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Battery Park is a 21-acre (8.5 hectare) park at the southern tip of Manhattan, New York City. It was named after the artillery battery stationed there by the Dutch and British to protect the harbour. At the centre of the park is Castle Clinton, a fort built by the Americans and replaces Fort Amsterdam which they demolished in 1790. At the time Castle Clinton was built, it stood on an offshore island. At that time, the shore came to where State Street is. Land reclamation in the 19th century created the park, enclosing Castle Clinton.
Battery Park, New York City
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To the north of Battery Park is Pier A, formerly fireboat station, and Hope Garden. To its south is Battery Gardens restaurant and the United States Coast Guard Battery Building. From the waterfront, one can take ferries to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.
A hive of activity goes on under Battery Park. The Brooklyn Battery Tunnel carries vehicular traffic to Brooklyn, the Battery Park Underpass carry traffic from West Street to the FDR Drive, the IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line and the IRT Lexington Line has an interchange at the South Ferry subway station at Battery Park.
To the northwest of Battery Park is a mixed residential-commercial development called Battery Park City. It was developed from a landfill that was in the area. The area has the skyscrapers of the World Financial Center, as well as the Battery Park Promenade, a series of parkland along the shore of the Hudson River.
Battery Park at sunset
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