Bike Rides & Bicycling Galleries

A Bike Ride On The Harlem Valley Rail Trail : Oct 11, 2009 Stacey and I and Diane and her friend, Chi, took an all-too-quick bike ride on the magnificent Harlem Valley Rail Trail. Converted from the railroad line, built in 1851, that used to deliver milk from the valley's dairy farms to the growing metropolis of New York some 100 miles to the south, the bike and walking path will be nearly 50 miles long when completed. It runs through woods and pastoral meadows and is one of the most lovely places to ride your bike and commune with nature at the same time. More information is here: HVRT Info

A Bike Ride On The Harlem Valley Rail Trail

Oct 11, 2009 Stacey and I and Diane and her friend, Chi, took an all-too-quick bike ride on the magnificent Harlem Valley Rail Trail. Converted from the railroad line, built in 1851, that used to deliver milk from the valley's dairy farms to the growing metropolis of New York some 100 miles to the south, the bike and walking path will ...

Updated: Oct 12, 2009 8:50pm PST

Some Biking Improvements Come To Brooklyn : September 2009 The long awaited bike path, running up the center of Sand Street and completely separated from car traffic, is complete and open for business. It's a great improvement over the previous incarnation which was a shared path. The street is very busy with trucks and cars and on and off-ramps from the Brooklyn Queens Expressway...now you bike without any fear of being hit by the volumes of traffic whizzing by you.

Some Biking Improvements Come To Brooklyn

September 2009 The long awaited bike path, running up the center of Sand Street and completely separated from car traffic, is complete and open for business. It's a great improvement over the previous incarnation which was a shared path. The street is very busy with trucks and cars and on and off-ramps from the Brooklyn Queens Expressw ...

Updated: Oct 12, 2009 4:41pm PST

A Bike Ride to Long Island City : Apr 18, 2009 My friend Ed and I took a bike ride along Brooklyn's "new" waterfront - up through the neighborhoods of Williamsburg and Greenpoint, then across the Newtown Creek on the Pulaski Bridge into Queens and Long Island City. The changes there, with huge Blumbergers (aka skyscrapers) forming a wall along the East River are mind-blowing. Industrial decay giving rise to new, gentrified neighborhoods. cBuild it and they will come! And they have - everywhere, young people crowding the streets and hanging in the coffee shops, restaurants and shops that have sprouted up to serve the residents of the high rise apartments that are dominating the waterfront. Take a look at a few shots I took today. - Matt

A Bike Ride to Long Island City

Apr 18, 2009 My friend Ed and I took a bike ride along Brooklyn's "new" waterfront - up through the neighborhoods of Williamsburg and Greenpoint, then across the Newtown Creek on the Pulaski Bridge into Queens and Long Island City. The changes there, with huge Blumbergers (aka skyscrapers) forming a wall along the East River are mind-b ...

Updated: Apr 18, 2009 10:20pm PST

Bike Ride To Sammy's : On a beautiful, late-summer evening I took a lonesome bike ride to Manhattan for a bowl of wonton soup at Sammy's Noodle Shop in the Village. A few shots are yours for the viewing. - Matt

Bike Ride To Sammy's

On a beautiful, late-summer evening I took a lonesome bike ride to Manhattan for a bowl of wonton soup at Sammy's Noodle Shop in the Village. A few shots are yours for the viewing. - Matt

Updated: Aug 20, 2008 7:46pm PST

Lights In The Heights : Under the sponsorship of Times Up, perhaps a hundred bicyclists took to the streets to visit the Brooklyn neighborhood of Dyker Heights. Beginning at City Hall, with a stop at Prospect Park for additional bikers, the group glided through the darkened streets of various Brooklyn neighborhoods, reaching their destination which has a fabulous collection of houses wonderfully decorated and illuminated for the holidays. The weather cooperated also with temps in the 50's - this on December 17th! Take a look and if you weren't there this time, make sure you take this great ride next year. Happy New Year! And many thanks go to Trudy and others who helped lead this well-attended ride. - Matt nyccyclist@yahoo.com

Lights In The Heights

Under the sponsorship of Times Up, perhaps a hundred bicyclists took to the streets to visit the Brooklyn neighborhood of Dyker Heights. Beginning at City Hall, with a stop at Prospect Park for additional bikers, the group glided through the darkened streets of various Brooklyn neighborhoods, reaching their destination which has a fabulou ...

Updated: Dec 17, 2006 8:31pm PST