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!

Share Your Voice for Gansevoort Peninsula and Pier 40

We’re inviting our Park community to take part in two conversations that will shape the future of HRPK. On Tuesday, March 26, Hudson River Park and James Corner Field Operations will be hosting a Gansevoort Peninsula Design Charrette, and on Wednesday, March 27, Community Board 2 will hold a public meeting of ...

Photo-Synthesis Winners Show Stunning Winter Riverfront

After the Park’s trees shed their fall colors and before spring buds emerge, you’ll find some of HRPK’s most striking views. Just ask the photographers that make Hudson River Park their subject all winter long. In fact, that’s exactly what we did. We invited Park lovers ...

Tunneling Into Pier 34’s History

Even in the heart of winter, Pier 34 draws runners and sunset chasers to its popular southern pathway, but this pier’s importance runs deeper than its surface appeal. The striking tower at its edge serves as a ventilation shaft for the Holland Tunnel far beneath the river, and a dive ...

Students Become Scientists on HRPK Field Trips

Each year, HRPK’s Estuary Lab educators transform the Hudson River into an outdoor classroom for K-12 students from all five boroughs—more than 7,000 joined us in 2018! By utilizing the Park’s 400-acre Estuarine Sanctuary as a living laboratory, field trips in HRPK are truly trips into the field for ...

Playground Committee Luncheon Supports HRPK in Style

On Friday, January 25, the Hudson River Park Friends Playground Committee welcomed more than 300 Park supporters at the Fourth Annual Playground Committee Luncheon. The sold-out event raised nearly $250,000 to support all that HRPK offers families and children—including playgrounds, sports fields, environmental education and children's programs. [caption id="attachment_5168" align="alignnone" ...

Your New Favorite Winter Workout: Healthy on the Hudson’s HRPK x lululemon Run Club

Getting motivated to exercise outside is tough this time of year—we feel it, too! When sunset falls before your evening commute and NYC feels like a wind tunnel, cutting outdoor workouts from your routine may be tempting. Don’t stop! The benefits of green exercise can be even greater ...

Your Park Added 100+ Trees in 2018!

This autumn, Park horticulturists installed more than 50 trees along the New York State Hudson River Greenway in the Meatpacking District, Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen. These plantings continue major bikeway buffer revitalization efforts made possible by a $75,000 NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Urban Forestry award in fall of 2017. You’...