Public voting the "G.O.A.T." of Riverside Park
The public has been “voting the GOAT” on the Conservancy's website since the herd’s arrival back in May 2019, and the election is tight. The…
Riverside Park Conservancy Celebrates a Year of Working side by Riverside
Riverside Park News
Statement on the passing of Robert M. Morgenthau
Statement on the passing of Robert M. Morgenthau July 22, 2019 The Board of Trustees and Staff of Riverside Park Conservancy honor the life of…
Riverside Park Upcoming Events
International Coastal Cleanup Day
Join the world’s largest volunteer effort for our ocean and waterways by participating in our International Coastal Cleanup® at Riverside Park. Community volunteer events take place…
26th Annual National Public Lands Day
National Public Lands Day (NPLD) is the nation’s largest, single-day volunteer effort for public lands, and will take place on Saturday, September 28. NPLD began in…
Pieces of the Park
Vernonia noveboracensis,
“New York Ironweed”
Vernonia noveboracensis, or New York Ironweed, is a native herbaceous perennial that can reach a staggering 6 feet tall. It typically occurs in the wild…
Yucca filamentosa,
“Adam’s Needle”
"Adam’s Needle" is the common moniker for this native southern plant that has been naturalized in the northeast by gardeners. Yucca filamentosa scratches a lot of horticultural…
About Riverside Park
In the 1870s Frederick Law Olmsted was in the midst of designing a lovely green space above the Hudson River on the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- Riverside Park. Over 60 years later, Robert Moses covered the railroad tracks, built the Rotunda, extended the park to the waterfront, and developed its recreation areas. Expansion south of 72nd Street began in the 1990s. Today, the Riverside Park we enjoy is more than 330 acres of beautiful parkland from 59th to 155th Street.