Riverwalk view of NYC

The walkway you are standing on is part of a grander vision that reshaped the entire New Jersey shoreline. Before this path existed, the waterfront in West New York was a collection of abandoned industrial brownfields, filled with crumbling warehouses and derelict railyards that had been left behind as shipping moved away. In the late twentieth century, state regulators intervened by mandating that any new private development along the water must include a public, accessible path. This requirement forced a transformation of the area from a forgotten industrial relic into a continuous, public promenade that allows you to walk alongside the river for miles.