Battery Park City

Apartments & Real Estate

Since Battery Park City is a relatively new neighborhood, pretty much all buildings here (with the exception of those on the neighborhood's eastern border) were constructed in the last 30 years. Most apartments are one- and two- bedrooms.

Selected Rental Buildings

• 22 River Terrace (Battery Park City) {3 available apts}
  A modern high-rise concierge building offering a gym and laundry facilities.
• Le Rivage (21 West Street, Battery Park City) {3 available apts}
  Built in 1926 in the Art Deco style, restored and converted in 1998. Architectural details abound in the halls, lobby and elevators.
• Post Towers (75 West Street, Battery Park City) {2 available apts}
  The building is named Post Towers after The New York Post, for which it was built in 1926. The Post left it in 1970, and the Bank of New York used it until 1996.
• Tribeca Green (325 North End Avenue, Battery Park City) {8 available apts}
  An "eco-friendly" luxury rental building.
• Tribeca Pointe (41 River Terrace, Battery Park City) {1 available apt}
  A modern high-rise concierge elevator building offering a gym and a children's play area.

See all Battery Park City Rental Apartment Buildings (17 buildings)

Selected No-Fee Rental Listings

• $3,595 1-Bedroom at Tribeca Green
  available 05/Sep/2010 posted 05/Sep/2010.
• $3,895 1-Bedroom at 88 Greenwich Street
  available 11/Oct/2010 posted 03/Sep/2010.
• $2,250 Studio at Gateway Plaza
  available 05/Sep/2010 posted 02/Sep/2010.
• $2,600 1-Bedroom at Post Towers
  available 01/Oct/2010 posted 02/Sep/2010.
• $1,840 Studio at 110 Greenwich Street
  available 05/Sep/2010 posted 01/Sep/2010.

See all Battery Park City No Fee Rental Apartments (83 total)

Condo & Co-op Buildings

• Liberty Court (200 Rector Place, Battery Park City) {4 available apts}
  A post-war high-rise concierge condo building offering a gym, a pool, a garage and laundry facilities.
• Liberty House (375-377 Rector Place, Battery Park City) {2 available apts}
  A high-rise concierge condo building offering laundry facilities.
• Ocean 1 West (17 Battery Place, Battery Park City) {2 available apts}
  A mixed-use, office (lower floors) and residential (from 13th floor) building - these sections have separate entrances. When it was built in the early 1900's, it was the large....

See all Battery Park City Condo Apartment Buildings (21 buildings)

Historical Notes

Battery Park City is a relatively new neighborhood created in the late 1970's when the original World Trade Center was being built. Battery Park City was planned from the beginning as a residential community for WTC and Wall Street workers. At least 1/3 of the land mass of Battery Park City was actually created artificially using the soil dug up from the World Trade Center foundation.

The neighborhood was seriously affected by the September 11 2001 tragedy. Many of its residential buildings were evacuated. However, since then practically all buildings have been thoroughly cleaned, the infrastructure fixed and services reestablished.

Synopsis

The neighborhood is extremely convenient for Wall Streeters as well as people working in Jersey City. If you like the lifestyle (which, by the way, doesn't feel like Manhattan at all) and the location but are a little paranoid about the environmental risks from the September 11 event, make sure you get an air purifier that can catch all the bad particles (down to the smallest possible size) that may have been potentially left in the building.

Eventually, when the World Trade Center is rebuilt, the neighborhood will be once again transformed into something completely new.

Links and Resources

• www.batteryparkcity.org - the 'official' web site