Battery Park City

Battery Park City
Apartment buildings in Battery Park City, with One World Trade Center visible
Apartment buildings in Battery Park City, with One World Trade Center visible
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Location in New York City
Coordinates: 40°42′47″N 74°00′58″W / 40.713°N 74.016°W / 40.713; -74.016
Country United States
State New York
CityNew York City
BoroughManhattan
Community DistrictManhattan 1[1]
Area
 • Total0.37 km2 (0.143 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total9,252
 • Density25,000/km2 (65,000/sq mi)
Economics
 • Median income$126,771
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Codes
10280, 10282
Area code212, 332, 646, and 917

Battery Park City is a mainly residential 92-acre (37 ha) planned community and neighborhood on the west side of the southern tip of the island of Manhattan in New York City.[3] It is bounded by the Hudson River on the west, the Hudson River shoreline on the north and south, and the West Side Highway on the east.[4] The neighborhood is named for the Battery, formerly known as Battery Park, located directly to the south.

More than one-third of the development is parkland.[5] The land upon which it is built was created in the 1970s by land reclamation on the Hudson River using over 3 million cubic yards (2.3 million cubic meters) of soil and rock excavated during the construction of the World Trade Center,[6] the New York City Water Tunnel, and certain other construction projects, as well as from sand dredged from New York Harbor off Staten Island.[7][8] The neighborhood includes Brookfield Place (formerly the World Financial Center), along with numerous buildings designed for housing, commercial, and retail.

Battery Park City is part of Manhattan Community District 1.[1] It is patrolled by the 1st Precinct of the New York City Police Department.

  1. ^ a b "NYC Planning | Community Profiles". communityprofiles.planning.nyc.gov. New York City Department of City Planning. Archived from the original on March 20, 2019. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Battery Park City Authority". Archived from the original on December 30, 2023. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
  3. ^ Brett Ari Fischer. "Battery Park City - Neighborhood Series". The New York City Broker. Archived from the original on November 30, 2022. Retrieved January 17, 2023.
  4. ^ "The Surprisingly Long History of Battery Park City - New York's Newest Neighborhood". The Agency. July 14, 2016. Archived from the original on October 9, 2022. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
  5. ^ "City Living: Battery Park City". amNY. January 21, 2014. Archived from the original on December 27, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2014.
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  7. ^ Garside, James (November 12, 2021). "What's So Great About Battery Park city?". Medium. Archived from the original on November 12, 2021. Retrieved January 17, 2023.
  8. ^ Howe, Arthur. "IN N.Y.C., A $1 BILLION DREAM RISES" Archived August 4, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 6, 1982. Accessed August 4, 2007. "Construction already is under way on the southern tip of Manhattan, at Battery Park City, land named for the British fort built there in 1693. The area was expanded by 1.2 million cubic yards of earth and rock excavated for the foundations of the World Trade Center nearby."

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