Battery Park, a 25 acre public park on Manhattan's southern tip is a great place to start a tour of the island or sit down and relax, like the people in this 1970s photo from our Documerica collection Read more.
It's hard to over-sell this weekly flea. Amazing food, good (albeit often overpriced) vintage wares and a good place to people watch.
Can be a little crowded and intense but if you get a table, order the Ile Flottante (floating island) - a French dessert with meringue floating in crème anglaise (a vanilla custard).
