Bay Ridge Bicycle Routes - Brooklyn: August 2012

Welcome to BRBRbrooklyn! Whether you are pedaling to the shore, the store, your neighbor’s stoop, or back to your own coop, this blog is for you. Bay Ridge Bicycle Routes is an effort raise to awareness within our neighborhood and among civic groups about the activities of bicyclists in Bay Ridge and other nearby communities in southern Brooklyn.

Our neighborhood’s immediate access to the harbor, less congested street traffic, friendly atmosphere, expansive parks and flat terrain (except, of course, for the steep ridge in Bay Ridge!) makes our corner of New York City one of the most fantastic places to ride a bicycle. Whether for transportation, recreation, fun or fitness, cycling is great in Bay Ridge.

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

...Survey Says!....

A recent survey by the New York Times reveals that 66% of New Yorkers think bicycle lanes are a good idea!

Sunday, August 19, 2012

Vintage Bicycles in Gerritsen Beach

For Bike-Buyer on a Budget, the Destination is Gerritsen Beach

Here's an article sent to us by State Senate candidate Andrew Gounardes, after he read BRBR's prior blog posting about his viewpoint on bicycling.

"The city’s bike riders are increasingly making the trek to the unlikely bike haven of Gerritsen Beach, a residential South Brooklyn neighborhood lined with small cottage-like houses along the shore of the Atlantic Ocean, where the Ferrarins’ Sheepshead Bay Bicycles, and Whitley’s Brooklyn Vintage Bicycles are located."

Read the full article here.