Park Stories

Discover the latest from Hudson River Park! Find fun tips for your next visit, read up on upcoming events and dig deeper into exciting Park initiatives.

Whether you’re interested in our environmental research, educational offerings, sustainability initiatives, cultural programming, volunteer opportunities or vibrant year-round horticulture and wildlife, you’ve come to the right place. Enjoy getting to know your west side backyard!

Celebrating Hudson River Wildlife at Release of the Fishes

Hudson River Park’s Pier 40 is home to the River Project Wetlab, a unique space that features a 3,500-gallon Hudson River aquarium – NYC’s only flow-through aquarium system. Our flow-through aquarium system, diagrammed below, ensures that river water is constantly pumped directly from the Hudson River. The Wetlab provides a ...

Students Become Scientists at “A Day in the Life of the Hudson and Harbor”

Did you know that the Hudson River Estuary extends more than 150 miles, from NYC all the way up to Troy, NY? Hudson River Park’s 400 acre Estuarine Sanctuary is a precious part of this natural resource. HRPK’S Estuary Lab works with our community year-round to study and protect our ...

Pumpkin Smash 2019: A Smashing Success!

For information on our 2020 Pumpkin Smash event, click here. On Saturday, November 2, Hudson River Park’s Community Compost Program hosted the second annual Pumpkin Smash at HRPK’s Chelsea Waterside Park! This year's event smashed our records...and HRPK's carbon footprint. 1,200 Park lovers joined us to bat, hammer and squash ...

2019 HRPK Gala Celebrates Park’s Four Beautiful Seasons and Community Impact

On Thursday, October 17, Hudson River Park’s Annual Gala celebrated HRPK's four miles of open green space and the diverse educational and cultural opportunities the Park brings our community. With the final 25% of the Park now under design and construction, there was much cause for festivity at this year’s ...

Discover Life Aboard the Research Vessel, E/V Nautilus, with HRPK Estuary Lab

Have you ever wondered what lives deep in our oceans? Or wanted to ask a marine scientist what it’s like to conduct research out at sea? Our Park community was given this very opportunity in October, as Carrie Roble, the Director of Science and Stewardship of Hudson River Park’...

Catch the Magnificent Monarch Migration

There’s something special happening throughout Hudson River Park. Walk through our four miles of waterfront esplanade, and you’ll discover droves of monarch butterflies! Butterflies are a common sight throughout HRPK, but each fall monarch butterflies undertake a continent-spanning annual migration that brings large numbers to our gardens and ...

Are you one of our HRPK 550?

One week. 550 new Park supporters. Will you help sustain HRPK? Every year, Hudson River Park hosts 550+ dynamic free and low cost programs across our 550 park acres – a lifeline of nature, culture and activity along Manhattan’s west side. This year, HRPK brought you live DJ’ed film screenings, award-winning blues ...