Resiliency

Stay up-to-date on all North/West Battery Park City Resiliency Project information here.

In 2012 Hurricane Sandy made landfall, leading to more than 100 fatalities and $70 billion in damages across a dozen states. In New York City alone, the storm resulted in 44 lives lost, millions of traumatized residents and billions of dollars in property damage, along with extensive loss of income and productivity. While Battery Park City fared better than many other affected areas of New York City, it nevertheless sustained millions of dollars of damage to Pier A Harbor House on its southern end, as well as to the BPC Ball Fields and Asphalt Green Community Center in the north as storm surge waters poured in from West Street on BPC’s eastern boundary.

Today, BPCA is at work on two interrelated resiliency projects as part of the Lower Manhattan Costal Resiliency (LMCR) Project to protect Battery Park City and the Lower Manhattan coast from the threats of storm surge and sea level rise, and is engaging with the community and local stakeholders each step of the way.

The South Battery Park City Resiliency Project (SBPCR), part of LMCR, will protect the park and the adjacent community against more severe and more frequent storms. The project will create an integrated coastal flood risk management system from the Museum of Jewish Heritage, through Wagner Park, across Pier A Plaza, and along the northern border of the Historic Battery. Now underway with completion scheduled for spring 2025, when re-opened the new Wagner Park will include expansive lawns and gardens; education, community, dining, and programming spaces; public restrooms; beautiful views; and access for all.

SEE IT: SBPCR Fly-Through Animations

Questions and feedback about SBPCR can be sent to:

Katie MacDougall
Community Construction Liaison
(917) 624-5409
sbpcrinfo@bpca.ny.gov
or by mail:
Battery Park City Authority
200 Liberty Street, 24th Floor
New York, NY 10281
att: South BPC Resiliency Project Team


The North/West Battery Park City Resiliency Project (NWBPCR) contemplates the creation of an integrated coastal flood risk management system from First Place, north along the Battery Park City Esplanade, across to the east side of West Street/Route 9A, and terminate above Chambers Street at a high point on Greenwich Street. Work will proceed through a progressive design-build effort.

Questions and feedback about NWBPCR can be sent to nwbpcrinfo@bpca.ny.gov or:

Battery Park City Authority
200 Liberty Street, 24th Floor
New York, NY 10281
att: North/West BPC Resiliency Project Team

A third initiative, the BPC Ball Fields & Community Center Resiliency Project, now complete, entailed construction of an independent flood barrier system along the eastern, northern, and southern boundaries of the BPC Ball Fields. The approximately 800-linear foot barrier system protects the 80,000 square foot playing surface – used by some 50,000 local youth annually – and adjacent community center from the risks associated with storm surge and sea level rise.

SEE IT: BPC Ball Fields Resiliency

“From coastal resiliency and sustainable green practices to the preservation of affordable housing, world-class public art, and vibrant, year-round programming in award-winning public spaces, Battery Park City leads the way in many of the measures that makes cities livable.”

— Raju Mann, President & CEO