Battery Park (to New Yorkers, The Battery) is a 21-acre (8.5 ha) public park located at the southern tip of Manhattan in New York City. The park is named for the artillery that was stationed there at various times by the Dutch and British in order to protect the harbor. At one end of the park is Pier A and Hope Garden, a memorial to AIDS victims. At the other end is Battery Gardens restaurant, next to the United States Coast Guard Battery Building. Along the waterfront, ferries depart for the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. The Borough of Manhattan, highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ... Nickname: Big Apple Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS or Aids) is a collection of symptoms and infections in humans resulting from the specific damage to the immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). ... The Pride of Rotterdam, One of the P&O Ferriess Flagships operating the Hull-Rotterdam Route A ferry is a boat or a ship carrying passengers, and sometimes their vehicles, on scheduled services. ... Statue of Liberty and Liberty Island Liberty Enlightening the World, known more commonly as the Statue of Liberty, is a statue given to the United States by France in 1885, standing at Liberty Island in the mouth of the Hudson River in New York Harbor as a welcome to all... Ellis Island, at the mouth of the Hudson River in New York Harbor, was at one time the main immigration port for immigrants entering the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ...

To the northwest of the park lies Battery Park City, an area of landfill redevelopment built in the 1970s and 80s, which includes Robert F. Wagner Park and the Battery Park City Promenade. Together with Hudson River Park a system of greenspaces, bikeways and prominades now extend up the Hudson shoreline. A bikeway is being built through the park that will connect to the Hudson River Park bikeway, north of the park across Battery Place that runs past Battery Park City and the World Fincial Center and up the West Side. Across State Street to the northeast lies the U.S. Customs House/Museum of the American Indian. Peter Minuit Plaza abuts the southeast end of the park, directly in front of the South Ferry Terminal of the Staten Island Ferry. Battery Park City is a 90 acre (0. ... Hudson River Park extends from 59th Street to Battery Park (New York) in Manhattan. ... The Hudson River, called Muh-he-kun-ne-tuk in Mahican, is a river running mainly through New York State but partly forming the boundary between the states of New York and New Jersey. ... Lower Manhattan skyline from the deck of the Ferry, 2003 Main article: Transportation in New York City The Staten Island Ferry is a passenger ferry operated by the New York City Department of Transportation between Whitehall Street at the southernmost tip of Manhattan near Battery Park (South Ferry) and St. ...

History

The James Watson house, 1793–1806, attributed to John McComb Jr. and the adjoining shrine to St. Elizabeth Ann Seton face Battery Park.

The park itself was created by landfill during the 19th century, creating a treed open space at the foot of the heavily built-up mainland of Manhattan Island. Skyscrapers now occupy the original land, stopping abruptly where the park begins. On State Street, the former harbor front and the northern boundary of the park, a single Federal mansion survives (illustration, right). Until the 1820s, the city's stylish residential district lay north of this house, between Broadway and the "North" River. Download high resolution version (1000x855, 898 KB)Onetime residence of Elizabeth Ann Seton in New York City. ... Download high resolution version (1000x855, 898 KB)Onetime residence of Elizabeth Ann Seton in New York City. ... John McComb, Jr. ... St. ... Land reclamation is either of two distinct practices. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... The coniferous Coast Redwood, the tallest tree species on earth. ... This article is about the geomorphological/geopolitical term; MAINLAND is also a cheese brand owned by Fonterra, a New Zealand dairy company. ... For other uses, see Manhattan (disambiguation). ... Taipei 101, the worlds tallest building since its completion in 2004, is located in Taipei. ...

Within the park lies Castle Clinton, an American fort built on a small off-shore island immediately prior to the War of 1812 and named for mayor DeWitt Clinton. When the land of Battery Park was created, the island was enclosed by land. Castle Clinton or Fort Clinton is a circular sandstone fort and national monument in Battery Park at the southern tip of Manhattan, New York City. ... Combatants United States Native Americans United Kingdom Canadian colonial forces Native Americans Native Canadians Commanders James Madison Winfield Scott George Prevost Tecumseh† Strength •U.S. Regular Army: 35,800 •Rangers: 3,049 •Militia: 458,463* •US Navy & US Marines: (at start of war): •Frigates:3 •Other vessels: 14 •Indigenous peoples... DeWitt Clinton Clinton Memorial at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn NY DeWitt Clinton (March 2, 1769 – February 11, 1828) was an early American politician. ...

