The Battery, formerly known as Battery Park, is a 25-acre public park located at the southern tip of Manhattan Island in New York City facing New York Harbor. The park is bounded by Battery Place on t
Aerial view of the Battery in 2010. At park's left is Pier A, at park's right is South Ferry Terminal. On the far right is the East River.
1793 rendering of the flagpole and recent plantings at the Battery
The James Watson House, 1793–1806, attributed to John McComb Jr., and adjoining shrine to St. Elizabeth Ann Seton face Battery Park
Battery Place station foreground right; South Ferry station left
Lower Manhattan, also known as Downtown Manhattan, is the southernmost part of the New York City borough of Manhattan. The area is the historical birthplace of New York City and in the 17th and 18th c
The Battery (Manhattan)
…left is Pier A, at park's right is South Ferry Terminal. On the far right is the East River. Interactive map of The Battery Location Southern end of Lower Manhattan in New York City; bounded by New York Harbor to the south Coordinates Area 25 acres (10 ha) Created 1823 Etymology Artillery battery Owner New York…
Lower Manhattan, including Wall Street – a leading financial district, Battery Park, and One World Trade Center – the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere
New Amsterdam, centered in what eventually became Lower Manhattan, in 1664, the year England took control and renamed it New York
Cooper Union at Astor Place, one of Lower Manhattan's most storied buildings, where Abraham Lincoln gave his famed Cooper Union speech on February 27, 1860