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Bike Month NYC |
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May 2008 |
Bike Month NYC, a joint effort of the NYC Department of Transportation and the non-profit Transportation Alternatives, celebrates biking in New York City. Now in its 17th year, Bike Month NYC features a diverse array of more than 200 events designed to appeal to everyone from the occasional rider to the City’s 120,000 everyday cyclists.
BIKE MONTH EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
Five Boro Bike Tour
Sunday, May 4: 8:00am
The Five Boro Bike Tour returns to the city streets for the 31st year. The largest recreational cycling event in the U.S., approximately 30,000 cyclists join together each year for this ride which begins in Manhattan and runs clockwise through the five boroughs on traffic-free roads. The ride concludes with a festival on Staten Island and a return trip to Manhattan aboard the Staten Island Ferry.
www.bikenewyork.org
Bike to Shea
Saturday, May 10: 11:00am
Game: 1:10 pm vs. Cincinnati Reds, Shea Stadium - (Flushing Meadows)
The ride is open to cyclists of all skill levels and marshals from the Department of Transportation will escort riders to the game via on-street bicycle lanes and Department of Parks & Recreation’s off-street greenways. The leisurely ride ends at Shea Stadium where participants can stay and watch the Mets take on the Cincinnati Reds. Free bike parking will be provided at Shea.
Tour de Brooklyn
Sunday, May 25: 9:00am
This free, 18-mile escorted ride travels from Prospect Park to Coney Island and back. The ride includes one rest stop where water and snacks will be provided for participants. Register online to secure your place in what is sure to be one of Brooklyn’s most popular rides.
www.tourdebrooklyn.org
Teach Your Kid To Ride a Bike
Throughout May in all Boroughs
Bike New York is offering parents a free class where they can teach their kids how to ride a bike and learn the basics of biking in a safe, social setting. This class teaches a safe, easy, effective way for parents to help get their children rolling--a method in which the child does most of the work! Participants learn the basics of balancing, starting, stopping, and steering.
Children may learn to ride their bike while taking the class, but even if they don't, parents will leave with an easy, hands-free, crash-free, and low-stress way to teach their child to ride. Last year, more than 600 kids and their parents learned this method, and the program received the 2007 Best of Parks Best Partnership Award. Classes listed below are offered in association with City of New York & Recreation.
WHEN/WHERE:
* Saturday, May 3, 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.:
- North Rochdale Playground (Baisley Boulevard and Bedell Street), Queens
- St. Nicholas Park (135th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue), Manhattan
- McCarren Park (Nassau Avenue, Bayard, Leonard and North 12 Streets), Brooklyn
- Midland Beach (parking lot at the intersection of Jefferson Avenue and Father Capodanno Boulevard), Staten Island
* Saturday, May 10, 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.:
- Bayswater Park (Beach Channel Drive, 32nd Street, Dwight and Norton Avenues), Queens
- J. J. Byrne Park (Fourth Street and Fifth Avenue), Brooklyn
- Midland Beach (parking lot at the intersection of Jefferson Avenue and Father Capodanno Boulevard), Staten Island
* Saturday, May 17, 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.:
- Admiral Park (Little Neck Parkway and 42nd Avenue), Queens
- Riverside Park (Promenade between 83rd and 86th Street), Manhattan
- Crispus Attucks Park (Fulton Street and Classon Avenue), Brooklyn
- Van Cortlandt Stadium (Broadway between West 242nd Street and Putnam Trail), Bronx
* Saturday, May 24, 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.:
- Highland Park (Jamaica Avenue and Elton Street), Queens
- Columbus Park (Mulberry and Baxter Streets, near the Pavilion at Bayard Street), Manhattan
- Carroll Park (Court and Smith Streets), Brooklyn
-Crotona Park/Boxcar Playground (Suburban and Charlotte Streets, adjacent to Crotona Park Lake), Bronx
* Saturday, May 31
-10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., Inwood Hill Nature Center (218th Street and Indian Road), Manhattan
Please visit www.BikeMonthNYC.org for a full listing of events.
For more information from Bike Month NYC 2006, please visit our
2007 Bike Month NYC Page.
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