Hi I've seen this paved trail/running & biking area near the Cross Island Parkway (I think it's the Cross Island anyway, it's also near the Throgs Neck Bridge). Does anyone know how I can get to this trail? Is there a name for it?

From my own googling, I think it's a multi-use trail for pedestrians next to the Cross Island Parkway. I attempted to find it by biking near Fort Totten, but didn't find it.

I'm curious if it is this:

Multi-use trail. I believe the official start just before the guard entrance to Ft. Totten -- to the right as you are headed toward the entrance (just after you pass through the traffic light). There is also a section of the trail that runs from the parking lot there, toward the bridge / under the bridge -- so the offical start may be under/near the bridge.

I forget the length, but it's not particularly long. However, you can make a nice ride by heading out to the neighborhood on the other side of the bay/marina there, or out in the direction of King's Point. You can also extend the ride on the other side by riding up through Whitestone and to the Whitestone bridge, and continue on to MacNeil Park (formerly Chisolm's park I think). If you extend your ride on both ends of the trail, you can find some fairly quiet and scenic riding (scenic by the river). You do have to hit Northern Blvd for a bit on the east end of the trail though.

This is by memory, and I haven't lived down there in 11 years, so much may have changed. The trail itself is often crowded, not great for anything but leisure cruising. Funny to watch all the people stopped on the CIP as you glide by them at 10mph during rush hour though.

Go north on Utopia Parkway and you will pass the entrance to Little Bay Park on your right. The bike path begins there, as best as I can remember from my historic, though mostly forgotten, ride of all 680 miles of NYC bike paths.

There are people walking, running and sometimes talking with each other and to themselves on the path. A section of the path is called Joe Michael's Mile and is almost 2.5 miles in length.

The path that hugs the water ends at Northern Boulevard, but you can ride further south on the city streets, running alongside Alley Pond Park. The path meanders along the streets and eventually connects into the Vanderbilt Motor Parkway around 76th Avenue. In fact, checking my detailed log of my ride written in crayon, this path actually runs through Alley Pond Park for about 0.4 mile near the connection to Vanderbilt Motor Parkway.