leakypuppy

I'm going to start commuting from NW Bergen County, NJ to Midtown Manhattan but have never crossed the GW bridge on a bicycle before. I'm looking for any suggestions or advice from anyone who as crossed the bridge on navigating down to the west side highway. Any suggestions/advice appreciated.

Thanks!

akky

If you are coming from the GWB to the West side bike path: Once off the bridge, go up to Fort Washington Ave. and make a left, to 181st st. another left all the way down the hill till the end and make a right, you'll see a pedestrian overpass. Cross it, and start heading south.

A faster way will be going right as soon as you get off the bridge, and making another right in 177th to Heaven ave, to Fort Wash. ave to 165th st to Riverside Drive.

leakypuppy

Any idea what street the bike path begins along the river?

Yoshi

What do you mean "begins along the river?" The bike path begins at Dyckman St. (200th St.) and is pretty close to the river there. It really borders the river starting at the foot of the GW Bridge with is around 178th St.

For what it's worth I think Riverside Dr. is usually a better option, depending on how far you want to go (Riverside Dr. goes from 165th to 72nd). Very little through traffic, almost no cross traffic (it's the last street) and for the most part it's well paved.

leakypuppy

Thanks for the facts. I was mistakenly under the impression that the bike path was preferred and I wasn't sure how far up it had been completed. But I can see from your reply that the best way to go is Riverside Drive to 72nd and then the bike path down to 40th street. Is this correct or is there an alternative from 72nd street down.