(Originally posted June 3, 2015) The Battery’s long-awaited colorful Seaglass Carousel with fish instead of horses will “definitely” open sometime next month, a Battery Conservancy spokesperson told Downtown Express Tuesday.
Attendees of the conservancy’s annual gala Monday night got the first glimpse of the fish all lit up.
“It was very exciting to see it in play for the first time,” said a second source.
She said the carousel, open until 10 p.m., will cost $5 per ticket and will no doubt draw Downtown families, tourists and couples from all over.
“It’s absolutely beautiful at night,” she said. “It’s very romantic.”
The exact opening date in July has not yet been announced. About two-dozen more fishes are expected to be delivered.
In March, a Battery rep told Community Board 1’s Financial District Committee that the carousel would open Memorial Day.
Officially, Battery Park is now known as simply The Battery, under a change the city Parks Dept. quietly made in February, the New York Times reported last week. The idea is to limit confusion with the park’s next-door neighbor, Battery Park City.
