The 'Running Of The Goats' Will Take Place On The UWS In July

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — The return of the Riverside Park goats was revealed on Wednesday. However, an official Times Square announcement on Thursday from the Riverside Park Conservancy provided even more details about the incoming furry friends to the Upper West Side.

After a one-year hiatus, the Conservancy announced the famed goat "interns" will be back to work on invasive plant removal in Riverside Park this summer.

The goats will be arriving on July 14 for the ceremonial "Running of the Goats."

The official announcement of the goat's return to Riverside Park took place Thursday in Times Square with a corresponding unveiling of a giant billboard of the goats.

The billboard is part of Morgan Stanley's Lights on Broadway Initiative.

“Like the annual reemergence of the Swallows in Capistrano, Manhattan now has its very own traditional migration legend - the return of our beloved goats to Riverside Park,” said Council Member Mark Levine, in a news release. “This innovative program has been so successful over the past two years, not only because of the goat's expert ability to eat invasive and dangerous plants that have taken root in the park but because it has captured the admiration and imagination of so many New Yorkers."

The goats will initially set up in an area between 120th and 122nd Streets just off Riverside Drive. The furry friends are expected to stay from July 14 through the summer.