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A park · Chelsea/West Side · on three of my lists

Hudson River Park.

Worth it, says Antonina. Hudson River Park is a sight to behold, especially considering what came before it.

Antonina Pattiz
Antonina PattizI went myself · from my list Best parks in New York
A brass band performs on a pier stage at sunset as people relax on the lawn overlooking the Hudson River and Manhattan skyline.
What this page is

Everything I’ve written about Hudson River Park on New York Dearest, in one place. It’s on three of my lists, from Best parks in New York beyond Central Park to Best fall foliage spots in New York. First what I go for and when I go, in my own words from those lists. Then my photographs of it and every list it’s on with what I wrote there. At the end, where it is and what’s near.

  1. Best parks in New York beyond Central ParkWorth it
  2. Best parks in New YorkWorth it
  3. Best fall foliage spots in New YorkOnly if

Before you go, in my words

Quoted from my own lists
What I go for

For visitors, I always recommend renting a Citi Bike and riding the whole path from the Financial District up to the Intrepid Museum.

From Best parks in New York beyond Central Park
When to go

Hudson River Park, stretching from Battery Park to 59th Street, spans 550 acres with stunning NYC fall foliage views. The wide paved paths are well-kept, making them popular with runners and walkers.

From Best fall foliage spots in New York
Worth it, says Antonina. Been? Say if you agree.

Hudson River Park, in my photographs

Three more from my visits

Where it appears on New York Dearest

Three of my lists
Worth it

It doesn’t feel like exercise. It feels like being in a movie about exercise.

What I wrote thereFold it away

Hudson River Park is the park that surprises people. It runs five miles along the west side of Manhattan from Battery Park City up to 59th Street and most of it is a gorgeous waterfront path with piers, playgrounds, gardens, and some of the best sunset views in the city.

I run here (okay, I jog here, let’s be honest) and it has completely ruined running anywhere else for me. You’re on a wide path right along the water with the New Jersey skyline across the river and boats going by and the Statue of Liberty in the distance. It doesn’t feel like exercise. It feels like being in a movie about exercise.

For visitors, I always recommend renting a Citi Bike and riding the whole path from the Financial District up to the Intrepid Museum. It takes about 45 minutes and you’ll see more of Manhattan’s west side than most tourists see in a week.

Read it on the list

Best parks in New York

No. 9 on that list
Worth it

Where Battery Park ends on the south, Hudson River Park begins and stretches all the way to 59th Street connecting with Riverside Park.

What I wrote thereFold it away

Where once there was derelict piers, mostly empty parking lots, and a sprawling asphalt wasteland, now lies one of the best parks in New York City. Hudson River Park is a sight to behold, especially considering what came before it.

Where Battery Park ends on the south, Hudson River Park begins and stretches all the way to 59th Street connecting with Riverside Park. Spanning 550 acres along four glorious miles of the Hudson River, this another one of the best New York City Parks for amazing waterfront views.

Wide, well-maintained paved paths stretch the length of the park making for the most popular running and biking route on the west side of Manhattan. The piers have now been converted into beautiful green spaces with recreational fields, driving ranges, bars, restaurants, and a tons of playgrounds.

Read it on the list
Only if

You can people-watch to your heart’s content with a cup of good coffee in hand under the canopy of New York City’s fall foliage.

What I wrote thereFold it away

Hudson River Park, stretching from Battery Park to 59th Street, spans 550 acres with stunning NYC fall foliage views. The wide paved paths are well-kept, making them popular with runners and walkers. You can people-watch to your heart’s content with a cup of good coffee in hand under the canopy of New York City’s fall foliage.

Perhaps the most famous section of the park is the recently-opened Little Island, one of the most unique parks in New York City. The views are spectacular and the experience feels like being on an adult playground. In fact, more than 400 acres of Hudson River Park is located on piers that stretch over the water.

Read it on the list

Where it is, and what’s near

Worth it, within a ten-minute walk
Open it on my map
Nearby, from my lists
On The Best of New York

I put Hudson River Park on two of my best lists.

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