Battery
Park (to New Yorkers, The Battery)
is a 21-acre (8.5 ha) public park
located at the southern tip of Manhattan
in New York City. The park is named
for the artillery that was stationed
there at various times by the Dutch
and British. At one end of the park
is Pier A 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. To the northwest of
the park lies Battery Park City, an
area of landfill redevelopment built
in the 1970s and 80s, which includes
Robert F. Wagner Park and the Battery
Park City Promenade. Together with
Hudson River Park a system of greenspaces,
bikeways and prominades now extend
up the Hudson shoreline.
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