Vehicular Security Center

Vehicular Security Center
Vehicular Security Center
	Entrance, seen in September 2018
General information
Status	Completed
Location	150 Liberty Street; Manhattan, New York City
Country	United States
Coordinates	40°42′37″N 74°0′49″W / 40.71028°N 74.01361°W
Construction started	November 10, 2011; 13 years ago
Completed	2013; 11 years ago
Opened	2017; 7 years ago (Liberty Park completed)
Cost	$667 million; ($903 million in 2023 dollars)
Owner	Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Height	25 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]