Part of the everchanging Hudson River Park cycle highway (Photo: hudsonriverpark.org) The curls of smoke drifting from barbecues in the New York’s Puerto Rican district of Inwood, the pumping bars of Harlem and the chaos of Midtown, right down to the quieter serenity of Downtown.
Cycling through New York has never been easier, or more natural-feeling. The Hudson River Park that skirts along the west coast of Manhattan is ever-changing; new later this year is the Gansevoort Peninsula, which will offer Manhattan’s first beach. Since 1998 the pathways along the Hudson River have been developed to offer New Yorkers – and visitors – the opportunity connect with one part of the city to the next on two wheels.
I cycled from 214th Street in the upper Manhattan district of Inwood, famous from the Lin-Manuel Miranda movie In The Heights, all the way to Battery Park at the bottom of Manhattan, in around four hours. That allowed time for pit stops for food and drink and general sightseeing along the way.
Manhattan is an intense metropolis, and it is easy to understand why visitors see the city as a sprawling concrete jungle. But the city’s commitment to building biking superhighways that connect the whole of Manhattan island make the city’s districts feel more interconnected than ever before. Like in London, there is the realisation in New York that nature matters. That to work hard in the business district, you need to be able to stop and enjoy peace and serenity once in a […]
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