What is Battery Park City?
[[File:Battery Park City panoramic.jpg|thumb|250px|Northernmost part of Battery Park City]] '''Battery Park City''' is a 92-acre (0.4&nbsp;[[Square kilometre|km²]]) planned community at the southwestern tip of [[Lower Manhattan]] in [[New York City]], [[United States]]. The land upon which it stands was created on the [[Hudson River]] using 1.2 million cubic yards (917,000 m3) of dirt and rocks excavated during the construction of the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] and certain other construction projects, as well as from sand dredged from [[New York Harbor]] off [[Staten Island]]. The neighborhood, which is the site of the [[World Financial Center]] along with many housing, commercial, and [[retail]] buildings, is named for adjacent Battery Park. Battery Park City is owned and managed by the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA), a public-benefit corporation created by [[New York State]] under the authority of the Urban Development Corporation. It was founded and ran by [[Charles J. Urstadt]]. Excess revenue from the area was to be contributed to other housing efforts, typically low-income projects in the [[Bronx]] and [[Harlem]]. ==Other websites== {{commons category}} *[http://www.batteryparkblog.com Battery Park Blog - Covering Battery Park City, the Financial District, and Tribeca] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110322135127/http://www.batteryparkblog.com/ |date=2011-03-22 }} *[http://www.batteryparkcity.com Battery Park City News, Events & Food] *[http://www.batteryparkcity.org Battery Park City Authority] {{Webarchive|url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20021202211316/http%3A//www.batteryparkcity.org/ |date=2002-12-02 }} {{coord|40.712687|-74.015665|region:US_type:landmark|display=title}} {{US-geo-stub}} [[Category:Manhattan]] [[Category:Neighborhoods of New York City]]