Battery Park, Manhattan

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historic site public park tourist attraction urban park waterfront park

Battery Park in Manhattan is a historic waterfront public park at the southern tip of New York City, known as a major departure point for ferries to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Battery Park	10
Battery Park (The Battery)	1
Battery Park area	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic site ⓘ public park ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ urban park ⓘ waterfront park ⓘ
adjacentTo	Hugh L. Carey Tunnel ⓘ surface form: Battery Park Underpass Battery Place ⓘ Bowling Green ⓘ State Street ⓘ Whitehall Street ⓘ
borderedBy	New York Harbor estuarine system ⓘ surface form: New York Harbor
contains	Castle Clinton ⓘ Castle Clinton ⓘ surface form: Castle Clinton National Monument ferry terminals ⓘ gardens ⓘ memorials ⓘ monuments ⓘ walkways ⓘ waterfront promenade ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	The Battery ⓘ
hasFeature	bike paths ⓘ lawns ⓘ playgrounds ⓘ public art installations ⓘ
hasFunction	ferry terminal area ⓘ recreation area ⓘ tourist gateway ⓘ
hasHistoricalUse	military fortifications ⓘ
hasViewOf	Governors Island ⓘ Hudson River ⓘ Upper New York Bay ⓘ
isMajorDeparturePointFor	ferries to Ellis Island ⓘ ferries to Statue of Liberty ⓘ
isPopularFor	jogging ⓘ sightseeing ⓘ tourism ⓘ walking ⓘ
locatedAtSouthernTipOf	Manhattan Island ⓘ
locatedIn	Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York ⓘ surface form: New York State United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	borough of Manhattan ⓘ surface form: Borough of Manhattan
locatedInNeighborhood	Financial District ⓘ
namedAfter	artillery batteries once located there ⓘ
near	Whitehall Street–South Ferry station ⓘ surface form: South Ferry subway station Staten Island Ferry terminals ⓘ surface form: Staten Island Ferry Whitehall Terminal
operatedBy	New York City Department of Parks and Recreation ⓘ
overlooks	Ellis Island ⓘ New York Harbor estuarine system ⓘ surface form: New York Harbor Statue of Liberty ⓘ
partOf	New York City park system ⓘ surface form: New York City Parks system