More recently, Battery Park City has become home to many people working in other parts of New York, or across the river in New Jersey. They are moving here for the quality of life the neighborhood provides. Battery Park City is a perfect location for those who love the excitement that New York City offers. It has been referred to lovingly as New York's closest suburbs. Battery Park City, with its reputation for safety, has also become one of New York's great family neighborhoods.
Shopping is plentiful, and the school system is flourishing.
Stuyvesant High School has been open for a couple of years, and a kindergarten through eighth grade complex is scheduled to open next year. Also scheduled for construction in the near future is a multiplex movie theater.