The Battery Labyrinth
Seth Kugel, The New York Times Frugal Traveler chose The Battery Labyrinth as one of the “5 Hidden Gems of New York City.” He writes: “The Labyrinth for Contemplation in Battery Park. Just under a decade has passed since inlaid stones were placed in the form of a circular labyrinth in a grove of cedar trees, but somehow, I’d been to Battery Park at least a dozen times since then and never noticed it. But after a friend tipped me off, there it was in plain sight, just east of the striking cut-out of a soldier at the Korean War Veterans Memorial and just northeast of Castle Clinton, where you get your tickets for the Statue of Liberty. The labyrinth is not a maze, really – there’s only one route through, and you can’t get lost – but something about having to follow the path transports you out of downtown Manhattan and into your own thoughts — though look up and you can see the Statue of Liberty in one direction and the rising One World Trade Center in the other.”
