<P> Chelsea Piers is a series of piers in Chelsea, on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City . Located to the west of the West Side Highway (Eleventh Avenue) and Hudson River Park and to the east of the Hudson River, they were originally a passenger ship terminal in the early 1900s that was used by the RMS Lusitania and was the destination of the RMS Titanic . The piers replaced a hodgepodge of run - down waterfront structures with a row of grand buildings embellished with pink granite facades . </P> <P> The piers are currently used by the Chelsea Piers Sports & Entertainment Complex . The complex includes film and television production facilities, including those for NBC Universal (Law & Order: SVU, The Blacklist), a health club and spa / salon, the city's largest training center for gymnastics, two basketball courts, playing fields for indoor soccer, batting cages, a rock climbing wall, and dance studios . In addition there is a bowling center, a golf club with multi-story driving range, and two full sized ice rinks for skating . Sky Rink has the only year - round ice skating rinks in Manhattan . The complex also includes a marina for mooring private boats and four dedicated event spaces: Pier 60, The Lighthouse and Current, all operated by Abigail Kirsch Catering, and Sunset Terrace at Pier 61 . </P>

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