{"id":141295,"date":"2025-08-13T02:59:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T02:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/141295\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T02:59:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T02:59:18","slug":"halletts-point-waterfront-esplanade-opens-in-astoria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/141295\/","title":{"rendered":"Halletts Point Waterfront Esplanade Opens in Astoria"},"content":{"rendered":"

Astoria<\/a> just scored a brand-new front row seat to the East River\u2014and the view is spectacular. The Halletts Point Waterfront Esplanade<\/a>, a 58,000-square-foot stretch of green space, winding paths and skyline-gazing spots, is now officially open to the public, reconnecting the neighborhood to a slice of shoreline that\u2019s been off-limits for generations.<\/p>\n

This is no bare-bones boardwalk. Designed by Starr Whitehouse Landscape Architects, the esplanade blends lush landscaping with places to actually hang out. Think: 70 trees (from sweet bay magnolia to bald cypress), more than 700 shrubs and small trees, pollinator-friendly wildflowers and a zig-zagging path that reveals new vistas at every turn. If you\u2019re the \u201cname that plant\u201d type, expect seaside goldenrod, milkweed, iris, phlox and more. If you\u2019re not, just enjoy the color, shade and breeze.<\/p>\n

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You\u2019ll also find seating for about 550 people, including benches, granite blocks, chaise lounges, picnic tables and movable chairs, so there\u2019s no shortage of prime perches for an afternoon snack or a sunset selfie. The nautically inspired playground means kids can run off steam while adults lounge on the lawn (which, by the way, has a panoramic view of Manhattan). And when the wind picks up off the river, the towers at 20 and 30 Halletts Point offer just enough shelter to keep things comfortable year-round.<\/p>\n

This space is also a community connector. Nearly 8,000 square feet of ground-floor retail is set to open, bringing cafes, shops and other neighborhood-friendly businesses right to the water\u2019s edge. The idea is to create a seamless indoor-outdoor flow, so the esplanade stays lively even in the chillier months.<\/p>\n

Halletts Point itself is a mixed-use, mixed-income development from The Durst Organization, with more than 1,000 apartments across multiple buildings. But you don\u2019t need to live there to enjoy the esplanade\u2014it\u2019s fully public and that\u2019s the point. As Durst president Jody Durst puts it, this project \u201copens up a stretch of Astoria\u2019s shoreline that has been inaccessible for decades\u201d and creates an \u201cimmersive connection to the natural landscape.\u201d<\/p>\n

The East River is finally yours again, Astoria. Bring a picnic, bring a book, bring your dog. Whether you\u2019re in it for the views, the greenery or the people-watching, there\u2019s now 58,000 square feet of reason to make the waterfront your new go-to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Astoria just scored a brand-new front row seat to the East River\u2014and the view is spectacular. The Halletts…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":141296,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,10336,405,403,10337,5226,5225,5228,5227,1072,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-141295","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-categories-things-to-do","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-news-city-life","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkcity","15":"tag-ny","16":"tag-nyc","17":"tag-things-to-do","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-united-states-of-america","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","22":"tag-us","23":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115019223157096936","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}