Riverside
Park is a scenic waterfront public
park on the Upper West Side of the
borough of Manhattan in New York City,
operated and maintained by the New
York City Department of Parks and
Recreation. The park consists of a
narrow four-mile strip of land between
the Hudson River and the gently curving
rise-and-fall of Riverside Drive.
When the park was first laid out,
access to the river was blocked by
the right-of-way of the New York Central
Railroad West Side Line; it was covered
over with an esplanade later. It also
contains part of the NYC greenway
bike path, which encircles Manhattan's
waterfronts, with car free bike routes.
Construction of the park began in
the early 1870s. The concept plan
was drawn by Frederick Law Olmsted,
designer of the nearby Central Park.
Primary construction was completed
in about 1910.
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