"Resiliency is one of the immediate priorities that’s facing Battery Park City. And we're trying to move this along as quickly as possible."

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 more than fifty 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 four interrelated resiliency projects to protect Battery Park City from the threats of storm surge and sea level rise:

The South Battery Park City Resiliency Project contemplates creation of a continuous flood barrier from the Museum of Jewish Heritage, through Wagner Park, across Pier A Plaza, and along the northern border of Historic Battery Park.

• November 1, 2018 public meeting notice
• View presentation from the November 1, 2019 public meeting

The BPC Ball Fields Resiliency Project envisions the design and construction of an independent, permanent flood barrier system along the eastern, northern and southern boundaries of the BPC Ball Fields.

• November 19, 2018 public meeting notice 
• View presentation from the November 19, 2018 Public Meeting

The North Battery Park City Resiliency Project will cover BPC’s North Esplanade and entail a deployable barrier crossing West Street / Route 9A. A Request for Proposals (RFP) was issued for the North BPC Resiliency Project on December 10, 2018, with responses due January 28, 2019.

• North Battery Park City Resiliency Project – Design Services – AD
• North Battery Park City Resiliency Project – Design Services – RFP

Finally, the Battery Park City Western Perimeter Resiliency Project will be achieved by employing garden/park walls to create a new line of flood protection along the water’s edge

More about these projects can be found here.

In addition to these ongoing infrastructure initiatives, BPCA has also completed a number of recovery and resiliency initiatives since Hurricane Sandy,, including:

• Flood resistant restoration of BPC Ball Fields and elevation of the electrical equipment
• Wet flood proofing rehabilitation of Pier A, incorporating resiliency elements (resulting in a 2015 New York Design Award; read more)
• Upgrade of street lights to be water resistant
• Infrastructure study, identifying all BPC flood vulnerabilities and recommending area and point flood protections
• Elevation of the Police Memorial electrical vaults above the flood zone (read more)
• Wagner Park study, creating a resiliency concept to connect with the City’s downtown resiliency measures on the eastern side of lower Manhattan
• Inventory of individual BPCA buildings’ resiliency measures
• Expanded flood insurance coverage for BPCA property and assets
• Implementation of IT disaster recovery system

More about these completed projects can be found here.

SUPPORTING MATERIALS

BPC Resiliency Projects: Community Updates

• BPC: DID YOU KNOW? | BALL FIELDS GEOTECHNICAL WORK
• Update to CB1’s Battery Park City Committee (November 7, 2018)
• Update to CB1’s Battery Park City Committee (October 3, 2018)
• VIDEO: Update at BPC’s Open Community Meeting (October 2, 2018)
• Update to CB1’s Battery Park City Committee (April 3, 2018)

South Battery Park City Resiliency Project (Request for Proposals)

• South Battery Park City Resiliency Project Design Services – AD (Proposal Due: 10/4/2017)
• South Battery Park City Resiliency Project Design Services  – RFP
• South Battery Park City Resiliency Project Design Services – Addendum #1
• South Battery Park City Resiliency Project Design Services – Addendum #2
• South Battery Park City Resiliency Project Design Services – Addendum #3
• South Battery Park City Resiliency Project Design Services – Addendum #4

South Battery Park City (Other Materials)

• Presentation to Manhattan CB 1 Waterfront, Parks & Resiliency Committee (June 2017)
• SUPPORT POURS IN FOR WAGNER PARK REDESIGN EFFORT
• Community Presentation (March / April 2017)
• Community Presentation (November / December 2016)
• Executive Summary – Wagner Park Site Assessment & South BPC Resiliency Plan

BPC Ball Fields Resiliency Project (Request for Proposals)

• Battery Park City Ballfield and Community Center Resiliency Design Services Project – AD (Proposal Due: 3/2/2018)
• Battery Park City Ballfield and Community Center Resiliency Design Services Project – RFP
• Battery Park City Ballfield and Community Center Resiliency Design Services Project – Addendum #1
• Battery Park City Ballfield and Community Center Resiliency Design Services Project – Addendum #2

Overall Battery Park City Resiliency

• BPC Resiliency Assessment Overview (March 2017)