Memorial in Battery Park. Why it all began ...

South Manhattan or Downtown - Business Center, Nevertheless, there are many pleasant places for walking.

Especially good battery park.

Located Battery Park on the southern tip of acute.

The World Trade Center is a couple of minutes walk.

The park in honor of the artillery batteries, which were in this place, defended the British settlement.

Right opposite the park on the other shore of Hudson, the center of Jersey City is visible.

A little south, the panorama of the New York Harbor, the place where East River and Hudson fall into the Atlantic Ocean. The island of Ellis is visible on the right, through which since the end of the 19th century, emigrants arrived in the USA. Left - statue of freedom on the island of the same name. On the right on the background, the cargo port of Jersey is visible, also known as Greenville Yard, and Ebenia on the left is, if I'm not mistaken, Steith Island.

Walk along the cool embankment, and the Verrazano bridge can be seen - the longest in New York (about 1,300 meters), connects Steith Island with Brooklyn.

Nature here I am most reminiscent of Northern Europe - Solovo, but beautiful!

Architecture, in general, also resembles Denmark or Norway.

Housing Along the Park is fantastic money. It is not wise - on the one hand you have a pure pleasant park, a chic view of the center of Jersey City and a statue of freedom.

And on the other - the financial center!

At the same time new. Residential complex Battery Park City.

Parking spaces sufficient (gray-blue building on the left).

A skyscraper-glass in the center of the frame seems just a little further, and in reality it is another state!

State of New Jersey.

Once again I look at the center of Jersey City. On the other side, the magnificent panorama of the business center opens, especially in the evening, when the lights of the offices light up.

You can skip in the grass.

You can sit in the cafe.

Old and new architecture in this place are cool combined.

Pierce and divides the park in half (in fact, not quite in half, but what's the difference?).

The park ended, but let's pass a little to the north towards the Brooklyn bridge, there is also a pleasant destroyer.

We pass by the Museum of War in Vietnam.

So he is an old district before the bridge. I think all buildings here are another 19th century.

I enjoy old thread signs.

Plafones.

We reached the Brooklyn Bridge, the story about this is over. Next time we will talk about renting a car in New York and places, for night shooting Manhattan.

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Trips to new places always imply a meeting with surprises. New York, perhaps, can lead a list of surprise cities. Do not try to find in it the most familiar canons of beauty and harmony. There is no charm of Paris, the charm of ancient Rome, the greatness of Vienna, or the sophistication of Barcelona. He is not like everyone else - this is his strength and charm.

Try to look at him with a fresh look and then another love will appear in your life - love for New York.

With this publication, we begin the cycle "Walking through New York".

The goal is to help learn the city so much that stable stereotypes about it would be destroyed, and instead, it is possible to open the way for our own fresh judgments and, perhaps even affection.

Battery Park and its surroundings.

In 1524, the Italian navigator Giovanni da Vezano, consisting of the French monarch of Francis I, opened the New York Bay for Europeans and proclaimed this territory of the King of France. Interestingly, in the future, the French never claimed these lands.

In the south coast of Manhattan Island, in the Bay, where the History of New York has begun to Hudson and East River. Here the first inhabitants settled here, and probably, therefore, it is customary to start acquaintance with the city, not like any other in the world.

Of course, it is definitely not aware of the place where the first European on earth was landed for the land of Manhattan, but for sure it was not far from the current Battery Park (Battery Park). Founded in 1785, it is considered one of the oldest New York relics and the second to the seniority of the city park after Bowling Green (1733).

In the XVII century, the farm and the residence of the governor of Peter Stylestant Island, offices and warehouses of the Dutch West Indian company were located in its place.

In the XVIII century, the English Fort was built here and the artillery battery was based, from which Battery name went. Gradually, the southern cape of the island was built up by the city streets, and at the edge of the water the townspeople chose a place to relax and walk.

Castel Garden is located here - this is the oldest one of the preserved fortifications. Fort was built to protect Manhattan during the war with the United Kingdom in 1811. It was erected on a bulk island 60 meters from the coastline and connected with a sludge bridge. His round form provided reliable defense, and the artillery battery placed in it did it practically not criminal. But, to check in fact, his military power failed, - the fort has never been used for its intended purpose.

But his role in the life of the city turned out to be very significant, and the fate of multifaceted and colorful. 4 years after the construction, the Fort was renamed Castel Clinton. In honor of Witt Clinton - the former mayor of the city and the state governor. For almost 200 years, there is some confusion in the names, both the names of the fort are still used.

