Self-Guided Tour

Use this interactive map to follow the walking route and explore landmarks

Highlights

1) Netherland Monument

A flagstaff monument commemorating the 1624 Dutch founding of New Amsterdam, the predecessor of New York City.

2) Salvation Army Monument

A street-side monument honoring the arrival of the Salvation Army in the United States at The Battery in 1880.

3) Walloon Settlers' Monument

A ten-foot-tall granite stele, designed by noted architect Henry Bacon, commemorating the Walloon Settlers, a group of 32 Belgian Huguenot families who joined the Dutch in 1624 on the ship Nieu Nederland to colonize New Amsterdam.

4) Peter Caesar Alberti Marker

A plaque donated by the Italian Historical Society of America in honor of Peter Caesar Alberti, the first Italian settler in New Amsterdam who arrived on June 2, 1635.

5) Giovanni Da Verrazzano Statue

Bronze monument celebrating the Italian explorer who first entered New York Harbor in 1524.

6) Korean War Veterans Memorial

A black granite "cut-out" memorial honoring military personnel who served in the Korean War (1950 - 1953).

7) American Merchant Mariners Memorial

Memorial depicting merchant mariners rescuing a shipmate, dedicated to those who served America at sea in wartime from the Revolutionary War through the present day.

8) Norwegian Veterans Memorial

Monument honoring Norwegian merchant mariners and naval personnel who died during World War II.

9) Castle Clinton

Historic fort, immigration station, and former aquarium that now serves as a national monument and ferry gateway.

10) The Immigrants

Bronze sculpture celebrating the diverse peoples—an Eastern European Jew, a freed African slave, a priest, and a worker—whose journeys shaped New York City.

11) Admiral George Dewey Memorial

The Dewey Memorial commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Manila Bay, fought on May 1, 1898.

12) Bosque Fountain & Gardens

A shaded grove featuring a spiral fountain and landscaped gardens for relaxation and play.

13) Gardens of Remembrance

The Gardens of Remembrance pay tribute to those who died on September 11, 2001, and to the thousands of survivors who fled to safety by boarding ferries departing from The Battery.

14) East Coast Memorial

World War II memorial listing the names of 4,601 American servicemen lost in the Atlantic Ocean.

15) Coast Guard Memorial

A tribute to the courage and sacrifice of the U.S. Coast Guard personnel who have served and protected the nation's waters.

16) SeaGlass Carousel

A whimsical fish-themed carousel where illuminated sea creatures appear to glide through an underwater world.

17) Porkchop Bulldog Statue

A playful bronze sculpture of a bulldog honoring their role as bootleggers in the Prohibition Era

18) Battery Playscape

A nature-inspired adventure playground featuring slides, climbing areas, water play, and sand.

19) Peter Minuit Plaza

A plaza named for the Dutch West India Company’s Director of New Netherland (1626-1631), famed for “purchasing” Manhattan Island from the Lenape tribe of Native Americans.

20) John Wolfe Ambrose Statue

Bust honoring the engineer who developed New York Harbor's deep shipping channels.

21) Wireless Operators Memorial

Memorial commemorating wireless radio operators who lost their lives at sea, including Titanic operator Jack Phillips.

22) John Ericsson Statue

Statue honoring the Swedish-American engineer who designed the Civil War ironclad USS Monitor.

23) Battery Park Cannon

This 17th-century cannon was unearthed in Lower Manhattan in 1892 near the site of the colonial fortification known as Oyster Pasty.