Hudson River Park
in New York, United StatesCategory: Attraction
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Hudson River Park is a waterside park on the Hudson River that extends from 59th Street south to Battery Park in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Bicycle and pedestrian paths, including the Manhattan Waterfront Greenway, span the park north to south, opening up the waterfront for recreational use. The park includes tennis and soccer fields, batting cages, children's playground, dog run, and many other features. The parkland also incorporates several rebuilt North River piers along its length, formerly used for shipping.Hudson River Park connects many other recreational sites and landmarks including Battery Park at its south end; Battery Park City; the World Trade Center and surroundings; the World Financial Center and Winter Garden; Chelsea Piers; piers 40, 57, 63 (site of historic ships Lightship Frying Pan and Fireboat John J. Harney), and 66; and Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum; at its north end it becomes Riverside Park. It runs through the Manhattan neighborhoods of Lower Manhattan, Battery Park City, TriBeCa, Greenwich Village, Gansevoort Market (The Meatpacking District), Chelsea, Midtown West, and Hell's Kitchen (Clinton).
It is a joint New York State and New York City collaboration and is a 550-acre (2.2 km2) park, the biggest in Manhattan after Central Park. The park arose as part of the West Side Highway replacement project in the wake of the abandoned Westway plan.
