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
Underwater Neighbors of Riverside Park
Join the educators from Hudson River Sloop Clearwater to catch, observe, and identify fish and invertebrates. Participants will observe the river and discuss its history and how…
West Side County Fair
Enjoy a full day of county fair magic in Manhattan with live bands, sideshow performers, carnival rides and games, local food and merchandise vendors, cotton…
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.