Editing Battery Park City (section)

== Transportation ==

Currently, the [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] provides bus service to the area. {{As of|2014|10}}, the {{NYC bus link|M9|M20|M22|prose=y}} bus lines service parts of Battery Park City, with the {{NYC bus link|M15|M15 SBS|prose=y}} nearby at Battery Park.<ref>{{Cite NYC bus map|M}}</ref> Additionally, the [[Downtown Alliance]] provides a free bus service<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.downtownny.com/getting-around/downtown-connection| title = Home - Downtown Alliance| access-date = August 19, 2012| archive-date = August 15, 2012| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120815150827/http://downtownny.com/getting-around/downtown-connection| url-status = live}}</ref> that runs along North End Avenue and South End Avenue, connecting the various residential complexes with subway stations on the other side of [[West Street (Manhattan)|West Street]].

There is currently no [[New York City Subway]] access in Battery Park City proper; however, the [[West Street pedestrian bridges]], as well as crosswalks across West Street, connect Battery Park City to subway stations and the [[Port Authority Trans-Hudson|PATH]] station in the nearby [[Financial District, Manhattan|Financial District]]. The West Concourse, a tunnel from Brookfield Place passing under West Street, also provides access from Battery Park City to the [[World Trade Center (PATH station)|World Trade Center]] PATH station, the [[WTC Cortlandt station]], and the [[Fulton Street station (New York City Subway)]].

The [[Battery Park City Ferry Terminal]] is at the foot of [[Vesey Street]] opposite the [[New York Mercantile Exchange]] and provides ferry transportation to various points in [[New Jersey]] via [[NY Waterway]], [[Seastreak]], and [[Liberty Water Taxi]] routes.<ref>{{cite web | title=Brookfield Place Terminal | website=NY Waterway | url=http://www.nywaterway.com/WorldFinancialCenterTerminal.aspx | access-date=January 12, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190112195041/http://www.nywaterway.com/WorldFinancialCenterTerminal.aspx | archive-date=January 12, 2019 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=New York City - New Jersey Commute By Seastreak Ferry |url=https://seastreak.com/ferry-routes-and-schedules/between-new-jersey-and-new-york-city/ |access-date=December 1, 2024 |website=Seastreak}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.libertylandingferry.com |title=Liberty Landing Ferry |website=Liberty Landing Ferry |access-date=December 1, 2024}}</ref> [[NYC Ferry]]'s St. George route, to [[West Midtown Ferry Terminal]] and [[St. George Terminal]], stops at Battery Park City Ferry Terminal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amny.com/transit/nyc-ferry-routes-1.25782023|title=NYC Ferry is adding 2 new routes|last=Barone|first=Vincent|date=January 10, 2019|website=am New York|access-date=January 11, 2019|archive-date=January 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111042323/https://www.amny.com/transit/nyc-ferry-routes-1.25782023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ny.curbed.com/2019/1/10/18177078/nyc-ferry-transportation-staten-island-coney-island|title=NYC Ferry will launch service to Staten Island, Coney Island|last=Plitt|first=Amy|date=January 10, 2019|website=Curbed NY|access-date=January 11, 2019|archive-date=January 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190112044224/https://ny.curbed.com/2019/1/10/18177078/nyc-ferry-transportation-staten-island-coney-island|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ferry.nyc/nycferry-2020-2021-service-route-expansion/|title=2020-2021 Expansion|website=New York City Ferry Service|access-date=January 11, 2019|archive-date=January 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111232547/https://www.ferry.nyc/nycferry-2020-2021-service-route-expansion/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The West Thames Street Bridge, one of the [[West Street pedestrian bridges]] connecting Battery Park City to the Financial District, was completed in 2019, replacing the older Rector Street Bridge.<ref name="Chung 2019">{{cite web | last=Chung | first=Lori | title=Battery Park City Residents Want Temporary Span to Stay | website=Spectrum News NY1 &#124; New York City | date=November 22, 2019 | url=https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2019/11/22/battery-park-city-rector-street-bridge-west-thames-community- | access-date=December 4, 2019 | archive-date=December 4, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204160818/https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2019/11/22/battery-park-city-rector-street-bridge-west-thames-community- | url-status=live }}</ref> On June 11, 2021, it was dedicated as the Robert F. Douglass Bridge. Its namesake, who died in 2016, was an early advocate for lower Manhattan as a senior advisor to Governor Nelson Rockefeller and later as a founding member and chairman of the Downtown Alliance and board member of the [[Lower Manhattan Development Corporation]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=NYCEDC, City and State Officials, and Lower Manhattan Community Celebrate Dedication of West Thames Street Bridge for Robert R. Douglass|url=https://edc.nyc/press-release/nycedc-city-and-state-officials-and-lower-manhattan-community-celebrate-dedication|access-date=July 22, 2021|website=edc.nyc|language=en|archive-date=July 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210722195609/https://edc.nyc/press-release/nycedc-city-and-state-officials-and-lower-manhattan-community-celebrate-dedication|url-status=live}}</ref>