Best PlacesBattery Park, Manhattan, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Battery Park, Manhattan, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Battery Park, Manhattan ranks 2nd of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Battery Park, Manhattan
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Battery Park, Manhattan's strengths and weaknesses
Where Battery Park, Manhattan ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
Where Battery Park, Manhattan ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 9% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than only 15% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Battery Park, Manhattan
A household needs to earn about $435,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Battery Park, Manhattan home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $232,673, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Battery Park, Manhattan's effective rate of 0.96%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Battery Park, Manhattan
Battery Park, Manhattan's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Battery Park, Manhattan.
Who works in Battery Park, Manhattan, and how
Work in Battery Park, Manhattan centers on finance & insurance and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 10%
- Work from home 27%
- Transit, walk, or bike 63%
Life in Battery Park, Manhattan
Battery Park, Manhattan has more restaurants and bars per resident than 85% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 10 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Battery Park, Manhattan and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Battery Park, Manhattan, month by month
Battery Park, Manhattan sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 35° | 28° |
| April | 65° | 53° | 44° |
| July | 88° | 78° | 70° |
| October | 69° | 60° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Battery Park, Manhattan
Newark Liberty International sits about 8 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 23.5 million passengers in 2025, with 242 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Battery Park, Manhattan
Schools across Battery Park, Manhattan average an A+, better than 99% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Brooklyn School Of InquiryA+ · 93% proficient
- Ps 89A+ · 88% proficient
- Battery Park City SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mark Twain Is 239 For The Gifted And TalentedA+ · 83% proficient
- Is 289A+ · 70% proficient
- Knowledge And Power Preparatory Academy ViC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Stuyvesant High SchoolA+ · 100% proficient
- Professional Pathways High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Battery Park, Manhattan school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Battery Park, Manhattan measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Battery Park, Manhattan against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Battery Park, Manhattan
Is Battery Park, Manhattan a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Battery Park, Manhattan ranks 2nd of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on walkability, transit, and big-city access, and lowest on taxes and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Battery Park, Manhattan expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,627,862. The overall cost of living runs about 107% above the national average. Set against a $232,673 median income, cost of living beats 89% of neighborhoods.
Is Battery Park, Manhattan safe?
Yes, Battery Park, Manhattan is safer than 88% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $255 per resident a year.
Compare Battery Park, Manhattan with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Battery Park, Manhattan. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Battery Park, Manhattan represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Battery Park, Manhattan detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Battery Park, Manhattan: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Battery Park, Manhattan: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Battery Park, Manhattan: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Battery Park, Manhattan: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Battery Park, Manhattan detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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