Battle Hill (Brooklyn)

Battle Hill is the highest natural point in Brooklyn, New York, United States, at 216 feet (66 m) above sea level.

Battle Hill, located in what is today Green-Wood Cemetery, received its name from the battle which occurred on its slopes between American troops under the immediate command of General Samuel Holden Parsons and British troops under the command of General James Grant.

The Americans inflicted the largest number of casualties against the British troops on the slopes of Battle Hill.

Several monuments are sited on the hill, most prominent being the bronze statue Altar to Liberty: Minerva by sculptor Frederick Ruckstull, sponsored by local businessman Charles M. Higgins in 1920.

Minerva faces the Statue of Liberty across the harbor, and there has been a community effort to make this a protected view, a distinction so far only held in New York City by the Brooklyn Heights Promenade.