In my commute from Jackson Heights to Lower Manhattan, I cut through Brooklyn (Grand St bike lane) and take the Williamsburg. When I go to Uptown, I take the Triborough then the 103rd St pedestrian bridge (It has seasonal hours though, so you might end up having to do the other half of the Triborough).
"Suppose you're thinkin' about a plate o' shrimp. Suddenly someone'll say, like, plate, or shrimp, or plate o' shrimp out of the blue, no explanation. No point in lookin' for one, either."
If you don't mind me asking, how do you like that route compared to taking the Queensboro Bridge over? I am also riding from Jackson Heights to Lower Manhattan (actually the Seaport to be exact) and would like to hear about the different routes.Originally Posted by HaciRichard
Anyone know a good route from Forest Hills to Brooklyn Heights?
Here's a back door route.
Yellowstone Blvd to Cooper Ave
Cooper Ave/Cooper St to Evergreen Ave
Evergreen Ave to DeKalb Ave
DeKalb Ave to Ashland Pl
Ashland Pl/Navy St to Tillary St
Tillary St to Brooklyn Heights.
Thanks. Had a similar route in mind but with Mrytle Ave instead of Evergreen Ave. Like your suggestion better with the bike lane.
Have you personally taken the route? How's road condition and traffic, planning to use route as daily commute.
Currently take train in with bike and ride home through Bedford Ave, W-burg, LIC, Queens Blvd. It's a nice route until Queens Blvd.
Trying to commute both ways and encounter less potholes!
I live in Flushing, so it's easier for me to go via Corona, Newtown, Maspeth and East Williamsburg to get to Tompkins Ave. Then it's Tompkins to DeKalb. I will use Cooper, if I'm riding with friends who live near Ridgewood or Glendale. I've used Evergreen on occasion but not often.Have you personally taken the route?
I like it much better. It's faster, shorter, and the traffic is lighter. There are a few tricky spots, namely the two small bridges on Grand St, but they pale in comparison to the hoards of peds wandering onto the streets in Manhattan. The one down side is if you do have problems, you're pretty far from the subway at times. Also, once in a great while, the drawbridge is open, but that only adds a couple of minutes and is fun to watch. I occasionally take the QBB if I have something to do in Midtown and am always exasperated by the time I get to work.
"Suppose you're thinkin' about a plate o' shrimp. Suddenly someone'll say, like, plate, or shrimp, or plate o' shrimp out of the blue, no explanation. No point in lookin' for one, either."
That stretch of Navy St has an overpass btwn housing projects, from which kids have thrown crap at bicyclists, including bricks: http://gothamist.com/2011/08/31/broo...flying_bri.php
It's probably a safe route 99.9% of the time, I would just keep an eye out for any teenage kids on the overpass, that's all.
If you want to avoid potholes, avoid Myrtle west of Ridgewood. The road quality is pretty bad (unless they've repaved it in the last year) & once you're under the elevated tracks, visibility goes down & everything gets more frenetic. I would definitely take Cooper to Evergreen for a much easier daily grind, it's not too much more out of the way and it's pretty residential. It's a nothing compared to QB if you've been taking that...
I've never been able to get a good pace going on DeKalb, the light timing is funny, at least on weekends, when I've done it. Perhaps the timing is different on weekdays.
Lastly, I think that precinct in Bed-Stuy was one of the biggest during the bike ticket blitz, I don't know how they are now. I'd keep an eye out for cops if I was going to pass through a red.
Good luck!
I meant to include this when I replied before: http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=37...&z=13&lci=bike
"Suppose you're thinkin' about a plate o' shrimp. Suddenly someone'll say, like, plate, or shrimp, or plate o' shrimp out of the blue, no explanation. No point in lookin' for one, either."
I live in Astoria and believe this to be an excellent cycling neighborhood.
I am near the Triboro bridge and use the Wards Island loop for some low traffic mileage.
Recently I have started riding a route from Astoria to Queens Village (26 miles round trip). This route utilizes the Brooklyn-Queens greenway for 5 miles each way passing through, Kissena Park, 88th st park, Cunningham Park, and Alley Pond Park.
