battery park
Buses skipping stops to shut down ticket scammers
It’s not shuttle diplomacy. A lower Manhattan bus operator is now bypassing five stops on its free service to thwart ticket scammers, who have been hawking fake passes to unsuspecting...
Landmark office building One Broadway sold for $140M
Number One Broadway, a landmarked office building at the tip of lower Manhattan, is being sold to Midtown Equities for $140 million. The 218,000-square-foot building sits at the foot of...
Mom sues DOE for dismissing son's bullying complaints
A Manhattan mom is suing the Department of Education for $2 million after administrators dismissed her fifth-grader’s complaints that a male student humped him while pinning him down at the...
Comptroller wants to use Battery Park money to fund NYCHA
Comptroller Scott Stringer wants to tap into millions of dollars raised by the Battery Park City Authority each year to help fund the New York City Housing Authority's crumbling infrastructure....
Ex-worker arrested for armed Battery Park carousel robbery
A disgruntled ex-employee of the SeaGlass Carousel in Battery Park stole $3,000 from the fish-themed carousel with his brother -- but the siblings failed in their ferry getaway attempt to...
Cops believe these two men were involved in downtown shooting
Police believe the two men pictured may have been involved in a broad daylight shooting near Battery Park that left two people — including an innocent bystander — shot, authorities...
Innocent woman caught in crossfire as gunfire erupts downtown
An innocent bystander was shot when two men selling tickets to the Statue of Liberty fire shots at each other near Battery Park on Monday afternoon, NYPD sources said Monday....
Tour boat ticket sellers attack Hungarian tourist
Two boat tour ticket sellers working in Battery Park assaulted a Hungarian tourist on Saturday, police said. One of the suspects ran when police approached. The other was caught and...
Truck driver pummeled by 'show time' dancer in turf dispute
A street performer bloodied a deliveryman in Manhattan Wednesday because he drove his truck through their turf in Battery Park, witnesses said. The driver was carrying ice and other items...
Relax at the lush new Battery Oval downtown this weekend
There is now a lot less asphalt and a whole lot more grass in Battery Park. The 90,000-square-foot oval at the Broadway entrance to the park is now totally green...
Doorman told to work 16-hour shift after dealing with 2 tenant deaths: suit
A doorman is suing his former bosses at a Battery Park City apartment complex, saying they subjected him to a week from hell — sending him to deal with a...
NYPD targets Battery Park hustlers who prey on tourists
The NYPD is planning a Times Square-style crackdown on the hustlers who prey on naive tourists visiting Battery Park -- a problem first exposed by The Post. Police Commissioner Bill...
Woman caught on video attacking boyfriend with stun gun
A quarreling couple who sell tickets for competing tourist boat tours got into a nasty dispute in Battery Park Saturday that ended with the angry woman chasing and zapping her...
The perfect new seafood spot to keep your summer alive
The things that most catch your eye inside Pier A Harbor House’s ground-floor eating venue Mix are the antique gauges — scores of them, hung all over the place, each...
How do you solve a problem like de Blasio?
Mayor de Blasio last week moved to bring law and order — well, a semblance of order — to Times Square, the Battery and Coney Island. Scores of cops will...
You have to see NYC's new $16 million carousel
What goes around, comes around — and the best place for that is on a carousel. Witness Holden Caulfield, whose happiest moments in “The Catcher in the Rye” were watching...
'Heart' of Battery Park is being punctured
The highly respected longtime executive director of the Battery Park City Parks Conservancy is being pushed out, according to sources — a step with potentially huge implications for the successful...
Fisherman catches shark in Hudson River
You’re definitely NOT gonna need a bigger boat for this shark. A mini Jaws was captured in the Hudson River on Thursday by amateur fisherman Wu Zhen, who got a...
Scammers who prey on tourists run rampant in Manhattan
Ripping off gullible tourists is big business for a stubborn army of ticket scalpers who ply the South Street Seaport, Battery Park and the World Trade Center site. The hustlers...
'Wolf of Wall Street'-style coke party at jumper's luxury apartment: cops
Evidence of an epic, cocaine-fueled party straight out "The Wolf of Wall Street" has been discovered inside the million-dollar apartment of an investment banker who plunged to his death, law...