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Habitat Restoration

Hudson River Park’s habitat enhancement projects are helping to revitalize the Park’s 400-acre Estuarine Sanctuary.

These projects deploy various enhancement structures and living shoreline features that create vital habitat in our local waters. Since 2020, hundreds of reef balls, gabions, textured pilings and biohuts have been installed to restore oyster populations and provide habitat for fish and invertebrate organisms.

On the north side of Gansevoort Peninsula, salt marsh plantings add critical intertidal habitat and strengthen shoreline resilience.

Complementing these efforts, the Pier 26 Tide Deck offers visitors a window into intertidal river ecology through guided tours and educational programming.

Tribeca Habitat Enhancement

The Tribeca Habitat Enhancement Project is a large-scale restoration initiative in Hudson River Park. This project deploys a variety of habitat features and has added an incredible 11 million oysters in the Park’s Estuarine Sanctuary.

Gansevoort Habitat Enhancement Project

Our River Project is building a living shoreline at Gansevoort Peninsula, where salt marsh and oyster habitats work together to restore biodiversity and strengthen the Hudson River’s ecology.

Pier 26 Tide Deck

The Tide Deck, located at the western edge of Pier 26, is a manufactured rocky salt marsh created to provide an immersive and educational river ecology experience for our park patrons.