[7] Phase one of the park's layout, led by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates,[8] was finished in January 2012.

[10] Since the boulevard was brand-new, it would conform to New York City Department of Transportation standards set in 2012.

[11] A business improvement district for the park, started in early 2014,[12] is being led by Robert J. Benfatto Jr., of Manhattan Community Board 4.

Its budget is used for Hudson Park maintenance and operations, district-wide services and improvements, administration and advocacy.

[16] On March 1, 2019, the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation announced that Hudson Park was to be renamed in honor of Bella Abzug, a New York representative and one of the leading endorsers of the second-wave feminism movement.

This was part of an effort by Bill de Blasio's association's plan to recognize female New Yorkers during Women's History Month.

Then, a High Line-style promenade above the Lincoln Tunnel entrance will be constructed in the second phase to connect the greenway to 42nd Street.

[20] The first phase of the park and boulevard has lawns, a fountain, a café, wooden benches, planting beds, and a playground.

[13] On April 30, 2014, Tishman Speyer announced the acquisition of land between the Hudson Park & Boulevard and Tenth Avenue, between 34th and 35th Streets; which will be razed[24] to make way for a "Hudson Spire", to be the tallest building in America with a potential height of over 1,800 feet (549 m) and 108 stories.