The Best Bike Rides in and around NYC.
It finally happened. Three or four years behind schedule, but the path on the north side of the George Washington Bridge finally opened. The south side path is finally closed–and will be for the next four years. No more walking five sets of stairs just to cross the Hudson, now it’s all ADA-compliant smooth and …
New York City provides a fair share of maddening moments. One of those moments was when many of us found out that Fort Washington Avenue, by the George Washington Bridge, and the surrounding streets had been milled for repaving. And left that way. Ride. After ride. After ride. And then one day, fresh pavement. While …
Thanks for stopping by Where to Bike New York City. We’ve got rides here. Lots of routes. Rides for the downloading. Whatever you want to call them. We show you where to ride. We tell you where to ride New York City. Rides in all five boroughs (The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island), as …
New York City is a great place to ride a bicycle. And it’s getting better. I expect it will take some convincing for you to believe the above. So hereforth I’m offering up a listicle. Seven Reasons Why NYC is great for riding. Seven is a great number for a listicle, and the reasons outlined …
The New York City Waterfront Plan The Department of City Planning just release a draft version of their comprehensive New York City Waterfront Plan. It envisions how the 520-miles of New York City Waterfront will look in 2030. It’s about trying to create more usable space while mitigating and/or resisting adverse effect of global warming. …
Follow @wheretoridenyc on instagram. Yes, I know. It reads @wheretoride not @wheretobike. There’s a reason. The reason is that while I created and have the password for @wheretobikenyc, instagram won’t allow me access to that account. I have made many attempts to solve this issue. I went through the help portal for instagram. I read …
C’mon New York City Department of Transportation! I love that you have a newsletter, but the April one should come out on April 2, not on April 29. People can find it here. It’s great that you’re linking to the 2021 bike map, but here, too, it would be great to have the paper version …
Riding to Bear Mountain is a bucket-list ride for city cyclists. It might take all day, or just be another training ride, but no matter where you fall in the bike rider spectrum, it is something to be experienced. Both because it’s a great ride, and because, if you’re starting and finishing at the New …
Bennett’s Bicycles Shop Profile When I first started researching rides for WTBNYC, I thought Staten Island would be great riding territory. I was quickly brought down to earth. I called up both bike shops on the island, Bennett’s and The Bike Shop of Staten Island, and one of the people answering the phone told me …
One package. Reduced cost. More options. Simpler. Cheaper. More flexible. Best Manhattan Bike Routes Bundle Rather than going through each ride and weighing the pros and cons of each, just get all The Best Manhattan Bike Rides bundled together. It’s all the WTBNYC Manhattan Bike Routes in one fell swoop. The Best Manhattan Bike Route …
