Bike NYC – St. Marks to Brooklyn
July 24th, 2016 by Mr. C
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Mondocurry’s son Nathan was visiting from Hawaii last year around this same time and we setup a bike ride that started with having dim sum at the large & vibrant banquet hall in a mall called 88 Palace located underneath the Manhattan bridge. After the canto eats, the bike ride commenced on East Broadway Chinatown > Brooklyn Bridge > Brooklyn Bridge Park > Manhattan Bridge > Chinatown. It was a fun ride despite being the hottest day of the year.
It so happened that Nathan was visiting again this year and we added a few revisions of the same ride and it was a blast! The only difference this year was that we all rode on Citibikes! Last year, I rode on my Brompton foldup bike but I decided that I didn’t want to lug the little brit around on all the stops so I opted to use the Citibike for convenience sake this year. And I’m sure glad I did! This time around, my citibike experience led to much more confidence in using their docking stations to checkin/checkout bikes. It seems like all the stations that I went to on Saturday were all operational as opposed to the experience I had a few years ago. Good job Citibike! The 3 gears on the citibike were good enough to navigate the slight inclines of all the bridge crossings. Come see how we get things started below! This year there was no dim sum. We opted for a lighter breakfast at Panya Bakery on 9th Street, instead. We’re looking forward to our 3rd annual Bike NYC ride next year! If you want to join us, let us know! Maybe next year, we will ride over the Williamsburg Bridge, spend time in Williamsburg > ride over the Pulaski Bridge to Long Island City, Queens > Queensboro Bridge> Manhattan . Just a thought! We welcome any suggestions!
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(We all converged on the Astor place – Citibike station. Only 3 bikes? That’s all we needed!)
(here we go)
(We got on 2nd ave past Houston St to head downtown towards the Allen Street bike path)
(Allen Street bike path – love this stretch of bike path to navigate lower manhattan)
(Due to the Citibike 30 min time-limit, we dock the bikes by Cityhall b4 we check them out again 2 min later)
(Brooklyn Bridge bound we go! Too much pedestrian traffic and not much respect for the bike path)
(The road shortly opens up thanks to a few local bikers that voiced there opinion forcefully to the pedestrians!)
(We dock the citibikes at the nearest station on Tillary St/Cadman Plaza after we get off the Brooklyn Bridge)
(Next destination, Brooklyn Bridge Park to dump the bikes off on Old Fulton Street so we can explore!)
(view from Old Fulton street – Brooklyn Bridge on foreground, Manhattan Bridge in background)
(Before we do anything else, must.Stop.at.Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory!)
(Brooklyn Bridge Park waterfront)
(We dive into the shady part of the park to get out of the sun and to head towards pier2)
(We run into this – over yonder in background is Pier 2 Sports Complex)
(Nathan surfing the boulder which was actually a big piece of foam)
(View from Pier 2 – Sports complex)
(Rollerskating rink at Pier 2)
(views off Pier 2 – Statue of Liberty)
(Behind us on Pier 2 is the Brooklyn Heights promenade and the infamous Brooklyn Queens expressway)
(We loaded up on fluids and back on the road again!)
(Citibike station by Pier 2 – purrrfect!)
(We continue on the Brooklyn Bridge park greenway towards Red Hook)
(Pier4 beach area)
(BBQ picnic area)
(nice views of a stained glass water tower)
(checked in the Citibikes at the Atlantic Ave/Furman Street station)
(continuing the path)
(This kid on a scooter was going haywire over the hay!)
(We backtrack because we did not want to forge onwards towards Red Hook. We needed to moonwalk to Brooklyn Heights!)
(mural on Atlantic Ave – the kids across the street were step dancing & selling lemonade!)
(We finally made it to Brooklyn Heights/Montague Street)
(We make a quick pit stop at Hanco’s to grab some bubble tea & a bahn mi)
(Back on the road to head back to DUMBO)
(old Fulton Street DUMBO area to check in the bikes b4 heading back to Manhatty via the Manhattan Bridge!)
(See ya Brooklyn – it’s been fun!)
(Mural on Pearl Street)
(Damn Manhattan Bridge, you steady incline uphill right away?!)
(I stop about 1/4 way to snap a photo of this old water tower)
(Afer dashing out of the bridge, we check-in/check-out the citibikes on Canal Street)
(conveniently back on Allen Street again to head for our final reward at 10 Below Ice Cream!)
(Green Tea & Strawberry rolled ice cream)
(Nathan got the Thai iced tea rolled ice cream with roasted marshmellows & plenty of berries)
(Walked it over to nearby Orchard street to see the old Moscot Eyeglass building & Wallplay Arts & Graff before the demolition)
Tags: brooklyn bridge, brooklyn bridge park, citibike, manhattan, manhattan bridge
Posted in community, mr. c, photos, sports | Comments (2)
July 26th, 2016 at 12:20 pm
What a fantastic post. Love the photos. Made me want to see NYC again 🙂
July 26th, 2016 at 12:56 pm
Thank you Mabel! I’m embarrassed now that I complained about the heat. I know many who would think it’s cool here 🙂
I have to catchup on your posts. I know you’ve been busy for a great reason! Congratulations on the precious one!