I am intrigued by the Kissena Velodrome/Track but I am afraid they will chase me and my straight bar Hybrid away.
"Check the Kissena Cycling Club's Velodrome schedule for regular racing times and for after-school classes and free or public time. This public track is open to those with the proper track bikes, as well as professional racers. Velodrome Track Rules:
All riders must wear ANSI- or Snell-approved helmets.
Only tracking racing bicycles are allowed on the track. They must have drop handlebars with plugs, a fixed gear and a lockring. That means you can't ride your mountain bike onto the track for kicks, no matter how fun it would be."
Using the Triboro/Wards Island Route to manhattan (from northern Queens) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 59th st bridge anyday IMO. (Wards Island bridge reopens after construction ends "late summer" 2012)
Once the East River esplanade is complete to 38th street you could ride from the Triboro Bridge to the east side of 38th street all on MUP. I used most this route until they closed the Wards Island Bridge (Oct 31st). It added an additional 2 (very scenic) miles but completely avoided LIC with it's horrid roads/traffic/hazards.
Yes the path on the Triboro is narrow, and there can be some litter (personally Ive never encountered glass in 6 months), but I feel it is a small price to pay for ready access to Randalls/Wards Island. This was never intended to be a Bike path (officially you are supposed to walk your bike across), so people ride slow and are super courteous to pedestrians.
The worst thing I encountered was a homeless man sleeping right in the middle of the ramp that leads down to Wards Island....
I just wonder if the TBA is doing a good job of protecting the bridge when you see how neglected the walkway/path is.
Going for lunch time ride today. We sure have nice weather for December 1st.
Last edited by v70cat; 12-04-11 at 03:10 PM.
I did a ride to Jones Beach. It was 72 miles round trip and a lot of fun. The South Shore is so flat that it was no harder than a 50+/- mile ride to Huntington.
I do believe that I'm familiar with your Brooklyn route. I never cared for taking Grand Avenue from Queens into Brooklyn. The bridge over Newtown Creek is particularly skanky.
I actually prefer sticking to the official bike routes in Queens, 34th Avenue to 39th Avenue to Skillman Avenue but then, instead of going towards Queens Plaza, I keep going straight to Hunters Point Avenue towards the Pulaski Bridge to get into Greenpoint on my way through Williamsburg.
My route is slightly longer but I find that the traffic is easier to cope with. The only somewhat tricky spots are the intersections at Skillman Avenue & Thomson Avenue and at the Queens entrance of the Pulaski at 11th Street & Jackson Avenue. This is still much less of a hassle than navigating through midtown.
Hi there! I actually live in Queens Village and NEED to know of any good routes to Astoria. I have a best friend of mine who's willing to bike with me down to Queens Village and Back. Do you take the same route back to Astoria? Is there a google map route you can help me out with?
This might work for you
http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Qu...&z=14&lci=bike
Snow today no riding this weekend.
That's a great route but if someone takes it after any amount of rainfall in the prior couple of days, you need to be prepared for a lot of flooding on that ring road around Meadow Lake in Flushing Meadows Park. Alternative would be to keep going north and take Booth Memorial Ave (or a safer parallel side street) across to Flushing Meadow.
When it rains I take the ring road on the east side. The parks department said they were going to fix the flooding problem a year ago but still no action.
Going for a Sunday morning ride, planing on riding to Fort Totten
http://www.nycgovparks.org/events/20...ur-fort-totten
The view of the Long Island Sound is quite nice from Little Bay Park/ Throgs Neck Bridge
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I took the photos from under the bridge and afterwards thought that it may not of been a good idea given security concerns. It is a sad world we live.
As long as you are in a public area you are pretty much allowed to take photos of anything you want according to the US Constitution. So as long as you weren't in a place you shouldn't have been there is no issue.
-Richard
2011 Specialized Allez Sport Black/Yellow
2011 Trek Utopia
2010 Trek 7200
Great day for a ride worked late last night to accommodate a ride today. Not sure where to go maybe Jones Beach.
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