Battery Park is a 25 acre (10 hectare) public park located at the Battery, the southern tip of the New York City borough of Manhattan, facing New York Harbor. The Sphere is a large metallic Sculpture by German sculptor Fritz Koenig, currently displayed in Battery Park, that once An eternal flame is a flame or torch that burns constantly The flame that burned constantly at Delphi, was an archaic feature "alien to the ordinary Greek temple" This article is about John Ericsson the Swedish-American inventor Design Monitor was one of three ironclad warships ordered by the U World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including A war memorial is a building monument statue or other edifice to celebrate a War or victory or (predominating in modern times to commemorate those who died or were injured The Korean War refers to a period of military conflict between North Korean and South Korean regimes with major hostilities lasting from June 25 1950 until the The City of New York In New York City, a borough is a unique form of government which administers the five fundamental constituent parts that make up the consolidated city Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York New York Harbor, a geographic term refers collectively to the rivers bays and tidal estuaries near the mouth of the Hudson River in the vicinity of New York City The Battery is named for the artillery battery that was stationed there at various times by the Dutch and British in order to protect the harbor. In Military organizations an artillery battery is a unit of Guns mortars or Rockets so grouped in order to facilitate better battlefield The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located At the north end of the park is Pier A, formerly a fireboat station 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. See also Merchant ship A ferry is a form of transport usually a Boat or Ship, used to carry (or ferry) passengers and Liberty Enlightening the World (La liberté éclairant le monde commonly known as the Statue of Liberty (Statue de la Liberté was presented Ellis Island, at the mouth of the Hudson River in New York Harbor There is also a stop on the New York Water Taxi route between the Statue of Liberty Ferry and Pier A. See also Transportation in New York City New York Water Taxi is a Water taxi service offering commuter and sightseeing service mainly to points along the
To the northwest of the park lies Battery Park City, a planned community built on landfill in the 1970s and 80s, which includes Robert F. Battery Park City is a 92 acre (04 km² Planned community at the southwestern tip of Lower Manhattan in New York City, United States. Wagner Park and the Battery Park City Promenade. Together with Hudson River Park, a system of greenspaces, bikeways and promenades now extend up the Hudson shoreline. Hudson River Park is a waterside park on the Hudson River that extends from 59th Street south to Battery Park in the New York City borough The Hudson River, called Muh-he-kun-ne-tuk, the Great Mohegan by the Iroquois, or as the Lenape Native Americans called it in Unami A bikeway is being built through the park that will connect the Hudson River and East River parts of the Manhattan Waterfront Greenway. The Manhattan Waterfront Greenway is a walking and Cycle path, long around the island of Manhattan. Across State Street to the northeast stands the old U.S. Customs House, now used as a branch of the National Museum of the American Indian and the district U. The Alexander Hamilton US Custom House (originally US Custom House) is a building in New York City, built 1902 - 1907 by the federal government to house the The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian is a museum dedicated to the life languages literature history and arts of the native peoples of the Western Hemisphere S. Bankruptcy Court. Peter Minuit Plaza abuts the southeast end of the park, directly in front of the South Ferry Terminal of the Staten Island Ferry. South Ferry is at the southern tip of Manhattan Island in New York City and is the embarkation point for ferries to Staten Island ( The Staten Island Ferry is a passenger Ferry service operated by the New York City Department of Transportation that runs between Manhattan and Staten
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History
The southern shoreline of Manhattan Island had long been known as the Battery, and was a popular promenade since at least the 17th century. Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York An esplanade is a long open level area usually next to a river or large body of water where people may walk The Battery was the center of Evacuation Day celebrations commemorating the departure of the last British troops in the United States after the American Revolutionary War. Following the American Revolution, Evacuation Day on November 25 marks the day in 1783 when the last vestige of British authority in the In this article the inhabitants of the thirteen colonies that supported the American Revolution are primarily referred to as "Americans" with occasional references to "Patriots" The relatively modern park was created by landfill during the 19th century, resulting in a landscaped open space at the foot of the heavily developed mainland of downtown. A park is a protected area of Land and Water, usually in its natural or semi-natural (landscaped state and set aside for some purpose often to do with human Land reclamation is either of two distinct practices One involves creating new land from sea- or riverbeds the other refers to restoring an area to a more natural state (such as after Skyscrapers now occupy most of the original land, stopping abruptly where the park begins. A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable Building. There is no official definition or a precise cutoff height above which a building may clearly be classified as a skyscraper On State Street, the former harbor front and the northern boundary of the park, a single Federal mansion survives (illustration, right) as the Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton. Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton ( August 28, 1774 &ndash January 4, 1821) was the first native-born Citizen of the United States Until the 1820s, the city's stylish residential district lay north of this house, between Broadway and the "North River" (now known as the Hudson River). North River may refer to;Asia Bei River, aka North River in China;Canada North River Newfoundland and Labrador, a
Within the park lies Castle Clinton, an American fort built on a small artificial off-shore island immediately prior to the War of 1812 and named for mayor DeWitt Clinton. Castle Clinton or Fort Clinton was once a circular sandstone Fort now located in Battery Park at the southern tip of Manhattan, New An island (ˈaɪlənd or isle (/ˈaɪl/ is any piece of land that is completely surrounded by water in two dimensions above high tide and isolated from other significant The War of 1812 was fought between the United States of America and the British Empire, particularly Great Britain and her North American colonies DeWitt Clinton ( March 2, 1769 Little Britain New York February 11, 1828 Albany New York) was an early American politician When the land of Battery Park was created, it enclosed the island.
