Battery Park - Underneath The Park

Underneath The Park

Battery Park, due to its key location, has played an important role in the construction of transportation infrastructure. Under the park lies the following active infrastructure:

  • Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel, carrying vehicular traffic to Brooklyn
  • Battery Park Underpass, carrying vehicular traffic from West Street to the FDR Drive
  • IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line and IRT Lexington Avenue Line with a balloon loop to enable trains to turn around and switch between the two IRT lines
  • South Ferry subway complex (1 N R trains)

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    “Is a park any better than a coal mine? What’s a mountain got that a slag pile hasn’t? What would you rather have in your garden—an almond tree or an oil well?”
    —Jean Giraudoux (1882–1944)