A new elevated public park, stretching 1.45miles across New York's disused steel freight railway, has opened to the public.

Called the High Line, the park was designed by Diller Scofidio & Renfro and created by landscape architect James Corner Field Operations and runs between Gansevoort Street in Manhattan's meatpacking district to 34th Street. Section one, which reaches 20th Street, is open to the public while the remainder awaits completion. The public park is owned by the City of New York and operated by the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation.