Misleadingly referred to as the concrete jungle, New York has many and large parks that define and characterize its neighborhoods. At 843 acres, Central Park is our ultimate green space, the 19th-century vision of Olmstead and Vaux. They were genius in their design of this and many other open spaces around town including Morningside, Riverside and Tompkins Square Parks. There are 550 new park acres on the West Side waterfront, running from Battery Park City to nearly the northern tip of Manhattan. Along its length you will find running and biking trails, ball fields, kayaking, and gorgeous views--from the Statue of Liberty and the ever-changing Hudson River to the George Washington Bridge. And there are thirty-two miles of Greenway trials, some of which are safe and picturesque, others which are simply bike lanes of all too heavily travelled roads.
Clinton
Clinton, the phoenix of Hell's Kitchen, is a mixed residential and commercial neighborhood that runs from 34th to 57th Streets, west of Eighth Avenue. Old, sometimes charming buildings host restaurants on their first floors and the last of many of the reasonably priced New York City apartments above. You will see retired men and women walking their dogs in pajamas by chic new eateries. Clinton is home to Alvin Ailey’s American Dance Theatre, offering outstanding performances and dance classes to the general public, and the Actors Theatre Workshop.