Further history of Fort.

In the second decade of the XIX century Castel Garden. He became the central destination of the city where residents were gathered for solemn receptions and festive ceremonies. It was here in 1824 New York met and honored General Marcus Lafayette, the famous hero of the American revolution.

It was a grand holiday, which was gathered by more than 6,000 guests. A year later, there were big celebrations about the opening of Erie Canal, which connected the Great Lakes with Hudzon. And at all subsequent times, concerts, exhibitions, festivals and sports competitions were held in Castel Garden - this place remained a favorite holiday center and the social life of the city.

Over time, the fort covered the roof and another floor in the form of an indoor rotunda was erected. In 1850, Castel Clinton was turned into an opera house for 6,000 spectators with an exquisite interior and good acoustics. Many celebrity theatrical world came to him, including European opera stars. The townspeople loved this theater very much, romantic towering on the island and considered one of the most beautiful places in New York.

In 1848, Battery Park's area was increased due to artificial embankments, so that the coastline, pushing the water of the bay, was shifted almost 100 meters. Since then, Castel Clinton has ceased to be an island.

After the end of Napoleonic wars in 1815, mass emigration from Europe begins. By the middle of the century, there is a need to create a special immigration-bandwidth in New York. And in August 1855, Castel Garden turns into the first immigration station in America. There was not only a checkpoint, but also an employment bureau, money exchange office, a restaurant, baggage for luggage delivery, transport agencies, railway ticket offices, telegraph and religious missionary services. From 1855 to 1889, more than 8 million emigrants arrived through the Castel Clinton gate of Castel Clinton.

The flow of immigrants continued to grow, and in 1889 for eMA new arrivals began to use Ellis Island (Ellis Island), and the first city aquarium in America opened on the territory of Castel Clinton. It turned out to be a good idea, the aquarium enjoyed ambitious success - for 45 years he was visited by more than a million people.

Next door to Castel Garden, there is another building to pay attention to. This is Pier A (Piar a) - The last remaining Pier West Side (Low West Side). Previously, Manhattan's river docks were managed here. The building was built in 1886. The clock tower, adorning Pier, was completed to the pier in 1919. She became the first national memorial dedicated to the memory of the participants of the First World War. Now, after many years of launching the Pier and the Tower are repaired, to become another tourist object of Betterie Park.

In the first quarter of the 20th century, the Battery Park district gradually fell into decay and, in fact, turned into an abandoned industrial zone. And by the 50s, Castel Clinton threatened demolition: it was necessary to free the place for the Battery-tunnel built by Brooklyn and Manhattan. But the 20-year-old "Civil War" for the preservation of the historic place, fortunately for the city, was successful - the fort continued his life, becoming a small museum of the history of emigration and a ticket office for excursion boats, separating from the berther Battery Park. Now, you can go on a small trip over the New York Bay or on a tour of the Statue of Freedom and the Island of Ellis - a place where immigration control and quarantine refugees arrived in New York from 1889 to 1954.

Walking along the alleys of Battery Park, except for the old fort, you can find a lot of interesting memorial places. Not far from the entrance to the park is stela with flagpole,mounted in memory of the first to the Jewish refugees who arrived on the land of Manhattan in 1654. Saving from religious persecution in Brazil, 23 people chartered the ship, intending to go to Holland, but fate ordered otherwise. The ship was captured first Spanish, and then French pirates. Giving the Corsaras all its own property, refugees were contacted to land them on the first block of land, which will be seen from the ship. That place was Manhattan. The island's governor received refugees quite coldly, but allowed to stay. From this small group of Sephardov, the history of Congregation Sheerit Israel began and was the beginning of the world's largest Jewish community - New York. The flagpoles are remarkable with the flagpole, and the fact that the inscription on her bas-relief reads: it was here that happened historical deal in purchase Manhattan in the Indians.

In 1626, Peter will minit, the first governor of the new Amsterdam, concluded an unprecedented deal in his consequences. Finding the tribe of the Indians of Algonkins on the island, he buys the Island of Manhattan at the batch of axes and blankets for the total amount of 60 guilders (approximately 24 dollars, as meticulous historians subsequently calculated). The piquancy of this historical fact is that non-local residents turned out to be sellers, but simply passed by and the successful and enterprising Indians in the right place. So, this first is the first in the history of New York with real estate in the history of New York, putting the start of the entrepreneurial and adventurous spirit of the city.

