Visit the High Line

• Park Access & Info

  Park Access & Info

  Access

  Access to the High Line is possible via any of the access points listed below. The High Line is fully wheelchair accessible.

  • Gansevoort and Washington Street (elevator access)
  • 14th Street (elevator access)
  • 16th Street (elevator access)
  • 18th Street
  • 20th Street
  • 23rd Street (elevator access)
  • 26th Street
  • 28th Street
  • 30th Street (elevator access)
  • 30th Street and 11th Avenue
  • 34th Street and 12th Avenue (ramp access)

    Open 7 AM – Sunset

  Restrooms

  • Gansevoort Street at the Diller - von Furstenberg Building
  • 16th Street

  High Line Shop (April – October)

  • 16th Street

    Open daily from 9:30 AM - 6 PM

  • 30th Street
  • Shop

    Open daily from 10 AM to 5 PM

  Accessibility

  • The High Line is wheelchair accessible via elevator at Gansevoort Street, 14th Street, 16th Street, 23rd Street, and 30th Street; and also at street-level at 34th Street.

  • Wheelchair accessible restrooms are located at Gansevoort Street and 16th Street.

  • Design features, such as “peel-up” picnic tables, the Rail Track Walks, and the Beams play feature, are wheelchair accessible.

  Park Rules

  The following are not permitted while on the High Line:

  • Walking in planting beds
  • Picking flowers or plants
  • Throwing objects
  • Sitting on railings or climbing on any part of the High Line
  • Bicycles
  • Use of skateboards, skates, or recreational scooters
  • Amplified sound, except by permit
  • Solicitation
  • Commercial activity, except by permit or otherwise authorized
  • Littering
  • Obstructing entrances or paths
  • Drinking alcohol, except in authorized areas
  • Film or photography requiring equipment or exclusive use of an area, except by permit
  • Events or gatherings greater than 20 persons, except by permit
  • Smoking
  • Dogs
• Transportation

  Transportation

  The High Line can be reached via the following methods of public transportation:

  Subway

  • L A C E to 14th Street & 8th Avenue
  • C E to 23rd Street & 8th Avenue
  • 1 2 3 to 14th Street & 7th Avenue
  • 1 to 18th Street & 7th Avenue
  • 1 to 23rd Street & 7th Avenue
  • A C E 1 2 3 to 34 St Penn Station
  • 7 to 34th Street – Hudson Yards

  Bus

  • M11 to Washington Street
  • M11 to 9th Avenue
  • M14 to 9th Avenue
  • M23 to 10th Avenue
  • M34 to 10th Avenue

  Bike Racks

  Bike racks are located at street level near the stairs at the following locations along the High Line. Please note that bicycles are not allowed on the High Line.

  • Gansevoort and Washington Streets
  • 16th Street and 10th Avenue
  • 18th Street and 10th Avenue
  • 20th Street and 10th Avenue
  • 23rd Street and 10th Avenue
  • 26th Street and 10th Avenue
  • 28th Street and 10th Avenue
  • 30th Street and 10th Avenue
  • 30th Street and 11th Avenue

  Citi Bikes

  Citi Bike is New York City’s bike sharing system. Citi Bike racks are located at the following locations near the High Line. Learn more: www.citibikenyc.com

  • Gansevoort and Washington Streets
  • 14th Street and 9th Avenue
  • 14th Street and 10th Avenue
  • 16th Street and 10th Avenue
  • 16th Street and 9th Avenue
  • 18th Street and 9th Avenue
  • 22nd Street and 9th Avenue
  • 22nd Street and 10th Avenue
  • 20th Street and 11th Avenue
  • 26th Street and 10th Avenue
  • 29th Street and 9th Avenue
  • 28th Street and 10th Avenue
  • 27th Street and 11th Avenue
  • 34th Street and 11th Avenue

  Parking

  The following lots are within close distance of the High Line:

  • 127 10th Avenue, between 17th and 18th Streets
  • 161 10th Avenue, at 20th Street
  • 507 West 21st Street
• Park Features

  Park Features

  • Tiffany & Co. Foundation Overlook

    

    A dramatic balcony marks the point at which the High Line was severed in the 1990s and demolished south of Gansevoort Street. The overlook offers a view eastward to the Meatpacking District and westward to the newly-opened Whitney Museum of American Art.

  • 14th Street Passage

    

    This semi-enclosed passage serves as one of the primary spaces for public programs and High Line Channel 14, an outdoor video program presented by High Line Art that screens art videos, historic works, new productions, and curated series.

  • Diller - von Furstenberg Sundeck & Water Feature

    

    This pathway, between West 14th and West 15th Streets, is flanked by lounge chairs and a water feature that offers visitors a chance to dip their toes during the spring and summer.

  • Chelsea Market Passage

    

    This semi-enclosed passage, between West 15th and West 16th Streets, features art and public programs, as well as food carts and an open-air cafe during the warmer months of the year.

  • Northern Spur Preserve

    

    At West 16th Street, a spur splits from the primary High Line structure and crosses 10th Avenue, connecting to the former Merchants Refrigerated Warehouse. The spur's plantings evoke the wild landscape the grew on the High Line before it was a park, featuring crab apples, asters, sedges, goldenrods, and alumroot.

  • 10th Avenue Square and Overlook

    

    As part of the High Line’s conversion to a public space, many of the structure’s steel beams were removed from this unique space where the High Line crosses 10th Avenue, creating an amphitheater-like space with views up 10th Avenue to the north and views of the Hudson River and the Statue of Liberty to the south.

  • Chelsea Thicket

    

    The two-block-long Chelsea Thicket features a pathway winding gently through a miniature forest of lush dogwoods, bottlebrush buckeye, hollies, roses, and other dense shrubs and trees. Here, the original railroad tracks are embedded into the walkway, allowing visitors to walk on them.

  • 23rd Street Lawn

    

    The High Line's only lawn stretches for an entire block north of West 22nd Street. Anchored on the southern end with seating steps made of reclaimed teak, the Lawn is a popular spot for picnics and the site for many of the park's summer programs. Please note: the lawn is open seasonally from Wednesday to Sunday.

  • Philip A. and Lisa Maria Falcone Flyover

    

    As the High Line passes between two monumental former storage warehouses at West 25th Street, a grated metal pathway - the Falcone Flyover - begins to lift from the structure's surface. Stretching for three blocks, the Flyover allows visitors to travel through a grove of bigleaf magnolia, sassafras, and serviceberry trees at canopy level.

  • 26th Street Viewing Spur

    

    Recalling the billboards that were once attached to the High Line at street crossings, the Viewing Spur's rectangular frame showcases crosstown views at West 26th Street.

  • Pershing Square Beams

    

    Just west of 11th Avenue, the High Line's concrete deck is stripped away to reveal the original framework of steel beams and girders. The structure itself is transformed into a series of sunken areas - coated in a silicone surface for safety - that children can run between, climb over, and play within.

  • Interim Walkway

    

    Unlike the High Line to the south, this section features a simple bonded aggregate path through the existing self-seeded plantings. The design celebrates the iconic urban landscape that emerged after the trains stopped running, and highlights the expansive views of the Hudson River to the west and the city to the east.

  • CSX Transportation Gate

    

    This is the main access point for the Interim Walkway, and the only point where the High Line descends to street level. Its location on 34th Street, a major midtown Manhattan thoroughfare, makes it accessible via the 34th Street select bus service and the future No. 7 train extension at Hudson Yards.

• Food & Drink

  Food & Drink

  Presented by Friends of the High Line, High Line Food selects innovative food partners and designs food-related events and activities for the High Line. Founded in 2011, High Line Food creates a sustainable food system on the High Line, inspires care for the environment, and builds community. Revenue from the program supports the maintenance and operation of the High Line.

  Santina is open year-round. All other High Line food vendors are currently closed for the season and will re-open in the spring.

  • Gansevoort & Washington Streets

    

    Santina

    Hours:

    Breakfast: 7:00 - 10:30AM (weekdays), Lunch: 11:30AM - 2:30PM (weekdays), Brunch: 10:00AM - 3:00PM (weekends), Dinner: 5:30PM - Midnight (daily)

    Located at the southernmost entrance to the High Line, at Gansevoort and Washington Streets, Santina is a coastal Italian restaurant created by Mario Carbone, Rich Torrisi, and Jeff Zalaznick. Situated on what used to be the coast of Manhattan, where some of the city’s first farmers markets once stood, Santina takes inspiration from the neighborhood’s history, with a menu that highlights vegetables and fish. Dishes like giardinia crudite, spaghetti blue crab, and bass agrigento integrate Italian coastal cuisine with modern culinary sensibilities. Santina is open year round.

    www.santinanyc.com

• Gardens

  Gardens

  The High Line’s planting design is inspired by the self-seeded landscape that grew on the out-of-use elevated rail tracks during the 25 years after trains stopped running. The species of perennials, grasses, shrubs and trees were chosen for their hardiness, sustainability, and textural and color variation, with a focus on native species. Several of the species that originally grew on the High Line’s rail bed are incorporated into the park’s landscape.

  The design of the High Line’s landscape also emphasizes year-round inerest and bloom.

  See the High Line’s full plant list here.

  Monthly Bloom Lists

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  Garden Zones

  • Gansevoort Woodland & Tiffany & Co. Foundation Overlook

    

    Dawn viburnum
    Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Dawn’

    

    Red Sprite winterberry
    Ilex verticillata 'Nana' RED SPRITE

  • Washington Grasslands

    

    rattlesnake master
    Eryngium yuccifolium

    

    Vintage Wine coneflower
    Echinacea purpurea 'Vintage Wine'

  • Hudson River Overlook

    

    Mrs. Loewer Ohio spiderwort
    Tradescantia 'Mrs. Loewer'

    

    staghorn sumac
    Rhus typhina

  • Diller - von Furstenberg Sundeck & Water Feature

    

    Dawn viburnum
    Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Dawn’

    

    rose mallow
    Hibiscus moscheutos ssp. palustris

  • Northern Spur Preserve

    

    Midwinter Fire bloodtwig dogwood
    Cornus sanguinea 'Midwinter Fire'

    

    northern sea oats
    Chasmanthium latifolium

  • 10th Avenue Square

    

    Midwinter Fire bloodtwig dogwood
    Cornus sanguinea 'Midwinter Fire'

    

    red leaf rose
    Rosa glauca

  • Chelsea Grassland

    

    big bluestem
    Andropogon gerardii

    

    bur oak
    Quercus macrocarpa

  • Chelsea Thicket

    

    dwarf fothergilla
    Fothergilla gardenii

  • 23rd Street Lawn & Seating Steps

    

    Abbeville Blue chaste tree
    Vitex agnus-castus 'Abbeville Blue'

    

    Japanese forest grass
    Hakonechloa macra

  • Meadow Walk

    

    Heiliger Hain switchgrass
    Panicum virgatum 'Heiliger Hain'

    

    Korean feather reed grass
    Calamagrostis arundinaceae

  • Philip A. & Lisa Maria Falcone Flyover

    

    Full Moon tickseed
    Coreopsis

  • Wildflower Field & Radial Plantings

    

    Korean feather reed grass
    Calamagrostis arundinaceae

    

    leadplant
    Amorpha canescens

  • Crossroads

    

    common quaking grass
    Briza media

    

    Roma masterwort
    Astrantia major 'Roma'

  • Rail Track Walks

    

    frost grass
    Spodiopogon sibiricus

    

    Peachie's Pick Stokes' aster
    Stokesia laevis 'Peachie's Pick'

  • 11th Avenue Bridge

    

    Tracy’s Treasure garden phlox
    Phlox paniculata 'Tracy's Treasure'

  • Pershing Square Beams

    

    Foxtrot fountaingrass
    Pennisetum alopecuroides ‘Foxtrot’

    

    Rosenkuppel oregano
    Origanum 'Rosenkuppel'

  • Interim Walkway

    

    common mullein
    Verbascum thapsus

    

    hawkweed
    Hieracium sp.

  • 34th Street Entry Plaza

    

    butterfly milkweed
    Asclepias tuberosa

    

    wild spurge
    Euphorbia corollata

• Art

  Art

  Presented by Friends of the High Line, High Line Art commissions and produces public art projects on and around the High Line. Founded in 2009, High Line Art presents a wide array of artwork including site-specific commissions, exhibitions, performances, video programs, and a series of billboard interventions. Curated by Cecilia Alemani, the Donald R. Mullen, Jr. Director & Chief Curator of High Line Art, and produced by Friends of the High Line, High Line Art invites artists to think of creative ways to engage with the uniqueness of the architecture, history, and design of the High Line and to foster a productive dialogue with the surrounding neighborhood and urban landscape.

  Learn more at art.thehighline.org

  Download this month’s art map

  • Various Artists

    

    High Line Channel 14
    Year-round
    Rotating Program
    High Line Channel 14 is an outdoor video program that screens art videos, historic works, new productions, and curated series.
    
    View on art.thehighline.org

  • Spencer Finch

    

    The River That Flows Both Ways
    Long-term view
    A High Line Commission
    An installation of colored glass inspired by a 700-minute journey along the Hudson River.
    
    View on art.thehighline.org

  • Barbara Kruger

    

    Untitled (Blind Idealism Is…)
    March 2016 – March 2017
    High Line Commission
    A large-scale, hand-painted mural based on a quote from philosopher Franz Fanon, this new work continues the artist’s unabashed criticism of culture and power.
    
    View on art.thehighline.org

  • Nari Ward

    

    Smart Tree
    April 2016 – March 2017
    High Line Commission
    A Smart car with an apple tree sprouting from its roof, inspired by a childhood memory of the artist.
    
    View on art.thehighline.org

  • Giorgio Andreotta Calò

    

    Wanderlust: rhábdos
    April 2016 – March 2017
    High Line Commission
    A walking stick cast in bronze.
    
    View on art.thehighline.org

  • Giorgio Andreotta Calò

    

    Wanderlust: Wanderlust
    April 2016 – March 2017
    High Line Commission
    A series of brass rods engraved with the names of people who have walked across the United States.
    
    View on art.thehighline.org

  • Valentin Carron

    

    Wanderlust: Wall Bell
    April 2016 – March 2017
    High Line Commission
    A tocsin—or alarm bell—inspired by hand bells common in Switzerland and installed against a wall on the High Line, with a rope for visitors to ring it.
    
    View on art.thehighline.org

  • Iman Issa

    

    Wanderlust: Heritage Studies #10
    April 2016 – March 2017
    High Line Commission
    A copper cylinder created as part of the artist's ongoing reinterpretations of cultural artifacts.
    
    View on art.thehighline.org

  • Matt Johnson

    

    Wanderlust: Untitled (Swan)
    April 2016 – March 2017
    High Line Commission
    A former High Line rail track twisted into a drawing in three dimensions.
    
    View on art.thehighline.org

  • Marie Lorenz

    

    Wanderlust: Tide and Current Taxi
    April 2016 – March 2017
    High Line Commission
    Three hand-made rowboats installed underneath the park.
    
    View on art.thehighline.org

  • Tony Matelli

    

    Wanderlust: Sleepwalker
    April 2016 – March 2017
    High Line Commission
    A hyper-realistic painted bronze sculpture of a somnambulant man lost and adrift in the world.
    
    View on art.thehighline.org

  • Paulo Nazareth

    

    Wanderlust: THE RED INSIDE
    April 2016 – March 2017
    High Line Commission
    A group of cast cement watermelons that reference both the corrupt labor policies involved in the construction of the iconic historical capital of Brasília, and the journey that watermelons made to the Americas alongside colonization and the slave trade.
    
    View on art.thehighline.org

  • Mike Nelson

    

    Wanderlust: Untitled (public sculpture for a redundant space)
    April 2016 – March 2017
    High Line Commission
    Three sleeping bags filled rubble from the numerous development sites through which the High Line passes.
    
    View on art.thehighline.org

  • Susan Philipsz

    

    Wanderlust: Lachrimae
    April 2016 – March 2017
    High Line Commission
    A seven-channel sound installation inspired by the sound of a single falling tear.
    
    View on art.thehighline.org

  • Rayyane Tabet

    

    Wanderlust: Steel Rings
    April 2016 – March 2017
    High Line Commission
    A sculpture that replicates forty kilometers of the defunct Trans-Arabian Pipeline.
    
    View on art.thehighline.org

• Tours

  Tours

  Free Public Tours

  

  Hear the story behind New York City’s park in the sky. Join us for a guided walking tour led by a High Line Docent, a knowledgeable volunteer guide who will offer you an insider’s perspective on the park’s history, design, and landscape.
  Learn more

  Private Tours

  

  For visitors looking for a more personal experience, High Line Docents lead private group tours upon request. High Line Docents are experts in the park's history, design, horticulture, and art. Private tours require a fee and can accommodate up to 40 persons.
  Learn more

  Members-Only Tours

  

  Led by our trained High Line Docents, Members-Only Second Saturday tours are a fun and informative way to experience the High Line, and are only available to current members of Friends of the High Line. You will learn about the history, design, art, and horticulture of this unique public space. These limited-access tours take place on the Second Saturday of each month at 11:00 AM, from April through October. Reservation required. For more information, please email members@thehighline.org.

  Art Tours

  

  The High Line is filled with public art: from sculptures and murals to performances and videos. Have you ever wondered what inspired the artists? Or what the meaning was behind an artwork? How was it made? Join Melanie Kress, High Line Art Curatorial Fellow, for an insider's view on High Line Art.
  Last Monday of every month April - October
  Learn more

  Garden Tours

  

  Get to know every detail of the High Line's plant and wildlife while walking through the park with one of our knowledgeable staff horticulturists.
  Tour dates and times vary
  Learn more