City Has Allocated $348 Million to Repair Riverside Park's Infrastructure
The City has allocated $348 million to address the deterioration of the "overbuild" -- more commonly known as the roof of the Amtrak Tunnel between 72nd and 123rd…
Riverside Park Conservancy Celebrates a Year of Working side by Riverside
Riverside Park News
The Rumors Are True: Riverside Park's Famous Goats Are B-a-a-a-a-a-a-k!
The rumors are true. New York’s most famous goats are b-a-a-a-a-a-a-ck. After a one-year hiatus, Riverside Park Conservancy has announced that the infamous goat ‘interns’…
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 400 acres of beautiful parkland from 59th to 181st Street.