"Sphere" (The Sphere)

After the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, the sculpture was transferred to the park "Sphere" (The Sphere), author of Fritz Kenik - polished bronze ball, standing on the square in front of the Towers of the World Trade Center. During the fall of the "twins", the "sphere" suffered greatly, it was not repaired - she reminds of the tragedy of 2001 by its crippled species.

In the western end of Battery Park is located Museum of the Jewish Heritage and Holocaust Memorial (The Museum of Jewish Heritage). The museum not only contains a lot of curious exhibits, but also made on all the rules of the multimedia information center: everywhere from televisions and hidden speakers sounds the voices of immigrants of different years, talking about life in Europe, about Holocaust, about their move to America.

Museum of the Jewish Heritage and Holocaust Memorial, Ritz Hotel. View from the river.

Around the road from the museum there is a high hotel building Ritz-Carlton.From which excellent views are open - not only for guests, but also for all visitors to the bar on the 14th floor. The hotel has Museum of skyscrapers (The Skyscraper Museum), in which it is curious to extract the album of 1922 with photographs of the construction of Empire State Building, as well as view a list of skyscrapers with their rating, compiled on the basis of a survey of a hundred famous and knowledgeable sense in the architecture of citizens of the city. First place in the ranking belongs to Chrysler Building (Chrysler Building - 1930), the second - Sigram Building (Seagram Building - 1958), the third divide Woolworth Building (1913) and "Iron" (Flatiron Building - 1902).

In the summer of 2015, a novelty appeared in Battery Park - "Carousel underwater world."

"Not an aquarium (although it looks like), and the whole" underwater "world appeared in the battery-park in Manhattan. The Seaglass project was planned to open back in 2011, but detained for as many as 4 years. But now a huge metal carousel and glass with luminous fish inside is fully at the disposal of New York. Now, anyone can ride one of 30 fish, "floating" under the dome of a giant nautilus and changing color. True, they "float", periodically stopping and rotating much faster than ordinary carousels: at a speed of two and a half turns per minute. The creation of Seaglass was put in the studio's hand with the experience of the design of Acme Professional and Architects Weisz + Yoes, as well as the theater artist Georgy Tsypin, so it is not surprising that the attraction is more like a mini-performance. By the way, the works of Mozart, Prokofiev and other classics became an accompaniment of "underwater" skating. " - Reports bURO247.

Battery Park has the beginning of the city blocks absolutely no similar to each other. In the northeast direction, the historical city begins, which will be discussed in the future, and if you go from the park to the north-west along the Hudson, you will fall into a beautiful modern area that has become particularly popular in the last 10 years.

Battery Park City and World Financial Center. View from the river.

Battery Park City Battery Park City) - recognized as one of the most successful modern housing construction projects in America. Just a few decades ago it was a rather dull and unattractive place. The head of the Pierces coast from the second half of the XIX century was built up with gas plants, and in the XX century the coastal area finally cut off the rest of the city the high-speed highway, which came to replace the aboveground railway. Only at the beginning of the eighties of the last century, the porses fall asleep on Hudson. In their place, they staged a residential array overlooking the river, surrounded by lime alleys, stealing new quarters from Noisy Highwei. Nowadays, the area began to develop intensively and gain popularity due to the picturesque embankment, good infrastructure, proximity to the business center and historical quarters. Now this residential array extends from Battery Park along Hudzon by the World Financial Center and on North. It is here that there is a unique tiny and the most expensive ocean marina in the worldadjacent directly to World Financial Center. Along it, cozy restaurants are located; Sitting behind their tables can be admired gorgeous yachts coming to New York from around the world.

Old customs.

From the northern side directly to Battery Park, the battery player is adjacent, on which almost all excursion buses stop and with which a beautiful view is located on the New York bay and on the lower part of Broadway. In New York, there are not many squares, in European understanding they will be scored no more than five, and Battery Place is perhaps the most beautiful of them. Let's stop your attention on several homes in this place, about the rest we will tell on the following routes.

