Park update: the section of the High Line from 14th to 23rd Streets will be closed on December 9. Visitors may exit at those streets and walk along 10th Avenue to re-enter the park. Stairs and an elevator are available at 14th and 23rd Streets.
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Northern Spur Preserve
At 16th St.
The Northern Spur Preserve evokes the wild landscape that grew on the High Line before it was a park, featuring crab apples, asters, and sedges. Here, the track diverged and entered the Merchants Refrigerating Company Warehouse across 10th Avenue. The landscape is best appreciated from an intimate observation deck above the preserve, where views of the robust plantings are set against the city streets below.
Featured Plants
Bowman's root
Gillenia trifoliata
This plant is also known as “American ipecac,” because of its medicinal uses—the roots were used by Native Americans as an emetic.
Blue stem goldenrod
Solidago caesia
A handsome, easily grown plant with arching bluish stems, this goldenrod offers small yellow flowers that attract a wide variety of bees and butterflies.
Glory-of-the-snow
Scilla sardensis
This March-blooming bulb is native to Turkey. Over the course of several years it will naturalize, forming larger groups.
Lady in Black calico aster
Symphyotrichum lateriflorum ‘Lady in Black’
Northern sea oats
Chasmanthium latifolium
This native, perennial, ornamental grass offers beautiful drooping sprays of seed heads and coppery brown upright foliage in winter.
Keep the High Line Thriving
The High Line is beautiful thanks in large part to individual supporters like you. Members provide the tools and resources our gardeners need to keep the gardens open to everyone for seasons to come.
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