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Wards Island Park

Astoria Park Beach & Wards Island Greenway

2.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 46 min

Astoria Park Beach & Wards Island Greenway is a 2.3-mile out-and-back in Wards Island Park near East Harlem, NY. The route reaches Astoria Park Beach at the turnaround, 1.1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi-26 – 26 ft2.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: FDR Drive 40.78788, -73.93819
Nearest town East Harlem, NY
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Astoria Park Beach & Wards Island Greenway

2.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 46 min

Elevation -27–25 ft

Out & Back · Wards Island Park

Trailhead: FDR Drive · 40.78788, -73.93819

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:27 AM · sunset 7:24 PM

Transit-accessible: East 105th Street & FDR Drive stop 45 m from the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on FDR Drive, heading SW.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left onto Wards Island Bridge, heading SE.
  3. 0.6 miBear right onto Wards Island Greenway, heading NE.
  4. 0.5 miSharp left, heading E.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  6. 50 ftReach Astoria Park Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  8. 0.5 miBear left, heading NW.
  9. 0.5 miTurn left onto Wards Island Bridge, heading NW.
  10. 250 ftTurn right onto FDR Drive, heading NW.
  11. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/astoria-park-beach-wards-island-greenway-out-back

Trail surface

98% paved1% gravel1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:27 AMSunset 7:24 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: East 105th Street & FDR Drive stop 45 m from the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near East Harlem, New York