Little Island at Pier 55 Map

Description: This map shows trails, buildings, theaters, restrooms, viewpoints, shops, and points of interest on Little Island.

Description: This map shows where Little Island at Pier 55 is located on the New York City Map.

Little Island is a public park on an artificial island in the Hudson River, off the West Side of Manhattan near West 13th Street. It is part of Hudson River Park and stands at the site of Pier 55, next to the remains of the historic Pier 54. The park covers about 2.4 acres (1 ha) and opened on May 21, 2021.

The park was designed by Heatherwick Studio with the landscape architecture firm MNLA. Its platform rests on 132 concrete "tulips", planters set on top of piles driven into the riverbed. The tulips stand at different heights, giving the park its undulating surface. Little Island includes lawns, planted areas, viewpoints and a 687-seat amphitheater.

The project was funded mainly by media executive Barry Diller and his wife, fashion designer Diane von Fürstenberg, and cost about $260 million. It was announced in 2014, but lawsuits delayed construction, and Diller briefly cancelled the project in 2017 before it was revived later that year.