White Hall Bilding (White Hall Building)

Right in the end of the square, the face to the bay is worth White Hall Building (White Hall Building, 17 Battery Place), built in 1904 by Henry Hardnerberg (Henry J. Hardenbergom) in the style of non-herenissance. His name did the house in honor of the name of the residence of the first governor of Manhattan Peter Stoyvesst. The building can be seen almost from all points of the bay, both from water and from sushi. This unique location inspired Henry Hardnerberg build a house at the same time in an exquisite and supper style using contrasting colors for finishing its facade. It was built as an office building - the first in New York. The project is quite risky, but it turned out to be so successful that in 1908 the house decided to complete what the architectural company Clinton and Rusell (Clinon & Russell) had successfully made. Behind the first 20-storey building in 1910, the second height of 31st floor has grown. Two houses are combined with each other with the overall first floor and suspended bridge. Thus, visually they form a single architectural ensemble. After the end of construction, this office complex was not only the very first, but also the largest in New York.

A few steps from Battery Place, the West Street (West ST) is a spectacular skyscraper, built in 1930 by the architectural bureau Starrett & Van Vleck. 35-storey, 162-meter City athletic club (Downtown Athletic Club, 19 West ST) is interesting not only from an architectural point of view, but also to its destination. A skyscraper, built on a small plot of land in the style of American Art Deco in the form of a narrow tetrahedral rock from a dark red brick with uneven ledges, hit the imagination of contemporaries. This huge club was created to demonstrate how modern urban sports facility should be. He became a kind of personification of America's heyday preceding the beginning of the Great Depression. Everything was done with a scope: several floors are allocated for gymnastic halls, boxing rings, on the seventh floor there was an indoor golf course, on the twelfth - tennis court and a swimming pool. Only white men's white men were recorded in the club - mostly there were lawyers, bankers and businessmen from the Offices of the Manhattan Business Center. The narrow upper part of the building - fifteen floors - was assigned to restaurants and sleeping rooms for gentlemen, who, well who, well, over her physical form and reinforced with oysters, did not want to return home. There were only 1972 women here. The club existed 72 years, in 2002 he closed due to the decline of the district after the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. True, in 2005 he came to life again, but already as an apartmently elite residential building, which now lives a lot of New York celebrities.

Entrance to the subway at Bowling Green (Bowling Green Irt Control House)

In the eastern corner of Battery Park is located entrance to the Metro Station "Bowling Green"having his original name - Bowling Green IRT Control House.. The entrance to the subway is also a city historical relic. He is one of the oldest, preserved in New York, for more than 100 years. This small building was built in 1905 by Heins & Lafarge in Flemish Revival style.

Old customs.

Along Battery Park stretches, repeating the coastline, State Street, at the beginning of which is a huge building Old customs (Old Us Custom House, 1 Bowling Green). It was built in 1907 by one of the most famous architects of New York Cass Gilbert (1859-1934). The majestic building in neoclassical style occupies a whole quarter. The architectural design of the building is made with a deep symbolic meaning, emphasizing the power and power of America as a trading and sea power. Customs Card decorates twelve statues, personifying world trade centers: Great Britain, Venice, Greeve, Germany, Holland, Greece, Denmark, Spain, Portugal, Rome, France and Fernika. Above each window in the main rotunda depicted faces of people of various races, symbolizing the fact that goods in America flock from around the world.

The main facade is decorated with figures - symbols of four continents, allegorically reflecting the character of each of them. Europe is a royal, but devoid of energy that is revered on the laurels, with sluggishly lowered with his right hand. America is a young and active, aspiring to the future, with a torch in hand. Asia - immersed in itself, meditating with a Buddha on his knee. Africa is the deceased and dormant surrounded by artifacts of ancient civilizations. Sculptures are very interesting and undoubtedly deserve attention. The author of Daniel Chaster Franch is well known worldwide, the best work is the statue of Abraham Lincoln (1920) in the Memorial Center of Lincoln in Washington. Now in the building of the Old Customs is the Museum of the Indian (American Indian Museum).

The steps of the old customs overlook the area Bowling Green Park Bowling Green Park). It was the first Square of the old Amsterdam. And when the city was called New York with the arrival of the British and in the park began to play balls (bowling), he received the status of the first city park. The surrounding pig-iron fence was built in 1771 and is considered to be a historical relic. In the middle of the park in the 18th century stood the statue of the English king George III, but after the adoption of the Declaration on Independence in 1776, it was overthrown by residents of the city and is symbolically repulsed to bullets.

Bowling Green Park (Bowling Green Park).

Historical reference

1524 - The Italian navigator Giovanni da is called, consisting of the French monarch Francis I, opened the New York Bay for Europeans and proclaimed this territory with the property of King France. Interestingly, in the future, the French never claimed these lands.

