Where's the best biking around New York City? Any good paths in the nearby surrounding area?

Question

At least I'm not in Texas.

No, but really, I gotta get out of this jungle sometime.

Answer 1

Oh man, there is PLENTY of good bike riding around New York City.

I live in Queens, and I'm all over the place with my trusty Cannondale when the weather is nice out.

There is the Harlem Valley Rail Trail in Wassaic (end of the Metro North's Harlem line) if you REALLY want to get the heck out of the city:  http://www.hvrt.org

There is the Westchester North County and South County trails, and the North County trail is some 25 miles long (from Eastview all the way up to Mahopac in Putnam):  http://www.westchestergov.com/Parks/Side...

In Queens, I usually do the Vanderbilt Parkway Bikepath and then north along the Joe Michaels path on the shores of Douglaston Bay to the Throgs Neck Bridge.  Beautiful ride.

In Brooklyn there is a 10-mile-long bike path along the Belt Parkway from Bay Ridge all the way down to Coney Island, and you can keep riding that until you hit Floyd Bennett and then turn south to cross the bridge to the Rockaways.

In Manhattan there is the West Side bikepath from the World Financial Center all the way to the GWB.  And if you are feeling masochistic you can cross the GWB (which has a very nice bike / walkway) and go ride the road in the Palisades Park (lots of steep hill climbing).

If you like to ride with a group, give the 5-Borough Bicycle Club a try.  They got day rides every weekend and usually lots of people show up:  http://www.5bbc.org

Get out there and ride, man!

Hope this helps.  :-)

Answer 2

i went on a biking tour of America with a crew, we did got to new york, we cleaned up central park got told off though, i cant remember but there was a huge bank with concrete slope n step it was siiiiick but it was a good day i cant even remember exactly but all you gota do it search and go places until you are told otherwise your not allowed to be there.

Answer 3

I wouldn't cycle anywhere on the Kindergarten Colony - too many nuts with guns!!!!