5-Borough Bike Club’s Frostbite Ride for “The World’s Greatest Pancakes”

By Aaron Donovan
Feb 24, 2007

Lunch will be extremely warm and delicious, at Bayonneâ€™s Broadway Diner. Journey further to Liberty State Park. Bring a lock, money for lunch and a camera. Leaders Ed DeFreitas and others. Note: This is the first 5-Borough Bike Club ride for which an NYPD parade permit was obtained.

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Eyes on the Street: Cyclists Ride New Hudson Greenway Ramp in Inwood

By Brad Aaron | Sep 8, 2015

Cyclists and wheelchair users will soon have improved access to the Hudson River Greenway in Inwood, when the Parks Department officially opens a new ramp connecting the greenway to Dyckman Street. The ADA-compliant ramp, at the northern terminus of the greenway, was supposed to open a year ago. Until now users had to enter and exit the […]

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Biking for Safer Streets With Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Apr 24, 2018

On Monday, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams hosted his fourth annual Bike-to-Work Ride, taking off from Prospect Park and ending at Borough Hall in Downtown Brooklyn.

Bike to Work With Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion

By Aaron Donovan | Apr 30, 2007

A fun, short ride down the Grand Concourse celebrating Bike Month and promoting a healthy and environmentally friendly form of transportation. After the ride, join Borough President Carrion for a free power breakfast on the lawn of the Andrew Freedman Home, 1125 Grand Concourse (between 165th & 166th Streets).

Melinda Katz’s “Bike Master Plan” Better Be More Than a Delay Tactic

By David Meyer | Jan 27, 2017

Katz's call for a borough-wide bike plan might not mean what you think. It echoes comments she made in an attempt to block the second phase of the Queens Boulevard redesign.

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The Queens Boulevard Protected Bike Lane Celebration Ride

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Aug 28, 2015

If Queens Boulevard can get a protected bike lane, you can probably put one on almost any street in the country. Yesterday, the Transportation Alternatives Queens Committee hosted the first of what it hopes are many celebratory bike rides down Queens Boulevard, trying out the first 10 blocks of the bike lane installed this month by NYC […]

Check Out This Wonderfully Normal CBS 2 Queens Blvd Bike Lane Story

By Brad Aaron | May 13, 2016

There’s nothing particularly noteworthy about this CBS 2 feature on the plan to extend the bike lanes on Queens Boulevard. And that’s what makes it noteworthy. With shots of the street where lanes now exist, reporter Sonia Rincon begins the piece like so: “The DOT is reshaping the landscape of one of the most dangerous roads in the […]