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Video: Bike Ride Across The Queensboro Bridge

Seth @ nyc bike maps — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:34:20 +0000

Bike ride across the Queensboro Bridge (59th Street) from Manhattan into Queens. Video is played back at 2x the normal speed.

Video: Bike Ride Across the Brooklyn Bridge

Seth @ nyc bike maps — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:17:25 +0000

Bicycle ride across the Brooklyn Bridge going from Brooklyn to Manhattan on Friday August 21st. The ride starts at the entrance to the Brooklyn side of the bridge’s path at Adams Street and ends near City Hall at the end of the bridge’s bike path.

Play back at 2x the normal speed

Video: Bike Ride Across The Manhattan Bridge

Seth @ nyc bike maps — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 07:55:55 +0000

A bike ride across the Manhattan Bridge from Manhattan into Brooklyn. The eight minute trip is played back at double speed in this four minute video.

Grand Street Protected Bicycle Path

Seth @ nyc bike maps — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 21:56:35 +0000

Streets Blog has confirmed that the existing Grand Street bike lane between Varick and Chrystie is being replaced with a protected bicycle path. The bike path will be located on the far right of the street separated from traffic by a 3 foot curb and is the first cross town bike route separated from traffic. More info in the DOT proposal (PDF).

Ocean Parkway Bike Path

seth — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 04:50:26 +0000

On June 15, 1894, Brooklyn’s Ocean Parkway became the home of the country’s first bike path. Inspired by the grand boulevards of Europe and designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux , Ocean Parkway stretches over five miles from Brooklyn’s Prospect Park to Coney Island.

History of Brooklyn’s Ocean Parkway
1860’s – Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, who were also responsible for Central Park and Prospect Park, designed and proposed Ocean Parkway to the Brooklyn Park Commissioners.
1868 – Land for Ocean Parkway was acquired by the City of Brooklyn.
1874 – Construction of Ocean Parkway began.
1880 – Ocean Parkway completed.
1894 – Pedestrian path split to create the first bike path in the United States.
1950 – Northernmost half-mile of Ocean Parkway demolished and replaced by the Prospect Expressway.
1975 – Ocean Parkway designated a historic landmark.

View Map of Ocean Parkway Bike Path

The bike path is on the West side of Ocean Parkway. The path on the East side is reserved for pedestrians.

The bike path is separated from cars by a tree-lined median and intersects with cross streets at every block.

signs above from Urch on flickr

New Map: North and South County Trailways Bike Map

seth — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 03:46:06 +0000

Westchester County, New York City’s neighbor to the North, is home to the North County & South County trailways. These Westchester trails are part of an ambitious rails-to-trails project that will eventually connect Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx to the Putnam County Trailway via a scenic car-free bike path. While nearly 40 miles have already been completed & are ready for riding, there is still on-going construction on the South County Trailway and to ride from the city to the trail requires several miles of on-street riding with traffic. To skip the city miles & minimize on-street riding, you can take Metro North to the trail. The Pleasantville station is only a mile from the North County Trailway.

North County and South County Trailway Bike Map

New Mountain Bike Trail in NYC

seth — Sat, 19 May 2007 22:07:13 +0000

Today upper Manhattan’s Highbridge Park became the home of New York City’s first mountain bike trail.

More details at New York City Mountain Bike Association and NYC’s Dept. of Parks & Recreation.

Tomorrow, May 20th, Manhattan will have its first ever mountain bike race in Highbridge Park. Race Map from NYCMBA (pdf)

Welcome to NYC Bike Maps .com

seth — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 22:46:06 +0000

NYC Bike Maps .com is your online resource for bicycling in New York City.

Our goal is to provide you with accurate maps, relevant information, and up to date news to facilitate a safe and enjoyable biking experience in the New York metro area.

Bike Maps include:

click the image above to visit the New York City Bike Map

A color coded legend is used to identify the various components of New York City’s bicycle network.

Bike Path / Greenway
Special Bike Path
Bike Lane

Bike Route
On-Street Route
View Legend

More information about the bike paths, bike lanes, bike routes, greenways, and parks in New York City’s bicycle network can be found in the NYC Bike Map Legend.

READ IT: NYC Cycling news & NYCBikeMaps.com site updates

SUB IT: Bikes on Transit in New York City

FIX IT: Bike Shops in the 5 Boroughs

LEARN IT: NYC Bike Laws & Regulations

TAKE IT WITH YOU: The Free Official New York City bike map from the NYC Dept. of City Planning and the Dept. of Transportation Bicycling Program.

CONTRIBUTE: Please report map errors.Tag your pictures on flickr, links on del.icio.us, and videos on youtube with “nycbikemaps “.

The New York City Bike Maps is also available for Google Earth

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