The read Chelsea in short
Chelsea is known for its art galleries, the High Line park, and its LGBTQ+ community. The High Line's first stretch, from Gansevoort Street to 20th Street, opened as a public park on June 8, 2009 — built atop a 1930s elevated freight rail line that carried its last train in 1980. The finished park now runs 1.45 miles north to 34th Street. Near its southern end, Chelsea Market fills the former National Biscuit Company factory complex on Ninth Avenue between 15th and 16th Streets, where the Oreo was first produced in 1912, and the gallery district clustered west of Tenth Avenue sits directly alongside the park.
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