The fort became property of the city after the war and was renamed Castle Garden. Leased by the city it became a popular promenade and beer garden. Later roofed-over, it bacame one of the premier theatrical venues in the United States and contributed greatly to the development of New York City as the theater capital of the nation. As the migration of the city's elite uptown increased concurrently with the mass European migration of the middle 19th century resulting in immigrants settling the area, the location was less favorable to its patrons and was closed. Castle Garden was then made into the world's first immigration depot, processing millions of immigrants beginnng in 1855 - over 40 years before its successor, Ellis Island, opened its doors. This period coincided with immigration waves resulting from the Great Hunger in Ireland (a.k.a."The Famine") and other pivitol European events. It is currently a National Monument known again by its original name, and managed by the National Park Service. In addition to a small historical exhibit, the fort is the site where ferry tickets are sold to visit Liberty and Ellis islands. Castle Clinton or Fort Clinton is a circular sandstone fort and national monument in Battery Park at the southern tip of Manhattan, New York City. ... A Promenade is a seaside walkway constructed so that people can enjoy walking near the sea without getting their clothes wet and dirty. ... Ellis Island, at the mouth of the Hudson River in New York Harbor, was at one time the main immigration port for immigrants entering the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ... Starvation during the famine The Irish Potato Famine, also called The Great Famine or The Great Hunger (Irish: An Gorta Mór), is the name given to a famine which struck Ireland between 1846 and 1849. ... English national monument Irish national monument U.S. National Monument This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The National Park Service (NPS) is the United States federal agency that manages all National Parks, many National Monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations. ...

Battery Park is featured in the famous song by Leonard Bernstein, "New York, New York, it's a Hell of a Town", which includes the line "and the Battery's down" for the southerly location of the Park. Leonard Bernstein in 1971 Leonard Bernstein (August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American composer, pianist and conductor. ...

Statue of John Ericsson in Battery Park, holding a model of USS Monitor in his hand

Five months after being damaged but not destroyed in the September 11, 2001 attacks, Fritz Koenig's The Sphere, which once stood outside the World Trade Center a few blocks away, was reinstalled in a temporary location along Eisenhower Mall in the northern section of the park. There, along with an eternal flame, it serves to memorialize the victims of 9/11. ImageMetadata File history File links Johnericsson. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Johnericsson. ... John Ericsson (1803-1889) John Ericsson (July 31, 1803 – March 8, 1889) was a Swedish inventor and mechanical engineer, as was his brother, Nils Ericson. ... USS Monitor was an ironclad warship (the first ever) of the United States Navy. ... The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11—pronounced nine eleven) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly targeting civilians, carried out on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. ... Fritz Koenig, born June 20, 1924, in Würzburg, Germany, is a sculptor best known outside his native country for The Sphere, which once stood in the plaza between the two World Trade Center towers in Lower Manhattan but which now stands, its damage deliberately left unrepaired, in Battery Park... Fritz Koenigs The Sphere at its current location in Battery Park, showing damage from 9/11 The Sphere is a large metallic sculpture by German sculptor Fritz Koenig that once stood in the middle of Austin Tobin Plaza between the World Trade Center towers in Manhattan. ... 1 World Trade Center redirects here. ... An eternal flame is a flame or torch that burns constantly, fed by a measured supply of propane gas. ...

Under Battery Park

Battery Park, due to its key location, has played an important role to the construction of transportation infrastructure. Under the park, there is the following active infrastructure:

• Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel, carrying vehicular traffic to Brooklyn
• Battery Park Underpass, carrying vehicular traffic from West Street to the FDR Drive
• IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line and IRT Lexington Avenue Line with a balloon loop to enable trains to turn around and switch between the two IRT lines.
• South Ferry subway station

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The Discovered Wall

On December 8, 2005, New York City authorities announced that builders working on a new subway station in Battery Park have found the remains of a 200-year-old stone wall. [1] December 8 is the 342nd day (343rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

"This wall most likely is a portion of the gun batteries that once protected the city in the late 17th and 18th centuries and gave rise to the modern park name," said Robert Tierney, chairman of the Landmarks Preservation Commission. The city and the New York City Transit Authority plan to work together to preserve the remains, which were described as "an important remnant of the history of New York City." The New York City Transit Authority (also known as NYCTA, NYCT for New York City Transit or simply the TA for Transit Authority) is a New York State authority that operates buses and subway trains in New York City. ...

World War Two war memorial in Battery Park

Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1280x1707, 822 KB)[edit] Summary Memorial to those servicemen who died in World War II, Battery Park, New York. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1280x1707, 822 KB)[edit] Summary Memorial to those servicemen who died in World War II, Battery Park, New York. ... This article is becoming very long. ... This memorial in England lists the names of soldiers who died in the First World War. ...

Battery Park in Fiction

• Battery Park figures prominently as a recurring location in the computer game Deus Ex.
• Battery Park appears in a scene at the end of the Jackie Chan film The Protector.
• In the film Desperately Seeking Susan (1985), Battery Park is the location of a key scene.

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See Also

• Zelda (turkey)

Zelda is a female wild turkey that has lived in New Yorks Battery Park since mid-2003. ...

External links

• The Battery Conservancy
• Photographs 2006
• New York State Heritage Areas