If you like space and hate tourists, bike before 7am and run before 8am on weekdays, +1 hour for weekends
Also, for the north side of the park: 110-72 = 5 miles, 110-102 = 1.4 miles. Plus lots of hills!
Run any direction you want. The running lane is now 2x-wide. But, please, cycle counter clockwise. And clock anyone doing otherwise.
The 91st Street Garden in New York's Riverside Park was the location for the final scene of the movie You've Got Mail (1998) starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.
Winner of Best Place To Take A Vigorous Walk in the Village Voice 2011 Best Of issue! Start at West 125th and head south through 109th for best walk.
Another great place to enjoy a great run or bike ride. For those more adventurous types, you can go Kayaking or dive in for a triathlon-training swim.
Riverside Park stretches for four miles along the Hudson River from W 72nd St to 158th St. Original design by same architect of Central Park, Frederick Law Olmsted (1875). Full history in blog. <LINK> Read more.
Enter the park from 83rd st. and climb the rock to the right. This is where E.A. Poe used to sit & look at the Hudson. True, you can't see the river from that spot anymore (trees) but who cares? Poe!
