Battery Park City | |
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![]() Apartment buildings in Battery Park City, with One World Trade Center visible | |
![]() Location in New York City | |
Coordinates: 40°42′47″N 74°00′58″W / 40.713°N 74.016°W | |
Country | ![]() |
State | ![]() |
City | New York City |
Borough | Manhattan |
Community District | Manhattan 1[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 0.37 km2 (0.143 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 9,252 |
• Density | 25,000/km2 (65,000/sq mi) |
Economics | |
• Median income | $126,771 |
Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
ZIP Codes | 10280, 10282 |
Area code | 212, 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.
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