Section Of Uptown Hudson River Greenway Closing For Up To 4 Months

UPPER MANHATTAN, NY — An uptown stretch of the Hudson River Greenway is about to close for several months so the city can make necessary repairs.

Construction is expected to begin this spring to fix the retaining wall and sinkholes along the Greenway between West 180th and Dyckman streets, a spokesperson from the Parks department told Patch.

Construction will take up to four months, but the exact start date and detour routes are still being finalized, according to the spokesperson.

Advocates have long pushed for more repair work to the Hudson River Greenway sections in Washington Heights and Inwood.

In a February Community Board 12 meeting, the uptown group asked the city to use federal infrastructure money to straighten out a long-standing difficult section of the path north of the George Washington Bridge, reported StreetsBlog.

The Hudson River Greenway's two-way bike path stretches 12.9 miles along the west side of Manhattan.

Patch will keep an eye out for an announcement about the construction start date and detour routes.