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!

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 ...

Meet Eels, Pufferfish, Terrapins and more at SUBMERGE

Hudson River Park’s annual SUBMERGE Marine Science Festival is just days away! This Saturday, September 28, come by HRPK’s Pier 84 from 11:00 AM-4:00 PM for a day of interactive experiments, kid-approved science entertainment, kayaking and wildlife galore. Introducing scientists of all ages to critters up close is one of our ...

Celebrate Science and Sustainability at SUBMERGE!

Our sixth annual SUBMERGE Marine Science Festival is right around the corner Saturday, September 28 from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM on Hudson River Park’s Pier 84. Presented by HRPK’s Estuary Lab, this free festival offers the public a full day of water and science fun, awesome experiments and local wildlife. This ...

Make the Most of September in Hudson River Park

Staying in town this Labor Day Weekend? Want to get the most out of the remaining weeks of summer? Make HRPK your destination! Our green, breezy piers and riverfront are a summertime NYC paradise – and with the long weekend ahead plus three more weeks of NYC summer still to come, ...

Estuary Lab Promotes Diversity & Inclusion

For Hudson River Park’s Estuary Lab, building a community of science lovers and stewards is central to protecting our 400-acre Estuarine Sanctuary. We do this by engaging nearly 30,000 of you every year through free and low-cost environmental education and participatory science programs. For the last two years, we’ve ...