Construction is progressing on the South Battery Park City Resiliency Project (SBPCRP) in Battery Park, Manhattan. Led by architect and engineer AECOM, the project is one component of the 3.5-mile-long Lower Manhattan Coastal Resiliency (LMCR) master plan to reduce the risk of flood damage from storm events like Hurricane Sandy. Hugh L. Carey Battery Park City Authority is listed as the owner of the development.
A significant amount of work is unfolding between Pier A and the easternmost end of Battery Place, near the intersection with Broadway and State Street. The first sections of the new reinforced concrete storm surge walls have been formed and are being clad in smooth and rough-hewn stone laid in a diagonal bond pattern. Dirt will eventually be placed behind the walls to create sloped garden beds that will add another layer of protection against storm surges.
South Battery Park City Resiliency Project. Photo by Michael Young.
South Battery Park City Resiliency Project. Photo by Michael Young.
South Battery Park City Resiliency Project. Photo by Michael Young.
South Battery Park City Resiliency Project. Photo by Michael Young.
South Battery Park City Resiliency Project. Photo by Michael Young.
South Battery Park City Resiliency Project. Photo by Michael Young.
South Battery Park City Resiliency Project. Photo by Michael Young.
South Battery Park City Resiliency Project. Photo by Michael Young.
Stacked on site are multiple pallets of gray stone slabs that will be used to form new steps leading down to the waterfront.
South Battery Park City Resiliency Project. Photo by Michael Young.
Additional work is taking place at the front entrance to Pier A.
South Battery Park City Resiliency Project. Photo by Michael Young.
The following photo shows one of the deployable flood gates installed in a new wall directly across from 1 West Street.
South Battery Park City Resiliency Project. Photo by Michael Young.
The following diagrams and renderings detail the layout of the storm surge barriers and preview the landscaping that will populate the revised park upon completion.
Diagram courtesy of BPCA.
Rendering courtesy of BPCA.
Additional phases will address the remainder of Battery Park City, as depicted below. Work on South Cove began in March 2026 and is expected to conclude in spring 2028; the South Esplanade also began work this spring, and is expected to last 50 months; and the North Cove is starting work this quarter and is projected to take 57 months. Further phases include the 43-month revisions of the West Street Crossing and North Esplanade, both set to commence in Q3 2026; the 43-month reinforcement of Belvedere Plaza, beginning in Q1 2027; and the 28-month project at Rockefeller Park, expected to kick off in Q2 of 2028.
These reinforced plazas and esplanades will eventually link with the newly revamped Robert Wagner Park, which reopened to the public on July 29, 2025.
The North/West Battery Park City Resiliency Project. Diagram courtesy of BPCA.
Construction on the Battery Park City Resiliency Project began in late 2025, and is anticipated to be completed at the end of 2030.
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I’m really waiting for the next big storm to come through and all these projects having zero effect.
These resiliency projects remind me of Moses’s slim clearance efforts. “We have to destroy the neighborhood to save it.”
Weird wild stuff