On first Summer Streets of 2010, a Joy Ride!
A big thanks to the NYC DOT and everyone else who helped hand over Park Avenue and Lafayette Street to bikers and pedestrians today — the first Summer Streets of the summer! If you missed it today, make sure you take a ride next Saturday, or the Saturday after that.
I was lucky enough to get a spot on today’s Joy Ride, a bike ride set to music that ended with a delicious picnic in Central Park. It was fantastic.
Here are some photos from the ride.
This is one of the slotRadio players they gave us with the ride soundtrack created by Duncan Bridgeman:
This is about half of us stopped at an intersection:
The dumpster pools at 40th Street:
This girl had a really cool homemade bike:
How awesome is this picnic setup?
I met Maria. We shop at the same online store.
A bikes and food video blog in NYC? Why didn’t I think of this!
Just stumbled upon what looks to be a new Web show all about bikes and food in NYC. Called Pedaling: NYC.
Check out their trip from Whole Foods in SoHo to the Brooklyn Flea to make pizza. I want to ride with these guys!
PEDALING: NYC - “Pizza Fixation” from Iri Greco/Panforte Productions on Vimeo.
Nice work. Can’t wait to see more!
(Found via Gastronomista)
Best route from… Williamsburg to Cobble Hill
Here’s the best route I’ve found from Williamsburg to Atlantic Avenue in Cobble Hill.
Time: ~20 minutes
Comments: This route is much improved in recent months because of the new Kent Avenue and Sands Street bike paths. I picked this route because: 1) It’s quick. 2) It takes advantage of these great, safe paths. 3) It avoids cobble stoned streets in DUMBO. 4) You get the awesome view of Manhattan from Fulton Ferry Landing.
Am I missing a better route? Leave a comment!
Gears & Grub wrapup
I had a fantastic time today on the Gears & Grub ride with Dan Delaney from VendrTV and Anita Singh from Brooklyn By Bike. Met some great peeps, and the weather was incredible.
Here are some pics I took with my iPhone along the way.
We met under the Grand Army Plaza arch:
Then rode through Prospect Park on the way to Sunset Park.
I tried some wings on a stick from one of the vendors along 8th Ave.:
It’s always fun to look at the food they’re selling in Chinese neighborhoods. These live shrimp were literally jumping out of the container onto the sidewalk:
The food at the Red Hook Ballfields was fantastic, and I can’t believe it took me this long to come here for the first time:
We all sat out on the grass and noshed:
Melissa and I had to duck out of the ride when the group reached the Brooklyn Flea in Dumbo.
Thanks to Anita and Dan for making this happen!
El Tour de Taco???
If only I weren’t going out of town this weekend…
Saturday is the “El Tour de Taco Bike Ride” around NYC, and Anita Singh of Brooklyn By Bike is leading a group of Brooklynites from Grand Army Plaza starting at 10:30. You can follow her updates from the road on Twitter!
Check out the deets from offManhattan and Bike Blog NYC.
(Image courtesy of Tishon.)
Checking in on Columbia Street greenway
I live just a few blocks from a short, completed section of the planned Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway along Columbia Street. The path runs from Atlantic Avenue to Degraw Street, near the northern tip of Red Hook.
Soon, the path will go all the way south to Bay Ridge. For now it ends here:
There’s also a strange guy who lives (or at least hangs out) near the southern end of the path and has a bunch of junk all strung up against the fence. He feeds the pigeons and a huge family of stray cats that wander around the area.
And some cool art painted boards protecting a construction site on Degraw Street.
Check it out sometime!
