Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Hudson River Greenway

Hudson River Park Trust’s Pier 57 Will Add to Car/Bike Greenway Conflicts

By Stephen Miller | Jan 29, 2013 | 12 Comments

A plan from the Hudson River Park Trust to transform Pier 57 into a retail and food market will add 75 parking spaces and a two-lane driveway to the park between 17th and 14th Streets, creating new points of conflict where people biking on the Hudson River Greenway will have to contend with cars crossing the path. […]

The Problem With Managing the West Side Greenway as a Park, Not a Street

By Ben Fried | Nov 9, 2012 | 18 Comments

New Yorkers looking to get somewhere on the city-owned portion of the Hudson River Greenway yesterday were blocked by barricades like this one. Along with the rest of the city park system, the greenway was officially closed from noon Wednesday until Friday morning, a precaution the Parks Department took to guard against the risk of […]

Parks Department: Greenway Bridge Rehab Depends on Amtrak Schedule

By Brad Aaron | Jul 9, 2012 | 22 Comments

We have a few bits of news on the upcoming closure and rehab of the bike-ped bridge that connects the Hudson River Greenway to Washington Heights and the George Washington Bridge. The bridge is a crucial car-free link for commuters and other users, but Northern Manhattan parks administrator Jennifer Hoppa tells us that the Parks […]

Parks Dept: Timeline and Detour Route Uncertain for Greenway Bridge Rehab

By Brad Aaron | Jun 8, 2012 | 13 Comments

A city Parks Department official says plans are not yet finalized for work on a bridge that connects the Hudson River Greenway to Washington Heights and the George Washington Bridge. “The bridge is being reconstructed,” wrote Jennifer Hoppa, administrator of parks for Northern Manhattan, in an email. According to Hoppa, the department is still hammering […]

Reader Report: Parks to Close Upper Manhattan Greenway Link for Two Years

By Brad Aaron | Jun 7, 2012 | 16 Comments

We have word that a major bike-ped link to the Hudson River Greenway in Northern Manhattan will be out of commission later this year. Long-time Streetsblog reader (and sometime contributor) Lars Klove was at a meeting this week where NYC Parks Department officials informed Community Board 12 that a bridge over the Amtrak tracks connecting […]

Better Lighting Arrives on 13 Blocks of Hudson River Greenway

By Noah Kazis | Mar 5, 2012 | 12 Comments

Cyclists riding after dark on the Hudson River Greenway have long complained about the insufficient lighting on two stretches of the heavily-trafficked path. The “Cherry Walk,” between 102nd and 125th Streets, is made truly treacherous by the combination of an unlit pathway and the glare of oncoming highway traffic. Nearly as bad, though, are the […]

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