Originally Posted by
Papa Tom
>>>>how much farther does the trail go past where i parked??<<<<
they tried to run it through the Rt. 135 right-of-way, but that didn't work out. Rather than give up because they lost that big chunk of traffic-free right-of-way, they compromised and striped some bike lanes on the roadways instead. In the end, we got a really nice bikeway from Woodbury Road to Merrick Road, which is more than we had before.
I recall that the path was supposed to be on-street from its existing northern terminus on Woodbury, go up East Dr. parallel to Rt. 135 then use the un-used ROW to Convent Lane. NIMBY's squashed that, idiots.
Truth is, there's precious little in the way of potential locations to put bike paths on LI. Thus you learn to use the roads to get anywhere.
To Billy, the next best trails (IMO) to ride in the NYC area, is as Tom mentioned, the South and North County trails in Westchester.
Google led both for good sites and maps.