Vehicular Security Center

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Vehicular Security Center
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Entrance, seen in September 2018
Vehicular Security Center
General information
StatusCompleted
Location150 Liberty Street
Manhattan, New York City
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 40°42′37″N74°0′49″W / 40.71028°N 74.01361°W / 40.71028; -74.01361
Construction started2011;11 years ago (2011)
Completed2013;9 years ago (2013)
Opened2017;5 years ago (2017) (Liberty Park completed)
Cost$667 million
($803 million in 2021 dollars [1] )
Owner Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Height25 ft (7.6 m) (above street-level)

The World Trade Center Vehicle Security Center and Tour Bus Parking Facility, or simply the Vehicular Security Center (VSC), is a secure complex for truck delivery and underground parking at the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York City. [2] [3] The entrance to the VSC is located at street-level along the southern edge of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum on Liberty Street. The VSC is connected via tunnels that feed the entire 16-acre (65,000 m2) WTC complex, linking the security checkpoint at its entrance with the buildings and services at the complex requiring vehicular services. Underground garages provide parking for tenants, visitors, and tour buses. [4]

Liberty Park, an elevated 1-acre (4,000 m2) park, is on the roof of the VSC. [5] St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, which was destroyed during the September 11 attacks, was rebuilt in Liberty Park above the VSC. [6] [7]

In 2010 a ship from the eighteenth century was found during excavation work at the site. The ship, believed to be a Hudson River sloop, was found just south of where the Twin Towers used to stand, about 20 feet (6.1 m) below the surface. [8]

Five World Trade Center is planned to be built adjacent to the southern edge of the VSC and Liberty Park, on the site of the former Deutsche Bank Building. [9] It was approved in February 2021. [10]

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