The fort became property of the city after the war and was renamed Castle Garden. Castle Clinton or Fort Clinton was once a circular sandstone Fort now located in Battery Park at the southern tip of Manhattan, New Leased by the city it became a popular promenade and beer garden. An esplanade is a long open level area usually next to a river or large body of water where people may walk Beer garden derieves from the German name "Biergarten" and is an open-air area where beverages (preferably beer and prepared food are served Later roofed-over, it became 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. Theater of the United States is based in the Western tradition mostly borrowed from the performance styles prevalent in Europe The migration of the city's elite uptown increased concurrently with the mass European emigration of the middle 19th century. As immigrants settled the Battery area, the location was less favorable to theater patrons and Castle Garden was closed. Immigration refers to the movement of people among countries While the movement of people has existed throughout human history at various levels modern immigration implies long-term The structure was then made into the world's first immigration depot, processing millions of immigrants beginning in 1855 - almost 40 years before its successor, Ellis Island, opened its doors. Ellis Island, at the mouth of the Hudson River in New York Harbor This period coincided with immigration waves resulting from the Great Hunger in Ireland (a. k. a. , "The Famine") and other pivotal European events. The structure then housed the New York Aquarium until the 1940's, when it was threatened with destruction. The New York Aquarium first opened on December 10, 1896, at Castle Garden in Battery Park, making it the oldest continually operating It is currently a National Monument known again by its original name, and managed by the National Park Service. The National Park Service ( NPS) is the United States federal agency that manages all National Parks, many National Monuments, and other conservation In addition to a small history exhibit, the fort is the site where ferry tickets are sold to visit Liberty and Ellis islands.
The Battery is featured in the famous show tune from the musical On the Town, "New York, New York", which includes the line "and the Battery's down" for its southerly location. A show tune is a Popular song originally written as part of the score of a "show" (or stage musical, especially if the piece in question has become On the Town is a musical with music by Leonard Bernstein and book and Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, based " New York New York " is a song from the 1944 musical and the 1949 MGM musical film On the Town. It is also mentioned in John Mayer's song City Love, which includes the lyric "From the Battery to the Gallery" in reference to the entirety of Manhattan Island as well as the lyric ". John Clayton Mayer (; born October 16 1977 is an American musician Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York . . from the Battery to the top of Manhattan" in The Beastie Boys anthem "Open Letter to NYC".
Five months after being damaged but not destroyed in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Fritz Koenig's The Sphere, which once stood at the center of the plaza of the World Trade Center a few blocks away, was reinstalled in a temporary location along Eisenhower Mall in the northern section of the park. Fritz Koenig, born June 20, 1924, in Würzburg, Germany, is a sculptor best known outside his native country for " The The Sphere is a large metallic Sculpture by German sculptor Fritz Koenig, currently displayed in Battery Park, that once The World Trade Center in New York City, United States (sometimes informally the WTC or Twin Towers) was a complex of seven buildings in Lower Manhattan There, along with an eternal flame, it serves to memorialize the victims of 9/11. An eternal flame is a flame or torch that burns constantly The flame that burned constantly at Delphi, was an archaic feature "alien to the ordinary Greek temple"
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. The Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel is a Toll road in New York City which crosses under the East River at its mouth connecting the Boroughs of Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. The Battery Park Underpass was the second section of Manhattan 's Franklin D The West Side Highway (officially the Joe DiMaggio Highway, formerly the Miller Highway or West Side Elevated Highway) is a mostly-surface section of The Franklin D Roosevelt East River Drive (commonly referred to as the FDR Drive) is a Freeway -standard Parkway on the east side of the New York The IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line (also known as the Seventh Avenue Line) is a New York City Subway line The Lexington Avenue Line is one of the lines of the IRT division of the New York City Subway, stretching from Downtown Brooklyn or Lower Manhattan A Balloon loop is a track arrangement that allows a train to reverse direction and return to where it came from without having to shunt or even to stop The Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT was the operator of the original underground New York City Subway line that opened in 1904 as well as earlier Elevated railways South Ferry is a station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway.
The discovered wall
On December 8, 2005, New York City authorities announced that builders working on a new South Ferry subway station in Battery Park had found the remains of a 200-year-old stone wall. Events 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room the second public library of Europe. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. [1]
"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 New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission is the New York City agency charged with administering the city's Landmarks Preservation Law. 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 (NYCTA is a Public authority in the U "
A total of four distinct walls and over 250,000 individual artifacts were found in the excavation of the South Ferry station and tunnel. A portion of one wall was placed on temporary display inside Castle Clinton.
