“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

BPC Ball Fields & Community Center Resiliency Project

The BPC Ball Fields & Community Center Resiliency Project, which is 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.

The BPC Ball Fields and Community Center Resiliency Project is the 2023 recipient of the American Society of Civil Engineers Metropolitan Section’s Sustainability Project of the Year award. This award is presented in recognition of a project which exhibits innovative environmentally sustainable aspects that benefit its users and the public.

– WATCH: BPCA President & CEO B.J. Jones describes the completed construction of resiliency measures at the BPC Ball Fields
– Seen & Heard: Flood wall at the fields (Tribeca Citizen)
– BATTERY PARK CITY AUTHORITY IMPLEMENTS FLOOD PROTECTION MEASURES AT BPC BALL FIELDS
– BPC Ball Fields – Decorative Elements Review with Manhattan CB1 (May 2020)
– Final Plan Shown for Ball Fields Barrier Against the Next Big Storm (Tribeca Trib)
– September 26, 2019 public meeting presentation | Video
– September 26, 2019 public meeting notice
– Protecting the BPC Ball Fields: Work on Flood Barriers to Begin in Early 2020 (Tribeca Trib)
– BPC: Did You Know | Ball Field Temporary Flood Barriers
– July 25, 2019 public meeting presentation | Video
– July 25, 2019 public meeting notice
– BPC Ball Fields Resiliency — Public Meeting Summary
– March 21, 2019 public meeting presentation | Video
– March 21, 2019 public meeting notice
– November 19, 2018 public meeting presentation
– November 19, 2018 public meeting notice
– Planning Begins to Protect Ball Fields from Next Ravaging Storm (Tribeca Trib)
– Authority pitches anti-flood walls for B.P.C. ball fields (The Villager)

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

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