Originally Posted by TrukTek2
Take a ride North on the West side highway path to The Cloisters/Fort Tyron Park. Beautiful scenery, great views of the George Washington bridge and a little old red lighthouse. Then ride South all the way around to the South street seaport. Also ck out this link.
http://www.nycvisit.com/content/index.cfm?pagePkey=501
That's actually the lighthouse from the children's book
The Little Red Lighthouse and The Great Grey Bridge .
My favorite is the stretch along the westside from 125th Street to the Battery, which runs past The 79th Street Boat Basin, several restaurants, skateboard parks, Chelsea Piers, an Acrobatic school, Kayacking schools and Ground Zero.