Battery Park in popular media
- Battery Park figures prominently as a recurring location in the computer game Deus Ex. A video game is a Game that involves interaction with a User interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. Deus Ex (abbreviated DX and pronounced as ˌdeɪəsˈɛks day-uss ex) is a Cyberpunk -themed Action role-playing game developed
- Battery Park appears in a scene at the end of the 1985 Jackie Chan film The Protector. Jackie Chan, SBS, MBE (born Chan Kong Sang, 陳港生 on 7 April 1954 is an Actor, action choreographer, Film director The Protector ( is a 1985 Hong Kong / US action film, directed by James Glickenhaus and starring Jackie Chan
- In the film Desperately Seeking Susan (1985), Battery Park is the location of a key scene. Desperately Seeking Susan is a 1985 film directed by Susan Seidelman and starring Rosanna Arquette and Madonna.
- In the Marvel comic book series The Spectacular Spider-Man, the build up to a long-running storyline involving Robbie Robertson, Battery Park is the location for the climax. Marvel Comics is an American comic book company owned by Marvel Publishing Inc The Spectacular Spider-Man is the name of several Comic books and one Magazine series starring Marvel Comics ' Spider-Man. Robbie Robertson (born Jaime Robert Klegerman, 5 July 1943 at Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Songwriter,
- In the DC comic book series Justice Society of America, the Society's current headquarters is based in Battery Park. DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company The Justice Society of America, or JSA, is a DC Comics Superhero group the first team of superheroes in Comic book history
- Battery Park conceals the underground World Headquarters of the Men in Black (1997) and Men in Black II (2002). Men in Black is a 1997 science fiction comedy Action film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, starring Tommy Lee Jones Men in Black II (also known as MIIB) is a 2002 Science fiction comedy Action film starring Tommy Lee
- Mentioned in the Leonard Bernstein song "New York, New York" from the film On the Town starring Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Jules Munshin -- "New York, New York, is a hell of a town. " New York New York " is a song from the 1944 musical and the 1949 MGM musical film On the Town. On the Town is a 1949 movie musical with music by Leonard Bernstein and Roger Edens and book and Lyrics by Betty /The Bronx is up, but the Battery's down. "
- Mentioned in the Beastie Boys song 'An Open Letter to NYC' from the album "To the 5 Boroughs" (2004) -- "Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens and Staten/From the Battery to the top of Manhattan/Asian, Middle-Eastern and Latin/Black, White, New York you make it happen. "
- Mentioned in the Billy Joel song "Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway)" -- "The boats were waiting at the Battery. William Martin Joel (born May 9 1949 is an American Pianist and Singer-songwriter. /The union went on strike. /They never sailed at all. "
- Mentioned in the Onyx song 'The Worst' from the album 'Shut 'Em Down' (1998) -- "Scatter your parts/ From here to Battery Park. Onyx is a Cryptocrystalline form of Quartz. The colors of its bands range from white to almost every color (save some shades such as purple or blue "
- In the Seinfeld episode "The Bookstore", Kramer and Newman find their stolen rickshaw in Battery Park. Seinfeld is an American Situation comedy, or sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5 1989 to May 14 1998 lasting nine seasons "The Bookstore" is the 173rd episode of the NBC Sitcom Seinfeld. Rickshaws (or rickshas) are a mode of Human-powered transport: a runner draws a two-wheeled Cart which seats one or two persons
- In the John Mayer song "City Love", he references "the Battery"
- The David Bowie song "New Killer Star", in reference to post 9/11, says "See the great white scar, over Battery Park". John Clayton Mayer (; born October 16 1977 is an American musician " City Love " is the name of a song by the musical artist John Mayer. David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. " New Killer Star " is a song written by David Bowie in 2003 for his album Reality.
- In The Simpsons, Mr. Burns, unfamiliar with the rate of inflation, states, "Don't poo-poo a nickel Lisa, a nickel can buy you. Charles Montgomery Burns, also referred to as Mr Burns is a recurring Fictional character and Antagonist in the animated television series In economics inflation or price inflation is a rise in the general level of prices of goods and services over a period of time Lisa Marie Simpson is a Fictional character in the animated Television series The Simpsons and is voiced by Yeardley Smith. The United States five- cent Coin, commonly called a nickel, is a unit of Currency equaling one-twentieth or five hundredths of a . . with enough change left over to ride the trolley from Battery Park to the Polo Grounds". A tram, tramcar, trolley, trolley car, or streetcar is a railborne vehicle, of lighter weight and construction than a Train The Polo Grounds was the name given to four different Stadiums in Upper Manhattan, New York City used by Baseball 's New York Giants
- The first 'wolfen' attack in the 1981 film Wolfen, starring Albert Finney and Gregory Hines, takes place in Battery Park. Albert Finney Jr (born 9 May 1936 is a five-time Academy Award -nominated and Emmy Award -winning English Actor. Gregory Oliver Hines ( February 14, 1946 – August 9, 2003) was an American Actor, Singer, Dancer
See also
External links
- Battery Park is at coordinates Coordinates:
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