2008: New Bike Lanes in New York City

Mar 3rd, 2008

Bikers in New York City now have some new bike lanes to enjoy while riding around town. Manhattan appears to have been the recipient of the most new bike lanes, with Brooklyn and the Bronx also getting a few.

New Bike Lanes in Manhattan

9th Avenue Physically Separated Bike Lane

9th Avenue Painted Bike Lane

Prince Street Bike Lane

Bleeker Street Bike Lane

Sharrows on Bowery connecting Bleeker Street and 2nd Street

Sharrows on Bowery connecting Bleeker and 2nd Street

2nd Street Bike Lane

2nd Street Bike Lane
Bike Box at the 2nd Street Bike Lane

East 90th Street Bike Lane

East 91st Street Bike Lane

Reade Street Bike Lane

Bike Lanes and Sharrows leading to and from the Brooklyn Bridge

Lafayette Bike Lane leading to the Brooklyn Bridge
Centre Street Bike Sharrows approaching Brooklyn Bridge
Centre Street Bike Sharrows exiting Brooklyn Bridge
Bike Box on Centre Street at Reade Street

Brooklyn

The Bronx

Gerard Avenue and Walton Avenue Bike Lanes

If you know of any others, please post them in the comments.

All photos by Seth Holladay

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Seth on March 14th, 2008 at 1:22 pm:
Just found out that a few more lanes are planned to be built this month.

in Brooklyn:
Clinton Street in Williamsburg
DeKalb Avenue in Fort Greene

in Manhattan:
Greenwich Street and Washington Street in the West Village

from the DOT: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/bicyclists/bikemain.shtml
seth @ nyc bike maps on March 14th, 2008 at 1:27 pm:
More links to the DOT website regarding new bike lanes

2008 Schedule:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/bicyclists/installsched.shtml

2007 Completed lanes:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/bicyclists/installsched.shtml
Rich on April 12th, 2008 at 9:55 am:
About time we are seeing more bike lanes. Only wish there could be more enforcement for those who ignore the lanes and double park, and use it as a vehicle lane.

There needs to be more tickets written to those who double park.
Kai on May 27th, 2008 at 8:51 pm:
The DOT should use some better paint. The paint used in 2007 in Greenpoint is a joke. A month after they painted it, the street were filled with “decapitated” and “unicycle” symbols.
Reed on August 18th, 2008 at 4:49 pm:
What is the total mileage of bike lanes in NYC?

I am interesed in having my hometown model your design.. any further info on topics such as; how to create bike lines on narrow streets? What to do at stop signs? etc…

I would really like to create this, so please send me any info..

thanks, Reed
Happy PARK(ing) day! « Feelin’ Groovy on September 20th, 2008 at 10:24 am:
[...] New York City has actually been doing a great job making streets more bike and pedestrian friendly. Some examples include the redesign of the intersection of Broadway and Fifth Avenue at Madison Square, the creation of Broadway Boulevard between 42nd and 34th Streets, the incredibly successful Summer Streets pilot program and NYC’s aggressive pursuit of new bike lanes. [...]