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A riverside retreat featuring Manhattan’s first public beach is set to open in New York City this summer
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 22 Feb 2023
The Gansevoort Peninsula has been in development for more than four years Credit: Hudson River Park Trust/James Corner Field Operations
The Gansevoort Peninsula, Manhattan’s first public beach, is set to open in New York City this summer, four years after the project was first announced.
Located on the Hudson River, the 217,800sq ft (20,230sq m) riverside retreat will offer a tree-lined promenade, a salt marsh, an athletic field, a public art installation called ‘Days End’, and waterfront access, although swimming will be prohibited.
The attraction has been designed by James Corner Field Operations (JCFO), the design firm behind The High Line in New York and the proposed Camden Highline in London, UK.
“We think that the configuration of the site is unique,” Noreen Doyle, president and CEO of the Hudson River Park Trust, told the The Daily Beast.
“Most of our park piers are long and skinny, and in this case, we have a wide, five-and-a-half acre expanse that will give people a unique perspective on the water, on the Hudson, on our cityscape and on our neighbouring piers.”
The Gansevoort Peninsula is the first of two such attractions heading to New York, with a second beach slated to open on the East River in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in 2028.
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