Imagine walking the entire perimeter of Manhattan without needing to detour onto local streets, or cycling the waterfront from Far Rockaway through Brooklyn and back up to College Point without dodging trucks and cars.

That’s just part of the vision laid out in an ambitious new plan published by New York City officials Wednesday to build dozens of miles of new greenways across the five boroughs in the coming years.

The plan, called “Greater Greenways,” takes stock of the city’s existing 500 miles of greenways with an eye toward connecting them to create a more unified network of paths for pedestrians and cyclists.

Officials billed it as the first master plan for the city’s greenway network in more than 30 years. It includes 40 new miles of paths that could be built in the short term,

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