Upper West Side Riverside Park Staircase Gets Renovated

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — A reconstructed and renovated staircase is now reopened on the Upper West Side.

The Riverside Park Conservancy announced on Monday that the 83rd Street stair reconstruction is complete and that the stairs are now open.

The project included pouring a new concrete base for each step, repointing the stone walls, installing new bluestone pavers, and adding a new handrail.

Here's what the stairs looked like before the project.

And here's what it looks like after the project.

The project was funded entirely by a gift made to the Conservancy.

The 83rd Street staircase is near the River Run Playground and the Warsaw Ghetto Memorial Plaza.

The staircase is one of many throughout Riverside Park that the Conservancy is working to renovate.

"We are thrilled to have made this park improvement happen, and we also know there is still much work to do across the Park," the Conservancy said in a news release.