Goats Are Coming Back To Riverside Park This Summer

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — In a major piece of good news for the Upper West Side, goats are returning to Riverside Park this summer.

The Riverside Park Conservancy said it will be making the incoming goat announcement on Thursday at 11 a.m. in Times Square, where a giant Morgan Stanley billboard celebrating the animals will also get lit up.

Earth Day plans? We’ll be at Times Square making an important announcement. 11AM, 47th & Broadway this Thursday. @NY1 @CBSNewYork @PIX11News @fox5ny pic.twitter.com/dpxrhSzgkT
— Riverside Park Conservancy (@RiversideParkNY) April 20, 2021

"You've seen Cats, now see Goats," said Dan Garodnick, President and CEO of Riverside Park Conservancy. "We're thrilled to see the Riverside Park goats light up Broadway in celebration of their big arrival."

The goats were a major hit on the Upper West Side in 2019, as 24 of them got released in Riverside Park between roughly West 119th and 125th Streets to help clear weeds, English ivy, poison ivy, and more.

The herd was driven to Riverside Park from Green Goats Farm in Rhinebeck, New York. All 24 members of the herd had retired from farm work and now spend their golden years traveling the state for weed whacking jobs.

Skittles, Specks, Cheech, and Chong were some of the most popular goats among the herd.

The goats will again be from Green Goats Farm.