Riverbank State Park

Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park
The waste treatment plant and park as seen from across the river
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TypeState park
LocationManhattan, New York City, NY
Coordinates40°49′30″N 73°57′25″W / 40.825°N 73.957°W / 40.825; -73.957
Area28 acres (11 ha)
Created1993
Operated byNew York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Visitors3,187,269 (in 2014)[1]
StatusOpen all year

Riverbank State Park is a 28-acre (11 ha) state park[2] built on top of a sewage treatment facility on the Hudson River, in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It was opened in 1993. On September 5, 2017, it was renamed Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park, after longtime New York State Assembly member Denny Farrell who represented the surrounding area.[3]

  1. ^ "State Park Annual Attendance Figures by Facility: Beginning 2003". Data.ny.gov. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
  2. ^ "Section O: Environmental Conservation and Recreation, Table O-9" (PDF). 2014 New York State Statistical Yearbook. The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government. 2014. p. 673. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 16, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
  3. ^ McQueen, Greg (September 13, 2017). "Fit for Farrell: Riverbank State Park Renamed". Manhattan Times.