High Line Linear Park New York
Since opening its first section in 2009, the High Line has become one of the favorite parks in New York, where on a Sunday afternoon you can find families buying ice cream from street vendors, tourists taking pictures of plants, public art installations and buildings in the Meatpacking District, and area residents sunbathing and reading the Sunday papers on the benches and tables that line the main trail.
This linear park stretches from Gansevoort Street to 30th Street along the 10th Avenue. Originally was used as a means of service for freight trains carrying materials to the former industrial district of the island of Manhattan.
In the decade of 1990, the city plans to demolish the high infrastructure prompted the creation of the group “Friends of the High Line,” who promoted the idea of turning it in a public space.
You can climb ladders to the High Line at various points in the 10th Avenue street lifts 14, 16 and 30 that allow access to prams and people with disabilities. The park includes trails, parks, traffic windows Avenue and benches for sitting, sunbathing and people watch.
The trajectory of the High Line offers close views of adjacent buildings such as the Standard Hotel, Chelsea Market and several residential buildings as well as views of the Hudson River and the cliffs of New Jersey.
Besides vendors, organic food restaurant The Green Table in Chelsea Market, offers light fare, wine and beer at the outdoor cafe The Porch near the street 15.
Chelsea Market restaurant on 16th Street between 9th and 10th Avenues offer picnic boxes can bring to the park and enjoy one of their benches or tables.
No alcoholic beverages are allowed in the park except in designated business and special events.
Visiting the High Line Park:
Location: 10th Avenue between Gansevoort Street and Calle 30.
The High Line is open daily from 7:00 AM to 11:00 PM with access Gansevoort street, 14, 16, 18, 20, 23, 26, 28 and 30.
Lines L / A / C / E to 14th Street & 8th Avenue
Lines C / E to 23rd Street and 8th Avenue
Lines 1 / 2 / 3 to 14th Street & 7th Avenue or Street Line 1 to 18 or 23.
