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Hudson Yards & High Line

From Aircraft Carrier to Park in the Sky

29stops
3.0miles
2h 00mwalking
$2.99in the app

For most of the 20th century, the far west side of Manhattan was the city’s back door: rail yards, warehouses, meatpacking plants and docks, with freight trains running right down the middle of Tenth Avenue. Then two very different projects transformed it. An abandoned elevated railroad was turned into the High Line, a park in the sky, and over the rail yards at its northern end, developers built Hudson Yards, a city of glass towers on a giant platform. This walk starts at an aircraft carrier on the Hudson, climbs through Hudson Yards and follows the High Line south past some of the most daring new architecture in New York.

Nearest ferry
Midtown West 39th St-Pier 79 · NYC Ferry, St. George route · 7 min walk to the start
Nearest subway
34 St-Hudson Yards 7 · 13 min walk to the start
Map of the Hudson Yards & High Line walking route with its 29 stops
The route of the Hudson Yards & High Line walk. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

The first 3 stops

Try these stops for free in the app. The full stories and directions are waiting for you there.

  1. 1Intrepid Museum 🎟

    The USS Intrepid is a real aircraft carrier, launched in 1943, that fought in the Second World War.

  2. 2Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises 🎟

    Circle Line has been sailing around Manhattan since 1945, and its boats leave from this pier.

  3. 3The BEAST Speedboat Ride 🎟

    If the Circle Line is too gentle, try The BEAST: a 70-foot speedboat with a shark face painted on its bow that roars down the Hudson at up to 45 miles per hour, blasting rock music, and makes a dramatic stop at the Statue of Liberty.

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26 more stops to discover

Unlock Hudson Yards & High Line in the app for $2.99 for the full 3.0 mi route: every stop's photos and stories, and GPS guidance that tells you when you've arrived.

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Also on this walk: The High Line, The Vessel, The Edge and more

Sights

  • 520 W. 28th by Zaha Hadid
  • Baker & Williams Warehouse
  • Chelsea Nouvel
  • High Line 23
  • High Line Observation Deck
  • Hudson Yards
  • IAC Building
  • Lantern House
  • Manhattan West
  • National Biscuit Company (Nabisco) Building
  • One High Line
  • Oreo Way Skybridge
  • The Edge
  • The High Line
  • The Javits Center
  • The Shed
  • The Solar Carve
  • The Spur and Plinth
  • The Standard Hotel
  • The Vessel
  • Tolerance Mural by Kobra

Food and drink

  • Mercado Little Spain
  • Russ & Daughters
  • The Bakery at Greywind

Shops

  • B&H Photo Video
  • The Shops & Restaurants at Hudson Yards

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