Lower Manhattan Coastal Resiliency Project

The Lower Manhattan Coastal Resiliency (LMCR) Project is an integrated coastal protection initiative aimed at reducing flood risk due to coastal storms and sea level rise in Lower Manhattan. The LMCR Project area spans the Lower Manhattan coast and seeks to increase resiliency while preserving access to the waterfront and integrating with public space.

Informed by the Lower Manhattan Climate Resilience Study, New York City has identified a set of strategies to build resilience in Lower Manhattan. The City, State, and the Federal government have committed over $2.7B in capital investments for the following coastal protection projects:

• Brooklyn Bridge-Montgomery Coastal Resilience (2026 completion)
• South Battery Park City Resiliency Project (2026 completion)
• The Battery Coastal Resilience (2027 completion)
• Seaport Coastal Resilience (2029 completion)
• North West Battery Park City Resiliency Project (2030 completion)
  

The recommendations of the Lower Manhattan Climate Resilience Study also included developing a plan to extend the Manhattan shoreline into the East River to protect the low-lying and highly constrained Seaport and Financial District area. The Financial District and Seaport Climate Resilience Master Plan, released in December 2021, is a shared City-community vision for a resilient 21st-century waterfront. Since the release of the Master Plan, NYCEDC and the City have made great progress to turn this ambitious vision into a project ready for implementation: Design has progressed to the 30 percent milestone, allowing the project to begin environmental review, and the City has identified innovative funding and financing strategies to make this plan a reality. In 2025, NYCEDC and the City released, Moving FiDi-Seaport Forward: Closing the Coastal Protection Gap, which highlights the latest design and implementation progress.