Battery Park City
Battery Park City is a 92-acre (0.4 km²) planned community at the southwestern tip of Lower Manhattan in New York City, United States. The land upon which it stands was created on the Hudson River using 1.2 million cubic yards (917,000 m3) of dirt and rocks excavated during the construction of the World Trade Center and certain other construction projects, as well as from sand dredged from New York Harbor off Staten Island. The neighborhood, which is the site of the World Financial Center along with many housing, commercial, and retail buildings, is named for adjacent Battery Park.
Battery Park City is owned and managed by the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA), a public-benefit corporation created by New York State under the authority of the Urban Development Corporation. It was founded and ran by Charles J. Urstadt. Excess revenue from the area was to be contributed to other housing efforts, typically low-income projects in the Bronx and Harlem.
Battery Park City Media
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Park benches and walkway — Battery Park City.
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Battery Park City
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North Cove Yacht Harbor, next to the World Financial Center
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Southern part of Battery Park City; Millennium Point is shown.
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Brookfield Place as seen in 2006, when it was the World Financial Center
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200 West Street, from Murray Street, looking west
Stuyvesant High School from North End Avenue
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The New York Public Library branch
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A field in Rockefeller State Park, with the buildings along River Terrace behind it
Other websites
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- Battery Park Blog - Covering Battery Park City, the Financial District, and Tribeca Archived 2011-03-22 at the Wayback Machine
- Battery Park City News, Events & Food
- Battery Park City Authority Archived 2002-12-02 at the Library of Congress Web Archives
Coordinates: 40°42′46″N 74°00′56″W / 40.712687°N 74.015665°W
