West Harlem Piers Park

One of the latest gems in the growing necklace of pier parks along the Hudson River, this 2-acre waterfront oasis of open spaces, fishing spots, public art (including a series of sculptures called ‘Voice’) and bike and running paths, provides the final link that now allows you to bike from Battery Park all the way up to the tip of Manhattan without ever stopping to dismount. More than a decade in the making, the park has transformed a spit of land that has, in the past, been home to a Borden Milk Factory and a glass-strewn, prostitute-bearing parking lot. Today it’s a much-needed Harlem respite.