1609 - An Expedition of the West India Company, founded by the Dutch Republic, went to America, to join the Netherlands newly open areas. She was headed by the English navigator Hudson (Hudson), in honor of which he received its name for the Hudson River.

1613 - The first Dutch trading posts appeared on Manhattan Island.

1615 - Built the first fortress at the shore of Hudzona.

1624 - The first groups of settlers arrived.

1625 - Fort is founded by a new Amsterdam, which in 1653 after the official receipt of municipal rights became referred to as the city.

The founder of the city is considered Villem Verkhlstst, the head of the West India company who chose 1625 Year of Manhattan Island as an optimal place to bookmark the fort. According to his plan, a well-fortified fort in the southern part of Manhattan Island in Delta Hudson was to ensure the security of the courts of the West Indian company who traded the river to the River Ferry with local Indian tribes. The new Amsterdam became the largest settlement of the new Netherlands and remained in the authorities of the Dutch Republic until August 1664.

1626 - Peter will minimize, the first governor of the new Amsterdam, bought Algonkins from Indians the Isle of Manhattan per batch of axes and blankets for a total of 60 guilders (24 dollars).

The Dutch colony existed a little over 50 years on the island. During this time, a city with a developed trading system, hospitals, shelters for poor, 2-3-storey houses, taverns, hotels and shops originated at the place of the virgin forest. The population spoke in 18 languages, although all residents were considered submitted by the Dutch Republic. Residents of the new Amsterdam united quickly rooted on the island of Pragmatic and business worldview, religious and national tolerance, the ability to do and appreciate the money. In addition, apparently, they all had a special adventurous "madman" that everyone in the future was the essence of modern New York. It is not for nothing that everything is mainly in the character in childhood, and the childhood of New York has passed in the Dutch cradle.

1664 - British ships captured the city, without having met resistance from the Governor of Stylevesta (Peter Stuyvesant). The new Amsterdam was renamed the new York in honor of the initiator of this company Duke York. The subsequent Board of the British, which lasted more than 100 years, not many enriched the city, perhaps only by the English language and street names.

The United Kingdom considered American colonies as an inexhaustible monetary source that replenishes the treasury without much effort from the metropolis. Taxes increased every year, and the rights and powers of local authorities were practically reduced to zero. Such a policy was difficult to call wise, and soon it led to education in American colonies of a radically tuned organization "Sons of Freedom."

Under its leadership, the first street anti-government demonstrations began to emerge, gradually developing in a collision with British soldiers. "Sons of Freedom" had nothing to do with the urban poor and anarchists. Suites from large and medium bourgeoisie, they would be happy to remain law-abiding, but exorbitantly high taxes and restrictions in rights did not allow them to peacefully engage in their work. The faithful Sons of Enlightenment, they were greedy to ideas and very soon turned out to be "revolutionaries in scented wigs." It was the organization "Sons of Freedom" it was the basis for the first rebellious American Congress. War for independence has become inevitable.

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It can not do not go for a walk in Battery Park. What is the noteworthy of this park zone? What facts of history are hidden among dense trees and majestic monuments?

Battery Park is named after artillery tools that defended New York from the sea from the enemies. This park is the oldest place in the city, saturated with monuments and cultural attractions of the United States.

In addition, Battery Park is one of the largest areas in America. 10 hectares of a clean park area are located in the south of New York. From the south side, the park is washed by waters from the New York Bay. To the north is Battery Place Street.

This is the source item for sending ferries to the famous American Islands - Ellis Island, Governors Island and Stathen Island.

Monuments Battery Park

"Sphere" From the German sculptor of Kenig, the once majestic architectural memo, now resembles a cast ball. She resembles a tragedy on September 11th. Sculpture stood on the square in the center of New York and received serious damage as a result of a terrorist act on the city. It was decided to postpone the "sphere" in Battery Park as a reminder about the terrible day.

Memorials of the War Years - the special pride of the park. There are dozens of large monuments that personify the strength and courage of American warriors. Among them:

• memorial in memory of the veterans of the Korean War;
• monument to J. Erickson, the Immortal Creator of the Barny "Monitor";
• bronze stove Admiral Dewey, who became a real American hero after the battle in the Manila Bay.

What will remember the park first?

Battery Park is located in one of the most expensive and promising regions of New York. Every day, one can meet hundreds of bankers and office workers who want to walk along a beautiful park area into a lunch break.

