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The Hudson River Railroad was chartered on May 12, 1846 to extend the Troy and Greenbush Railroad, which connected Troy and Albany, south to New York City along the east bank of the Hudson River. Service began on the first 41 miles (66 km) of the line from Chambers Street and Hudson Street in Lower Manhattan to Peekskill on September 29, 1849.
The narrowest part of the East River Greenway in the East Village. The East River Greenway runs along the East Side, from Battery Park and past South Street Seaport to a dead end at 125th Street, East Harlem with a 0.6-mile (0.97 km) gap from 41st to 53rd streets in Midtown where pedestrians and cyclists use busy First and Second Avenues to get around United Nations Headquarters between the ...
Hudson Line refers to the following rail lines, all originally part of the Hudson River Railroad following the east shore of the Hudson River. Hudson Line (Metro-North), a commuter line from New York City north to Poughkeepsie; Hudson Subdivision a rail line continuing north from Poughkeepsie to Rensselaer, owned by CSX and leased by Amtrak
New Jersey – New York Downtown Hudson Tubes: Port Authority Trans-Hudson: Jersey City – Manhattan: 1909 Holland Tunnel: I-78 / Route 139: 1927 $17.00 (eastbound) Uptown Hudson Tubes: Port Authority Trans-Hudson: 1908 North River Tunnels: Amtrak and NJ Transit
In 1867, the New York Central Railroad and Hudson River Railroad were united by Cornelius Vanderbilt, being merged in 1869 to form the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad. The railroad acquired the former Episcopal church's St. John's Park property and built a large freight depot at Beach and Varick streets, which opened in 1868.
The Spuyten Duyvil Bridge is a railroad swing bridge that spans the Spuyten Duyvil Creek between Manhattan and the Bronx, in New York City.The bridge is located at the northern tip of Manhattan where the Spuyten Duyvil Creek meets the Hudson River, approximately 1,000 feet (300 m) to the west of the Henry Hudson Bridge.
When complete, the Essex-Hudson Greenway will become a 9-mile, 135-acre linear park that runs through Jersey City, Secaucus, Kearny, Newark, Belleville, Bloomfield, Glen Ridge and Montclair.
In July 2018, the New York City Economic Development Corporation announced a $100 million plan called Freight NYC to improve the flow of freight into and out of New York City. [34] [35] The plan's rail component includes: Constructing up to four new transload facilities in Brooklyn and Queens [34] [35] Constructing more passing sidings [34] [35]