, is the city owned public heliport at Pier 6 on the East River in the Financial District. The address is 6 East River Piers, New York, NY 10004, the tour desk phone published on the official website is +1 212 845 9822, and the facility has operated under the name Downtown Skyport since April 3, 2025. New Yorkers still call it the Wall Street Heliport, and pilots still call it Pier 6.

Brief History and Importance of the Heliport

The Port of New York Authority built the heliport in 1960 on a wooden cargo pier that dated to 1888, then rebuilt the deteriorating structure between 1983 and 1987. The Port Authority ran the facility until 2008, when Saker Aviation took over operations for the city. In December 2024 the New York City Economic Development Corporation selected Downtown Skyport, a joint venture of Skyports Infrastructure and Groupe ADP, as the new operator, and the site was renamed at a ceremony in April 2025. The new name honors the Wall Street Skyport seaplane base that served commuters near Pier 11 from the 1930s into the 1980s. JRB matters because it is the only heliport inside New York City that hosts sightseeing flights and, by the operator's own count, the busiest commercial heliport in the world, handling roughly 64,000 landings a year. It is also the only Manhattan facility able to charge electric vertical takeoff aircraft, which is why Joby Aviation used Pier 6 as its operations base during the Electric Skies Tour of April 23 to May 1, 2026, flying five point to point legs between JFK, the Downtown Skyport, and the two Midtown heliports and hosting a demonstration for city officials on April 28. Construction of maritime freight berths for last mile deliveries by water is scheduled to begin at the pier in 2026.

Operators Flying from JRB

No scheduled airline serves the heliport. Flights are sightseeing tours, private charters, and on demand shuttles. The largest tour presence belongs to Manhattan Helicopters, which flies Classic, Deluxe, and VIP loops over the harbor and skyline from Pier 6 in nine languages, with private versions for groups of four or more. Other tour companies share the pad, BLADE and charter operators run airport transfers and seasonal Hamptons flights, and business aviation companies handle corporate and medical charters. Tour flights follow water routes only and are barred on Sundays under the city agreement that halved annual tour departures to about 30,000 in 2016.

Destinations Reached from Pier 6

Charter helicopters from JRB reach Kennedy, LaGuardia, Newark, Teterboro, and Westchester in five to fifteen minutes, then continue to East Hampton, Montauk, Sag Harbor, Atlantic City, Greenwich, and Boston area fields within the hour. Sightseeing loops cover the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, Governors Island, the Brooklyn Bridge, One World Trade Center, and, on longer flights, the Empire State Building and Central Park.

Terminal Information

The pad is a single H1 marked 62 by 62 feet at an elevation of 7 feet, with 13 helicopter parking positions, Jet A fueling, and a common traffic frequency of 123.05. The passenger building is compact: a check in counter where operators weigh passengers and verify government photo ID, a waiting lounge, restrooms, and a security briefing area. Operating hours are Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with tourist flights limited to 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and none on Sundays. Off hours movements require advance coordination with the operator, and full details are posted on the Downtown Skyport heliport information page.

Passenger Traffic

With roughly 30,000 tour departures plus commuter and charter movements, JRB moves well over 100,000 passengers a year through a building the size of a corner store. Summer Saturdays between late morning and mid afternoon are the peak, when tour groups queue outside on South Street and the curb fills with ride hailing cars. Weekday mornings before 10 a.m., when only charter and commuter flights operate, are the quietest time to move a corporate group.

Parking Overview

There is no public parking at the heliport. The operator keeps a handful of dedicated vehicle spaces for fee paying flight customers by request, and street parking on South Street is limited and heavily enforced. The nearest commercial garages are at 1 New York Plaza, entered from 85 Whitehall Street, and at 25 Water Street, both a short walk from the pier. Coaches cannot park at either, which is one more reason groups choose a chauffeured vehicle that departs the moment everyone is seated.

