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The Battery, formerly known as Battery Park, is a 25-acre (10 ha) public park located at the southern tip of Manhattan Island in New York City facing New York Harbor.It is bounded by Battery Place on the north, with Bowling Green to the northeast, State Street on the east, New York Harbor to the south, and the Hudson River to the west.
Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park (also known as Wagner Park) is a green space in the Battery Park City neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. The park is sited on landfill from the World Trade Center site [1] and opened in 1996. [2] [3] It was designed by a partnership of Rodolfo Machado, Jorge Silvetti, Hannah/Olin, and Lynden B. Miller. [2]
For census purposes, the New York City government classifies Battery Park City as part of a larger neighborhood tabulation area called Battery Park City-Lower Manhattan. [69] Based on data from the 2010 United States census, the population of Battery Park City-Lower Manhattan was 39,699, an increase of 19,611 (97.6%) from the 20,088 counted in ...
Castle Clinton in 1811 from Map of the city of New York and island of Manhattan [12] The Battery (1820s–1850s) and Battery Park City (1970s) extended into the Hudson River. In 1683, the British built platforms of dirt off the island's southern tip for military defense, and again in 1735 as the Copsey Battery.
The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, also called the Parks Department or NYC Parks, is the department of the government of New York City responsible for maintaining the city's parks system, preserving and maintaining the ecological diversity of the city's natural areas, and furnishing recreational opportunities for city's residents and visitors.
Teardrop Park Map. Teardrop Park is a 1.8-acre (0.7 ha) [1] public park in lower Manhattan, in Battery Park City, near the site of the World Trade Center. It was designed by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, a New York City landscape architecture firm. The park includes art designed for it by Ann Hamilton. The park sits between residential ...
The Battery Park Underpass is a vehicular tunnel at the southernmost tip of Manhattan, New York City, near the neighborhoods of South Ferry and Battery Park City.The tunnel connects FDR Drive, which runs along the east side of Manhattan Island, with the West Side Highway (New York State Route 9A, or NY 9A), which runs along the island's west side.
Manhattan: Battery Park City: 2.3: 3.7 – Trinity Place: Northbound exit and southbound entrance: 2.4: 3.9 – NY 9A north (West Street) / FDR Drive north – Holland Tunnel, Lincoln Tunnel, East Side, Staten Island Ferry: Northern terminus; at-grade intersection; exit 2 on West Side Highway: 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi