Ten years ago, I was shocked to discover the two miles of abandoned waterfront path along the Harlem River that I nicknamed "the Lost Greenway" in the previous photos. I was even more shocked a year later to discover that there was ANOTHER mile of waterfront path similarly neglected along the Hudson River. This path, which runs alongside the northbound Henry Hudson Parkway between the George Washington Bridge and Dyckman Street, can be reached from the Hudson River Greenway on the south or from a curved stairway just below the intersection of Riverside Drive and Staff Street in the north.
Although the pavement here wasn't all that great, back in 1994 the city jackhammered large swaths of it to install new streetlamps for the adjacent highway. None of the holes were repaved - many were left open and were hazards for years. Maintenance along this path is spotty - the weeds get cut back every now and then, but pothole repair, even for the 4 foot-wide crater in this photo, is unheard of. This spot is just south of the Fort Tryon Park entrance (the park sign is the blurred stuff on the right of the photo).
