Yesterday the final link in the trail along the Hudson River edge in Riverside Park, New York, was opened. This last link fills in the section between W 83rd and W 92nd Streets, where, until now, it was necessary to divert inland onto a trail in Riverside Park east of the Henry Hudson Parkway. The new trail section was something of a challenge since it necessitated the construction of a platform built on piers over the river, owing to the closeness of the highway to the river at this point.
This means that we now have an excellent paved multiuse trail right on the riverbank from Dyckman Street near the top end of Manhattan down to the docks at W 59th Street. At W 59th Street this trail connects to the continuing trail southward, mostly a little removed from the river bank, all the way down to Battery Park.
If you want a good map of Riverside Park, get the paper map produced by the Riverside Park Fund, which we sell for $2.00 at www.funonfoot.com. You really need this paper map since Riverside Park is too tall and thin for a printable online map to work.
(c) Warwick Ford, 2010