Manhattan · New York County
500 West 30th Street
POPS - Outdoor Plaza
- Location
- 500 West 30th Street, Hudson Yards / Chelsea
- Size
- 0.12 acres
- Hours
- Open during building hours
- Type
- POPS - Outdoor Plaza
500 West 30th Street is a Privately Owned Public Space in the Hudson Yards / Chelsea area, providing an outdoor plaza near the High Line and the Hudson Yards development.
The High Line, the elevated park built on a former freight rail line, runs through this section of the far west side. The park, which opened in stages between 2009 and 2014, has become one of the most visited attractions in New York and has catalyzed billions of dollars in surrounding development.
The transformation of the far west side from an industrial district of rail yards, warehouses, and auto repair shops into a neighborhood of luxury towers and cultural venues has been one of the most dramatic urban changes in recent New York history.
The POPS serves the new residential and commercial population of the Hudson Yards area, where the combination of the High Line, the Hudson River waterfront, and the massive Hudson Yards development has created a new neighborhood from scratch.
This plaza provides public outdoor space in a neighborhood that did not exist in its current form a decade ago.