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The Battery, formerly known as Battery Park, is a 25-acre (10 ha) public park located at the southern tip of Manhattan Island in New York City facing New York Harbor.It is bounded by Battery Place on the north, with Bowling Green to the northeast, State Street on the east, New York Harbor to the south, and the Hudson River to the west.
Castle Clinton or Fort Clinton, once known as Castle Garden, is a circular sandstone fort now located in Battery Park at the southern tip of Manhattan Island, New York City, in the United States. It is perhaps best remembered as America's first immigration station (predating Ellis Island), where more than 8 million people arrived in the U.S ...
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Aerial view illustration of Manhattan, showing Castle Garden at its tip, c. 1880. Castle Garden served as the first immigration depot in the U.S. from 1855 to 1890. [31] [46] Most of the fort, except for the section along the shoreline, was surrounded by a 1,000-foot-long (300 m) wooden fence.
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For census purposes, the New York City government classifies Battery Park City as part of a larger neighborhood tabulation area called Battery Park City-Lower Manhattan. [69] Based on data from the 2010 United States census, the population of Battery Park City-Lower Manhattan was 39,699, an increase of 19,611 (97.6%) from the 20,088 counted in ...
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Satellite view of Ground Zero after 9/11, with NY 9A (West St.) on the left covered with debris. After the 9/11 attacks, the area and streets surrounding the World Trade Center, including NY 9A, was damaged and covered with debris when the towers collapsed, subsequently closing the highway and all streets at ground zero. During the construction ...