High Line Elevated Park

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Description

The High Line is a 1.45-mile (2.33 km) New York City park built on a section of the former elevated freight railroad of the West Side Line, along the lower west side of Manhattan, which has been redesigned and planted as a greenway. The High Line park will eventually run from the West Side Yard, near the Javits Convention Center, through the neighborhood of Chelsea to Gansevoort Street (one block below West 12th Street) in the Meat Packing District of the West Village. [1]

Tips

Stairs and Elevators can be accessed at 14th St. and 16th St. by tenth avenue.
Other stairways are at: Ganesvoort Plaza just north of the tracks terminus, 18th st and 20th street. The rail line runs mostly between 10th and 11th avenues, sometimes inside buildings.
Former freight railroad turned into a public, elevated park on the decommissioned tracks.
The park stretches roughly from 12th street to 20th street. Plans are underway to extend the park all along the line to 30th street.
Bring a camera! There are some spectacular views of Manhattan and New Jersey.
Bring water!
There is a Small fun Ice Skating Ring down the block

Hours Subject to change. Always verify.

The High Line is open daily. Hours vary by season:

   Dec 1 to Mar 31: 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM
   Apr 1 to May 31: 7:00 AM – 10:00 PM
   June 1 to Sept 30: 7:00 AM – 11:00 PM
   Oct 1 to Nov 30: 7:00 AM – 10:00 PM

Directions

Subway to 14th street, then walk west to 10th Avenue.

Go to http://www.thehighline.org/pdf/high-line-map.pdf in order to see a map with all entrances and a easily printable map.