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) {6 available apts}
  A modern high-rise concierge building.
• Le Rivage (21 West Street, Battery Park City) {4 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) {13 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) {4 available apts}
  An "eco-friendly" luxury rental building.
• Tribeca Park (400 Chambers Street, Battery Park City) {8 available apts}
  A high-rise concierge building.

See all Battery Park City Rental Apartment Buildings (20 buildings)

Selected No-Fee Rental Listings

• $1,750 Studio at 110 Greenwich Street available 07/Nov/2009 posted 05/Nov/2009.
• $2,550 1-Bedroom at Le Rivage available 07/Nov/2009 posted 05/Nov/2009.
• $2,900 1-Bedroom at Tribeca Pointe posted 05/Nov/2009.
• $2,495 Studio at Tribeca Park available 30/Nov/2009 posted 04/Nov/2009.
• $1,757 Studio at Gateway Plaza available 07/Nov/2009 posted 03/Nov/2009.

See all Battery Park City No Fee Rental Apartments (112 total)

Condo & Co-op Buildings

• Liberty Court (200 Rector Place, Battery Park City) {4 available apts}
  A post-war high-rise concierge building.
• Liberty House (375-377 Rector Place, Battery Park City) {3 available apts}
  A high-rise concierge building.
• Liberty Terrace (376-380 Rector Place, Battery Park City) {4 available apts}
  A post-war high-rise concierge building.

See all Battery Park City Condo Apartment Buildings (18 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

News and Updates

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