The main "shocking" sight of the park is an extensive farm. This reminder of simple rustic life against the background of office buildings and skyscrapers produces an indelible impression.

At the farm, schoolchildren of surrounding educational institutions grows more than 80 species of different crops. Each school has its own plot of land, followed by students care.

Every year more than 5 million tourists from all over the world arrive in Battery Park. This is a unique place that the Labor Days of New York shows and the military history of America. Moreover, the park is one of the few places in the noisy New York, in which every guest feels unity with nature.

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Battery Park is a public park located at the southern end of Manhattan Island. This is a green recreational area between the open aquatic space of the New York Harbor and the skyscrapers of financial quarters.

Since the reasons of the settlement in the south of the Islands of Manhattan, artillery was intended to protect settlers. Over time, the name "Battery" (Battery - "Battery") began to mean not only directly artillery battery, but also the entire southern part of the island. Already at least from the 17th century, Battery was a popular place for walking and leisure. And directly the park zone was formed here in the 19th century.

Inside Battery Park is Castle Clinton (Castle Clinton) - a former military fort, built in 1808. Fort got his name thanks to the 6th Governor of New York, Dewitt Clinton. Since the time of mass European immigration, Castle Clinton served as a filtration point for staying in a new light. Millions of immigrants passed through Castle Clinton until the immigration terminal was transferred to Ellis Island. At different times, Castle Clinton was used as a beer garden, theater, aquarium was also located in it.

Castle Clinton in the past and now

Currently, tickets for ferry crossings are sold to the Statue of Freedom and Island Ellis Island. Also from the South Ferry Terminal terminal, located in the eastern part of Battery, free ferries are departed to Staith Island.

In the photo: New York Harbor embankment, South Ferry Terminal terminal, a monument to sailors of a merchant fleet, steam to Steateen Island.

To the north of Battery Park on the spot, where the Fort Amsterdam standing almost 400 years ago, the US Customs Service (Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House) is located. Now there is one of the branches of the National Museum of American Indians (National Museum of the American Indian).

Battery Park is the oldest place of New York, from here the city began. This is a surprisingly beautiful, well-groomed and attractive green zone on the southern tip of Manhattan, saturated with a variety of monuments.

As you can guess, the park is called in honor of the sheltered artillery batteries who defended the city from the sea. From the XVII century, Fort Amsterdam was built here - under the protection of its walls in 1625, bought Manhattan in the Indians for 60 guilders. This event resembles a flagpole, towering over the granite bed, - on it an Indian leader in feathers and European in Camzole, which make a deal.

The heir to Fort became built in 1811 on the eve of the American-British war Clinton Castle. The guns never came across the enemy never, and in 1855 the castle became the center for receiving immigrants. Eight million people set foot here for the first time on America's land, while in 1890 the government did not give the reception of immigrants to Ellis. Then the New York Aquarium is located in the castle, but in 1941, due to the construction of the tunnel, Nizhny Manhattan - Brooklyn (he passes under the park) was evicted. Now the castle is restored, he returned to His historical species, and vintage cannons returned.

In the northern part of the park you can see the "sphere" of the German sculptor of the French Fargie - the greenery, the rigged ball. The sculpture stood on the square between the two towers of the World Trade Center and received these injuries on September 11, 2001. Koenig deliberately did not correct them - this is a memory of the blow caused by the city.

There are several military memorials in the park: the veterans of the Korean War, who died during the Second World War Savior Ships, military personnel who fell from the Atlantic Coast of the United States, Savar of the military and shopping ships of Norway. Here is a monument to the Creator of the famous armadiole "Monitor" John Ericsson and a memorable plate Admiral George Dewey, the winner of the battle in the Manila Bay.

A pier of a free ferry is adjacent to the park, regularly departing on Staithen Island. From the park itself, you can also, on the ferry, get to Liberty Island - Islands, on which the famous statue of freedom ride. It is perfectly visible from the benches standing on the waterfront.

Since Battery Park is located in one of the most expensive areas of the city with numerous offices, white collars are poured here in lunchtime - eat your lunch in the fresh air. On the Embankment - the mass of fishermen, masses with wheelchairs, the yachts carry their white sails around the bay. The unusual sight of the park is a city farm, where 80 types of vegetables and fruits are grown. Students and schoolchildren work here. The most real farm, located on the background of skyscrapers, produces an incredible impression.