Stuyvesant Cove Park

Stuyvesant Cove Park
Stuyvesant Cove Park
Location	Manhattan, New York
Coordinates	40°43′59.5″N 73°58′26.5″W / 40.733194°N 73.974028°W
Area	1.9 acres (0.77 ha)
Etymology	named after Peter Stuyvesant

Stuyvesant Cove Park is a 1.9-acre (7,700 m²) public park on the East Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan that runs from 18th Street to 23rd Street between the FDR Drive and the East River. Part of the East River Greenway, it is located to the south of the Waterside Plaza apartment complex, to the east of Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village, and to the north of the East River Park, and connects to the Captain Patrick J. Brown Walk on the south end.^[1] Stuyvesant Cove is served by the NYC Ferry Soundview route.^[2]

Background

Located on the what was once the brownfield site of a former ready-mix concrete plant and a parking lot, the park was created after the failure of the proposed Riverwalk mixed-use development that would have included residential units, offices, a hotel and a marina.^[3] Surplus concrete dumped from trucks into the East River has created a small beach in the middle of the park near the end of 20th Street, which is not intended to be accessed by pedestrians.^[4]^[5]^[6]

The park, which was completed in 2002, cost $8.3 million and was designed by Donna Walcavage Landscape Architecture.^[7]^[8] Solar 1, an environmental learning center with a small outdoor stage for public performances, is located at the north end of the park.

Since 2009, Stuyvesant Cove Park has been artfully planted with a wide variety of native plant species. In 2018, park manager Emily Curtis-Murphy embarked on a program to showcase plant species originally native to Manhattan and Long Island in a manner that positions the park as an outdoor classroom for students attending local schools.

The park features a two-way bike path along with ample bike parking, and several picnicking areas with tables and seating. In 2019, NYC Ferry service was added to the park, serving the Soundview route.

The park was closed at the end of 2020 and rebuilt to allow for the construction of a new floodwall with flood gates as part of the city's East Side Coastal Resiliency project. This project also removed the gazebos and some seating from the park, replacing it with stadium style seats and more tables. The northern section of the park was reopened to the public on May 31, 2023.^[9]

Native Plants of Stuyvesant Cove Park

As of 2016, these are the native plant species that vegetate at the park:

