By Frank da Cruz - In Staten Island there are fully realized Greenway paths along the shore at various points, but the last time I was there they were not connected. The one along the north shore, going east from the Saint George Ferry terminal, has a spectacular view of New York Harbor, lower Manhattan, and the New Jersey ports, but it is less than a mile long.

Runners who live in the Columbia University area of Manhattan, New York City (Morningside Heights and West Harlem) are fortunate to have Riverside Park, Central Park, and Morningside Park nearby. The parks and the Hudson riverfront are in better condition now than at any time in the last one hundred years, especially since 2000 with the inauguration of the Greenway. The site Upper Manhattan Running describes some obvious and not-so-obvious runs that start in the Columbia area, but it is also useful for anybody who lives on the west side anywhere between midtown and Washington Heights or Inwood.

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