Originally Posted by
Simon Phearson
Right. What I'm not clear on is whether the Drives would be considered part of the "Park" and so "closed" during times that the park is closed (i.e., 1 a.m.-6 a.m.). Should I understand, from your response, that they close and open at the same times the rest of the Park does?
This might seem like an obvious question, but where I'm currently located (Chicago, planning a move to NYC), there are paths you can bike on 24 hours a day despite the fact that they go through parks that "close" at 11. Just looking at a map, it looks like there might be some roadways through Central Park that might operate similarly.
This is a good question. Unfortunately, the Central Park paths are closed when the park is closed.
But this is not true of the bike routes on Randall's Island. (Since you are not yet living here, I should mention that, in order to take the Triborough Bridge, you have to land first on Randall's Island from the borough from which you started, and then find the bridge over to your target borough. This leaves aside the technicality that we're officially supposed to walk our bikes over the bridge; though that rule is mercifully not enforced.) You can ride through Randall's Island between the sections of the Triborough Bridge at any time; but, if you stopped to run around on the fields during the overnight hours when parks are closed, then you could get in trouble.