Which Trees Will Be Cut in Your Neighborhood?

BPCA's own maps show every tree marked for removal across 7 neighborhoods. The reality may be even worse.

These maps are BPCA's own latest "N/WBPCR Project Tree Impacts Map," posted to bpcresiliency.info in May 2026.[1] Each reach shows both the FEIS (May 2025) baseline and the current count after the December 2025 Technical Memorandum. Project-wide, removals rose from 435 (FEIS) to 502 (current map), with the biggest jump along Route 9A in Tribeca (+54 trees).

How to read these maps

Any tree that is not green — red, brown, or gray — is poised to be removed. In some areas like South Esplanade and Ferry Terminal, the overwhelming majority of trees are marked for removal.

The maps also mark "trees to be transplanted," but only 17 out of 500 trees (less than 4%) are even being considered for transplanting[2] — and the transplant color is so close to the removal color on these maps that it's effectively impossible to distinguish them.

Map Legend

Existing tree to remain

Construction tree removal

Conditions tree removal (poor health)

Tree to be transplanted

Neighborhood	FEIS (May 2025)	Current (May 2026)	% of local trees
Route 9A / West St / Tribeca	65	119	—
North Esplanade	30	29	—
N. Neighborhood / Rockefeller Park	35	37	—
Ferry Terminal / Lily Pond	25	26	~54%
Brookfield Place / North Cove	120	121	—
South Esplanade	125	139	~80%
South Neighborhood / South Cove	35	31	—
Total	435	502	~42% of all trees

South Neighborhood / South Cove

31 trees marked for removal around South Cove (was 35 in FEIS).

This is where the plan is most advanced — and where you can see the impact in real life. Trees have already been cleared and machinery is on the ground. This is what the rest of Battery Park City's waterfront could look like.

Before

Now

South Battery Park now — trees cleared, construction machinery on site

South Neighborhood / South Cove tree impact map — 31 trees marked for removal (was 35 in FEIS)

Source: BPCA N/WBPCR Project Tree Impacts Map (May 2026), Reach 7. Click to enlarge.

South Esplanade

139 trees marked for removal (was 125 in FEIS) — ~80% of all trees along the esplanade.

The hardest-hit neighborhood. Roughly 4 out of every 5 trees along the waterfront from Kowsky Plaza to Regatta Residences are marked for removal.

South Esplanade tree impact map — 139 trees marked for removal (was 125 in FEIS), about 80% of all trees in this area

Source: BPCA N/WBPCR Project Tree Impacts Map (May 2026), Reach 6. Click to enlarge.

Brookfield Place / North Cove

121 trees marked for removal in the Brookfield Place area (was 120 in FEIS).

A net loss of ~35 trees. This reach loses 121 trees but only gets 85 replacements[4] — one of the neighborhoods where BPCA's "net positive" framing falls apart.

Brookfield Place tree impact map — 121 trees marked for removal

Source: BPCA N/WBPCR Project Tree Impacts Map (May 2026), Reach 5. Click to enlarge.

Ferry Terminal / Lily Pond

26 trees marked for removal — ~54% of all trees in the Ferry Terminal area.

More than half the trees gone. The dense cluster of red dots along 300 Vesey St is particularly striking — nearly every tree along that stretch is marked for removal.

Ferry Terminal tree impact map — 26 trees marked for removal, about 54% of trees in this area

Source: BPCA N/WBPCR Project Tree Impacts Map (May 2026), Reach 4. Click to enlarge.

Route 9A / West St / Tribeca

119 trees marked for removal along the Route 9A corridor (was 65 in FEIS — nearly doubled).

The biggest post-FEIS jump — and the worst ratio. The December 2025 Technical Memorandum bumped this reach from 65 to 115 removals, with the May 2026 map adding 4 more (now 119). Only 80 trees will be planted in return[4] — a net loss of ~39 trees.

Route 9A / West St / Tribeca tree impact map — 119 trees marked for removal (was 65 in FEIS)

Source: BPCA N/WBPCR Project Tree Impacts Map (May 2026), Reach 1. Click to enlarge.

North Neighborhood / Rockefeller Park

37 trees marked for removal around Rockefeller Park and the ball courts.

Source: BPCA N/WBPCR Project Tree Impacts Map (May 2026), Reach 3. Click to enlarge.

North Esplanade

29 trees marked for removal along the North Esplanade near Tribeca Pointe and Stuyvesant High School.

Source: BPCA N/WBPCR Project Tree Impacts Map (May 2026), Reach 2. Click to enlarge.

500 mature trees don't have to be cut. BPCA has never even applied for the federal variance that could save them. Demand a pause.

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Sources

BPCA — N/WBPCR Project Tree Impacts Map (May 2026) — updated per-reach tree impact maps with side-by-side FEIS (May 2025) and CURRENT counts; published on bpcresiliency.info /construction-updates
BPCA Final EIS — Response to Comments (May 2025) — Table 10-1: revised count of 435 trees removed, 450 planted
BPCA Final EIS — Executive Summary (May 2025) — ES-18: DEIS commitment to explore FEMA variance process struck from Final EIS (visible in strikethrough text)
BPCA Final EIS — Chapter 3.5 Natural Resources (May 2025) — 1,181 trees inventoried; "no significant adverse impact" determination
BPCA Post-FEIS Technical Memorandum (December 19, 2025) — Table 3: per-reach tree removal and replacement counts, raising the project total from 435/450 to 500/525