Elevated Acre — Attraction in New York

ELEVATED ACRE: In a city where space is at a premium, there remains hidden away a lush garden of solitude, known to only a very few. Remarkably, this pleasant, quiet meadow can be found in the jostling streets of the busy Financial District in Lower Manhattan. Or more specifically, above it! The Elevated Acre is precisely that: a one-acre meadow flanked by delightfully designed gardens and plantings elevated above the city streets. Its entrance is fairly anonymous, an escalator at 55 Water Street, set back from the sidewalk. Currently surrounded by construction, passersby will often overlook it. But if you venture up the escalators you will find the marvelous Elevated Acre. The secretive urban oasis features a lawn, an amphitheater, a summer beer garden, winding paths of Brazilian hardwood, spectacular views of the East River, Brooklyn, and the Brooklyn Bridge, and above all, pleasant solitude. This elevated one-acre park is one of Manhattan’s most relaxing secrets. ACRE ELEVADO: En una ciudad donde el espacio es escaso, queda escondido un exuberante Escondido jardín, conocido por muy pocos. Sorprendentemente, esta agradable y tranquila pradera se puede encontrar en las calles del distrito financiero de Lower Manhattan. O más específicamente, por encima de él! El Acre Elevado es precisamente eso: una pradera de un acre flanqueada por jardines y plantaciones deliciosamente diseñadas elevadas sobre las calles de la ciudad. Su entrada es bastante anónima, una escalera mecánica en 55 Water Street, apartada de la acera, menudo los transeuntes lo pasan por alto. Pero si te aventuras por las escaleras mecánicas, encontrarás el maravilloso Elevated Acre. El secreto oasis urbano cuenta con un césped, un anfiteatro, una cervecería al aire libre de verano, caminos sinuosos de madera dura brasileña, vistas espectaculares del East River, Brooklyn y el Puente de Brooklyn, y sobre todo, una agradable soledad. Este elevado parque de un acre es uno de los secretos más relajantes...

You are walking through the Financial District, dodging suits and vape clouds, when you see a set of escalators leading nowhere. You go up because you are curious or lost or both. And suddenly there it is, a rooftop park no one asked for but someone clearly landscaped within an inch of its life.

It is like finding a perfectly folded sweater in a dumpster. A patch of grass and a view of the East River, boxed in by towers that look like they would rather be somewhere else. There are a few benches, some potted plants, and the faint sound of traffic rising from below like someone left the oven on.

People here are not tourists exactly, but they are not locals either. They are office escapees with sad salads, couples on first dates trying to pretend the guy next to them is not asleep with his mouth open.

Morning Grab a coffee from Black Fox on Pine Street. Walk over while the city is still stretching and yawning. The place is empty then, just you, the river, and maybe a seagull judging your posture.

Midday Eat lunch here if you like the feeling of being in on a secret. Watch the helicopters land on the pier below. Wonder who decided this space should exist. Try to imagine the meeting.

Afternoon If the weather is good, linger. Bring a book you will only half-read because you keep watching boats crawl by. Or pull out your phone and look down at the tiny ants of humanity moving in the streets.

Evening Come back as the sun drops. The light bounces off the glass of the buildings, and for a few minutes you will think you are somewhere important. Then the office workers go home, the wind picks up, and it is just you again, sitting in a park no one sees.

The Elevated Acre is what happens when a city accidentally leaves something nice out where the public...

Tucked away in lower Manhattan I was suprised to find this little greenway with a nice view. Once you go up the steps/escalator from Water Street you enter a nicley landscaped urban park. You can turn left and go to the namsake 'green acre' of turf, or continue straight on an inclined walkway passing a few benches lined with tall grasses and wild shrubs to a panaramic view of the East River from the bridges to the Statan Island terminal including Booklyn and Governors Island. We continued on to the corner and down the steps to the turf field. Here we found the giant scaled steps which form a sort of amphitheater. We were here on a Sunday and it was very quiet and peaceful. Its a nice little getaway and seems to have potential for your solo escape or small...