About the High Line

This website is about The High Line, an elevated segment of the former New York Central West Side Freight Line which is now a park (with the northern third (aka Section Three, the Railyards) still under construction as of June, 2014). This website will concentrate almost exclusively on the elevated portion which still exists from 34th Street to Gansevoort Street. See the History Page for more background on the High Line.

The park was designed with the structure's industrial heritage in mind. For example, planks were used to make the pathways to recall the High Line's rails. In a nice touch, some of the original rails were put back in the pathways and/or planting areas in the exact place they were in before construction. The original railings were retained. Additionally, as the High Line was built through some buildings, so, too, does the park go through these buildings, just as the trains did!!

The High Line's notable features include the Water Feature, where water flows over a section of the pathway; the Diller-von Fürstenberg Sun Deck where the chairs are mounted on wheels which sit on those original rails which once carried the trains; a sit-down observation deck looking out over Tenth Avenue (at 16th Street); The Philip A. and Lisa Maria Falcone Flyover an elevated portion of the walkway; the 23rd Street Lawn and Siting Steps, where visitors can sit on tiered steps or a lawn (seasonal); and the Chelsea Thicket, where the walkway becomes "closed in" by the vegetation.

The High Line is managed by the non-profit Friends of the High Line serving as the pivate partner to the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.