{"id":305512,"date":"2025-10-15T14:04:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T14:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/305512\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T14:04:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T14:04:11","slug":"hudson-river-greenway-gets-350-million-upgrade-at-pier-94","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/305512\/","title":{"rendered":"Hudson River Greenway Gets $350 Million Upgrade at Pier 94"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve ever braved the Hudson River Greenway around West 54th Street, you probably know the spot\u2014the one where cyclists, joggers, cars and cruise passengers all collide in a blur of confusion and near-misses. Good news: That mess has finally been cleaned up.<\/p>\n<p>The city has untangled one of the greenway\u2019s worst choke points, rerouting cyclists and pedestrians under an overpass that dips beneath the Manhattan Cruise Terminal. The newly smoothed-out stretch is part of a $350 million redevelopment of Pier 94, home to what will soon be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/newyork\/news\/see-renderings-of-the-first-ever-tv-and-film-studio-set-to-open-in-manhattan-091123\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sunset Pier 94 Studios<\/a>, a state-of-the-art film and TV campus opening by year-end.<\/p>\n<p>The fix brings relief to the estimated 7,000 riders who use the Hudson River Greenway daily, making it the busiest in the country. For longtime users, it\u2019s been a long time coming. \u201cIt was a mess. There was no rhyme\u2014it was no good,\u201d 63-year-old cyclist <a href=\"https:\/\/gothamist.com\/news\/nycs-busiest-greenway-just-got-one-of-its-most-annoying-sections-fixed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Mike Derewianik told Gothamist<\/a> after catching his breath after crossing from New Jersey. Another rider, Paula Young, agreed: \u201cI think it\u2019s great. It\u2019s smooth\u2026 A lot, lot more bicyclists now use the path.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The improvement is one of the first major upgrades tied to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/html\/dot\/downloads\/pdf\/greater-greenways.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the city\u2019s new Greater Greenways plan<\/a>, which is the first comprehensive greenway master plan in 30 years. The 2025 blueprint, developed by the Department of Transportation, Parks &amp; Recreation and the Economic Development Corporation, aims to expand New York\u2019s 506-mile network of car-free routes into a fully connected system that\u2019s \u201cequitable, accessible and comfortable for New Yorkers of all ages and abilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis project will not only spur the growth of the film and TV industry right here in New York,\u201d said EDC spokesperson Seth Schuster, \u201cbut is already delivering much-needed public realm improvements\u2014like the wonderful, improved greenway\u2014that New Yorkers can enjoy every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The studio project\u2014backed by Vornado Realty Trust, Hudson Pacific Properties and Blackstone\u2014is expected to generate more than 1,700 jobs and contribute $300 million annually to the local economy. It\u2019ll also bring public restrooms for Hudson River Park, new waterfront open space and 25,000 square feet of public access on the pier.<\/p>\n<p>After decades of dodging traffic at the city\u2019s most scenic bottleneck, New Yorkers can finally cruise through this stretch of the Hudson River Greenway without white knuckling their handlebars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you\u2019ve ever braved the Hudson River Greenway around West 54th Street, you probably know the spot\u2014the one&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":305513,"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-305512","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\/115378563702660589","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305512","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=305512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}