Join us for the inaugural NYC Highland Dance Competition, open to competitive dancers from Primary to Premier and recreational/pre-competitive dancers for a “demonstration” event!

We look forward to welcoming you to the hustle and bustle of Manhattan for a fun day of dance during NYC Tartan Week 2025!

Transportation Options

Battery Park City School is located in crowded, downtown Manhattan, and therefore does not have associated parking. Dancers will only need to bring their costumes and will not need to supply their own tents, chairs, or warm up mats, so we recommend arriving via public transit! The competition will provide changing areas and dancers will have a large gym with wood floors to warm up in, separate from the competition auditorium.

Battery Park City School is conveniently located near a multitude of subway, train, and ferry options:

• 7 min walk from the Rector St subway station (1 train)

• 7 min walk from the Bowling Green subway station (4 train)

• 10 min walk from the Whitehall St-South Ferry subway station (F, N, R, trains)

• 11 min walk from the Staten Island Ferry Terminal

• 17 min walk from the Battery Park City / Brookfield Place Ferry Terminal (serviced by the NYC ferry)

Public transit options if traveling from outside NYC:

• Take the PATH train from New Jersey to the World Trade Center and transfer to the 1 or 4 train

• Take Amtrak, New Jersey Transit, or the Long Island Rail Road to Penn Station and transfer to the 1 train

• Take Metro North or the Long Island Rail Road to Grand Central Station and transfer to the 4 train

• Take the New York Waterway ferry from Hoboken or Jersey City to the Battery Park City / Brookfield Place Ferry Terminal

• Transfer from the Port Authority Bus Terminal to the 1, N, or R train

Parking options:

• Limited free street parking is available

• Paid parking is available at the nearby Battery Gateway Garage. Please note, daily reservations do not allow for multiple in/out privileges. You may prebook here.

Nearby Attractions - Explore Historic Downtown Manhattan!

• Ferries to Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island National Monument: 6 min walk

• Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian: 6 min walk

• Bowling Green (Manhattan’s oldest park; the site of the sale of Manhattan to the Dutch in 1626): 7 min walk

• The Charging Bull Statue: 8 min walk

• Brookfield Place Mall: 10 min walk

• Staten Island Ferry (ride past the Statue of Liberty for free!): 11 min walk

• Fraunces Tavern (site of George Washington’s farewell to his officers at the end of the Revolutionary War): 11 min walk

• Trinity Church Wall Street (Alexander Hamilton’s Gravesite): 12 min walk

• New York Stock Exchange: 13 min walk

• Canyon of Heroes (Location for NYC Ticker Tape Parades): 15 min walk

• Federal Hall (site of George Washington’s presidential inauguration): 15 min walk

• One World Trade Center Observatory and 911 Memorial & Museum: 16 min walk