Pick Up and Drop Off Guidance

Vehicle access is from South Street directly beneath the FDR Drive. Coming down the FDR from the north, take Exit 1 for South Ferry and stay in the left lane on southbound South Street; the heliport gate is on the river side just north of the Staten Island Ferry terminal. Cars and Sprinters can pause at the gate for active loading only. Coaches stage on South Street between Broad Street and Old Slip, a fifty yard walk from the pier, and our drivers hold position with the door facing the sidewalk so passengers never cross traffic. Because the same stretch of curb serves the Whitehall ferry terminal, the Battery Maritime Building, and the Pier 11 ferry landing, we confirm the exact loading spot with heliport staff on the morning of every group booking.

Ground Transportation Options

The pier is one of the best connected spots in the city. The 1 train stops at South Ferry, the R and W at Whitehall Street, the 4 and 5 at Bowling Green, and the 2 and 3 at Wall Street, all within a five to eight minute walk. NYC Ferry and Seastreak boats dock at Pier 11 on Wall Street, the Staten Island Ferry sails free from Whitehall Terminal every thirty minutes, and the Governors Island ferry leaves the Battery Maritime Building at 10 South Street on a half hour schedule, with weekend service from Brooklyn Bridge Park through November 1, 2026. Yellow taxis and app cars pick up on South Street, though drivers routinely miss the gate and circle the ferry loop. Rental cars are not available at the pier.

Tips for Arriving Passengers

Bring a government photo ID for every passenger, including children, because operators will refuse boarding without one. Arrive thirty minutes before a tour and forty five minutes on summer Saturdays; the heliport runs its own weight check and briefing on top of the operator's check in. Wear closed shoes, leave large bags with your driver, and expect a per passenger heliport facility fee at the counter on tour flights. If your group is meeting a coach, share the flight operator's name and scheduled landing time with our dispatcher so we can track any weather delay.

Pier 6 Group Checklist

Confirm the passenger count against the vehicle capacity, name one group leader as the driver's contact, and send us the operator's tail number or booking reference. For mixed groups, tell us which passengers are flying and which are riding so the coach carries the right people at the right time.

What Your Driver Will Have on Arrival?

A printed passenger manifest, a name sign at the heliport gate, bottled water, phone chargers, and a direct line to our dispatch desk for changes in real time.

Why a Prebooked Chauffeur Beats Taxis and Rideshare at Pier 6?

The gate at 6 East River Piers is easy to describe and hard to find by app. Ride hailing pins land passengers on the FDR overpass or inside the ferry terminal loop, surge pricing kicks in whenever a Staten Island Ferry boat unloads, and no taxi can seat a party of twelve. A prebooked chauffeur has the loading point confirmed, the flight tracked, and a vehicle sized for the whole group, with pricing agreed before anyone lifts off. For a delegation on a tight schedule, that reliability is the entire point of flying into Lower Manhattan in the first place.

How to Book Your Downtown Manhattan Heliport Charter Bus?

Booking takes minutes. Send us the landing or departure time, the flight operator, the passenger count, the luggage load, and the destination, and we return a written quote with the vehicle, the driver's arrival time, and the confirmed South Street loading point. Corporate travel managers can open an account with Union Limousine for monthly billing and a dedicated coordinator, and event planners can add a Manhattan chauffeur service sedan for VIPs alongside the coach. Need only the JRB leg without a bus? Our JRB car service, JRB limo service, and JRB Sprinter van rental pages cover smaller parties, and the full menu of services runs from hourly charters to multi day tours.

Reserve Your Pier 6 Charter Bus Before the Blades Stop Turning

Helicopter schedules are exact, and the ground transfer should be too. Call, email, or use the quote form to lock in a coach, mini bus, party bus, Sprinter van, limousine, or SUV for your Downtown Manhattan Heliport (JRB) Airport Charter Bus Rental Service in New York, NY. Flying in from JFK, touring the harbor, or heading out to the Hamptons, your group will find that Union Limousine has the right vehicle at the South Street gate, the driver holding a sign, and the itinerary already loaded. Larger events across the state are welcome through our charter bus service in New York, and multi city programs run on the same standards through our nationwide charter bus service.