The Battery

Walk a 25-acre harborfront park at Manhattan's southern tip, with gardens, memorials and Statue of Liberty ferries.

Southern tip of Manhattan, State St at Battery Pl · New York, NY

About The Battery

The Battery is a 25-acre park at the southern tip of Manhattan, facing New York Harbor. You can walk through Castle Clinton, a fort built to defend the harbor during the War of 1812 that now holds ticket booths for ferries to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. The Battery Bosque garden by Piet Oudolf grows around a grove of 140 plane trees, and the SeaGlass Carousel seats riders inside fish shapes. Memorials include the East Coast Memorial and The Immigrants statue.

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The closest stops to The Battery, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.

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Stay
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Transit: reachable by public transit
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Tours
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Staten Island Ferry
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Ride the free ferry across New York Harbor past the Statue of Liberty and the Lower Manhattan skyline.
Transit: reachable by public transit
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Sports & Outdoors
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Transit: reachable by public transit
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Sports & Outdoors
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Liberty State Park
No admission fee
Walk a waterfront promenade facing the Statue of Liberty and Manhattan, and catch ferries to Liberty and Ellis Islands.
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