2016 Native Plants of Stuyvesant Cove Park
SYMBOL	Botanical Name	Common Name
ACRUR2	Actea racemosa	red baneberry
ACMI2	Achillea millefolium	common yarrow
AMCA4	Amelanchier canadensis	Canadian serviceberry
AMST80	Amelanchier stolonifera	running serviceberry
AMFR	Amorpha fruticosa	desert false indigo
AMTA2	Amsonia tabernaemontana	eastern bluestar
ANCA8	Anemone canadensis	Canadian anemone
ANTUT2	Anemone virginana	tuber anemone
AQCA	Aquilegia canadensis	red columbine
ARNU2	Aralia nudicaulis	wild sarsaparilla
AGAL5	Ageratina altissima	white snakeroot
ARUV	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi	kinnikinnick
ASIN	Asclepias incarnata	swamp milkweed
ASSY	Asclepias syriaca	common milkweed
ASTU	Asclepias tuberosa	butterfly milkweed
ASVE	Asclepias verticillata	whorled milkweed
BAHA	Baccharis halimifolia	eastern baccharis
BASE2	Baptesia tinctoria	serrate balsamroot
BEPO	Betula populifolia	gray birch
CARA2	Campsis radicans	trumpet creeper
CACA18	Carpinus caroliniana	American hornbeam
CAPE6	Carex pensylvanica	Pennsylvania sedge
CACA18	Carpinus caroliniana	American hornbeam
CEAM	Ceanothus americanus	New Jersey tea
CEOC	Celtis occidentalis	common hackberry
CHLA5	Chasmanthium latifolium	Indian woodoats
CHVI3	Chionanthus virginicus	white fringetree
CLVI5	Clematis virginiana	devil's darning needles
CLVI5	Clematis virginiana	devil's darning needles
CLAL3	Clethra alnifolia	coastal sweetpepperbush
COPE80	Comptonia peregrina	sweet fern
COCO13	Conoclinium coelestinum	blue mistflower
CORA6	Cornus racemosa	gray dogwood
COLA5	Coreopsis lanceolata	lanceleaf tickseed
COVE5	Coreopsis verticillata	whorled tickseed
CORO	Coreopsis rosea	pink tickseed
COWR3	Coreopsis zagreb	rock tickseed
DEPU2	dennstaedtia punctilobula	eastern hayscented fern
DICU	Dicentra cucullaria	Dutchman's breeches
DILO	Diervilla lonicera	northern bush honeysuckle
DIVI5	Diospyros virginiana	common persimmon
ECPU	Echinacea purpurea	eastern purple coneflower
ELHY	Elymus hystrix	eastern bottlebrush grass
ERSP	Eragrostis spectabilis	purple lovegrass
ERYU	Eryngium yuccifolium	button eryngo
ERAM5	Erythronium americanum	dogtooth violet
EUDI16	Eurybia divaricata	white wood aster
EUGR5	Euthamia graminifolia	flat-top goldentop
EUPU21	Eutrochium purpureum	sweetscented joe pye weed
FAGR	Fagus grandifolia	American beech
GEMA	Geranium maculatum	spotted geranium
GEMA4	Geum macrophyllum	largeleaf avens
GITR6	Gillenia trifoliata	Bowman's root
GRRU	Grass? (bed	San Francisco River leatherpetal
HAVE2	Hamamelis vernalis	Ozark witchhazel
HAVI4	Hamamelis virginiana	American witchhazel
HEAU	Helenium autumnale	common sneezeweed
HEHE5	Heliopsis helianthoides	smooth oxeye
HENO2	Hepatica nobilis	hepatica
HEVI2	Heuchera villosa	hairy alumroot
HIMO	Hibiscus moscheutos	crimsoneyed rosemallow
ILGL	Ilex glabra	inkberry
IRVE2	Iris versicolor	harlequin blueflag
LISC2	Liatris scariosa	devil's bite
JUVI	Juniperus virginiana	eastern redcedar
LOSE	Lonicera sempervirens	trumpet honeysuckle
LIAS	Liatris aspera	tall blazing star
LISP	Liatris spicata	dense blazing star
LISU	Lilium superbum	Turk's-cap lily
LOSI	Lobelia siphilitica	great blue lobelia
MEVI3	Mertensia virginica	Virginia bluebells
MODI	Monarda didyma	scarlet beebalm
MOFI	Monarda fistulosa	wild bergamot
MOPU	Monarda punctata	spotted beebalm
MOUT	Morus alba	Utah mortonia
MORU2	Morus rubra	red mulberry
MUCA2	Muhlenbergia capillaris	hairawn muhly
MYHA	Myrica pensylvanica	Sierra bayberry
OEFR	Oenothera fruticosa	narrowleaf evening primrose
OSCI	Osmunda cinnamomea	cinnamon fern
PAAM2	Panicum amarum	bitter panicgrass
PAQU2	Parthenocissus quinquefolia	Virginia creeper
PECA6	Penstemon calycosa	California penstemon
PEDI	Penstemon digitalis	talus slope penstemon
PHPA9	Phlox paniculata	fall phlox
PHST3	Phlox stolonifera	creeping phlox
PHVI7	Physocarpos opulifolius	roundtip twinpod
PHVI8	Physostegia virginiana	obedient plant
PIVI2	Pinus virginiana	Virginia pine
PORE2	Polemonium reptans	Greek valerian
PRMA2	Prunus maritima	beach plum
PRPE2	Prunus pensylvanica	pin cherry
PRSE2	Prunus serotina	black cherry
PYMU	Pycnanthemum muticum	clustered mountainmint
PYTE	Pycnanthemum tenuifolium	narrowleaf mountainmint
QUAL	Quercus alba	white oak
QUBI	Quercus bicolor	swamp white oak
QUCO2	Quercus coccinea	scarlet oak
QUIL	Quercus ilicifolia	bear oak
QUMA2	Quercus macrocarpa	bur oak
RHAR4	Rhus aromatica	fragrant sumac
RHGL	Rhus glabra	smooth sumac
ROCA4	Rosa Carolina	Carolina rose
RUAL	Rubus allegheniensis	Allegheny blackberry
RUTRT	Rudbekia fulgida	browneyed Susan
SAAN	Sabatia angularis	rosepink
SCMA2	Scrophularia marilandica-	carpenter's square
SIVI4	Silene virginica	fire pink
SOCA4	Solidago caesia	wreath goldenrod
SOGR4	Solidago graminifolia	Virginia goldenrod
SOSE	Solidago sempervirens	seaside goldenrod
SOST	Solidago stricta-	wand goldenrod
SPPA	Spartina patens	saltmeadow cordgrass
SPHE	Sporobolus heterolepis	prairie dropseed
SYOR	Symphoricarpos orbiculatus	coralberry
SYLA3	Symphyotrichum laeve	smooth blue aster
SYNO2	Symphyotrichum novea-angliae	New England aster
SYOB	Symphyotrichum oblongifolium	aromatic aster
THPU2	Thalictrum pubescens	king of the meadow
ULRU	Ulmus rubra	slippery elm
VEHA2	Verbena hastata	swamp verbena
VENO	Vernonia noveboracensis	New York ironweed
VIPR	Viburnum prunifolium	blackhaw
VILA10	Viola labradorica	alpine violet
VISO	Viola sororia	common blue violet
XASI	Xanthorhiza simplicissima	yellowroot
ZIAP	Zizia aptera	meadow zizia
ZIAU	Zizia aurea	golden zizia

References

Notes

^ "Stuyvesant Cove Park". Solar 1. Retrieved 2010-07-02.
^ "Soundview Ferry Route & Schedule | NYC Ferry Service". New York City Ferry Service. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
^ Stamler, Bernard (October 26, 1997). "Park to Grow on the Ashes of the Riverwalk Plan". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-07-02.
^ "Before & After". Solar 1. Archived from the original on 2010-07-02. Retrieved 2010-07-02.
^ Kinetz, Erika (January 13, 2002). "Rock Outcropping or Rubble? No One's Neutral on Old Cement". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-07-02.
^ Kilgannon, Corey (May 31, 2004). "They'll Take Manhattan (Accidental Beaches, Too)". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-07-02.
^ Rosen, Dan (December 9, 2009). "Stuy Town Resident Is Putting on The Pier Pressure". The Villager. New York. Retrieved 2010-07-02.
^ Freeman, Allen (August 2003). "East Side Story". Landscape Architecture. Archived from the original on 2011-01-15. Retrieved 2010-07-02.
^ "Stuyvesant Cove Park Reopens with New Recreation Areas and Flood Protection for Surrounding Community". New York City Department of Design and Construction. May 31, 2023. Retrieved 2023-06-18.