Whats the default path for static files in Angular2?

According to the current angular-cli readme (v1.0.1):

You use the assets array in angular-cli.json to list files or folders you want to copy as-is when building your project:

"assets": [
  "assets",
  "favicon.ico"
]

By default the assets folder is configured for this, so you can place your files into a structure like

├── src
.   ├── assets
.   .   ├── file1.txt
.   .   ├── img
    .   │   └── image1.png
        └── css

and serve them from url path /img/image1.png etc.

If you’re not happy with the default option, add a folder name of your choice to angular-cli.json, i.e.

"assets": [
  "static",
  ...
]

Create the ./src/static/ folder for your files and serve analogously to the default.