Does the Central Park close at night?
03-01-14, 03:00 PM
#1
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Does the Central Park close at night?
I saw the news that a jogger was given one grand ticket for running in the Central Park at 4:30am, and wonder if it's OK to ride bike in the park at night (dangers from crimes notwithstanding), say after midnight?
03-01-14, 04:00 PM
#3
Senior Member
Thread Starter
03-01-14, 08:33 PM
#5
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Westchester County, NY
Posts: 1,299
Bikes: Giant TCR SL3 and Trek 1.5
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 12 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 2 Times
in
2 Posts
I saw the news that a jogger was given one grand ticket for running in the Central Park at 4:30am, and wonder if it's OK to ride bike in the park at night (dangers from crimes notwithstanding), say after midnight?
03-01-14, 09:23 PM
#8
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Be careful, the police may shoot at anyone they consider "suspicious".
03-01-14, 10:42 PM
#10
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 842
Bikes: Trek 1.2
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 25 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
I've walked across the park after that and haven't had issues. It does close between 1am and 6am officially, but I think they just don't want people riding around the loop at that hour. This morning registration opened at 5:30am in the park and there were no issues with the parks department.
03-04-14, 12:18 PM
#11
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: NYC
Posts: 96
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 6 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
A lot of people are in the park running/cycling starting around 5. The cops typically leave them alone, but technically they are not supposed to be there.
Permitted events, like CRCA / Spring Series races in the park are a different story. Since they have a permit to hold their event at those hours, they're allowed to be there notwithstanding that the park is still closed.
Permitted events, like CRCA / Spring Series races in the park are a different story. Since they have a permit to hold their event at those hours, they're allowed to be there notwithstanding that the park is still closed.
03-04-14, 12:48 PM
#12
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: 25 miles northwest of Boston
Posts: 29,263
Bikes: Bottecchia Sprint, GT Timberline 29r, Marin Muirwoods 29er, Trek FX Alpha 7.0
Mentioned: 109 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 5151 Post(s)
Liked 3,409 Times
in
2,234 Posts
only the criminals are legally allowed in ...
03-06-14, 10:34 PM
#13
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: NYC
Posts: 476
Bikes: Schwinn World Sport Jamis Ventura
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
03-10-14, 01:48 PM
#14
Senior Member
03-10-14, 03:08 PM
#15
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: East L.A.
Posts: 903
Bikes: Diamondback Insight, Motobecane Mirage
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 14 Post(s)
Liked 5 Times
in
4 Posts
Why would it be ok at 12:30AM but not 5? Those hours don't make sense.....
More like closed from 10PM to 4AM.
More like closed from 10PM to 4AM.
03-11-14, 05:09 AM
#17
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Milwaukee WI
Posts: 276
Bikes: Specialized Sirrus, Specialized Robaix, Specialized Carmel
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
