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Nueva York
por S. Piel
When you say New York and bicycling you probably think of the Messenger Guys that got famous for fighting traffic every day in their line of work. Well, believe it or not, but NY offers more to the cyclist than you might guess. Not that many bike to work, although they exist but plenty of people taker their bike out on the weekend. Read on fo the best bike paths in town.
Manhattan
The Central Park loop is filled with riders on
any nice day. The Hudson River Greenway is in
place over the George Washington Bridge and through
Riverside Park. It peters out through midtown
but picks up again in lower Manhattan. And you
can also cycle most of the eastern shore of Manhattan
using the East River Esplanade. The esplanade
follows the East River, passing under the Brooklyn
Bridge eventually skirting the edge of the culturally
vibrant Lower East Side, then past the United
Nations, Roosevelt Island, Spanish Harlem. You
can cross over to the Bronx at a number of places.
Bronx Mosholu-Pelham Greenway is the highlight
of the existing Bronx system. This route links
Pelham Bay Park in the east with Van Cortlandt
Park to the west. Pelham Bay Park is one of the
wildest parks in the city, and has unparalleled
frontage along refreshing Long Island Sound. In
between Pelham and Van Cortlandt, bikers can visit
the New York Botanic Garden and the Bronx Zoo.
The Hutchinson River Parkway Trail cuts south
to north, starting at Ferry Point Park, then skirts
the edGe of Pelham Bay until it reaches the Westchester
County Park. Most of this trail is in poor condition,
but if you want to make your way quickly through
the east Bronx, this trail is worth a try.
Brooklyn
The Brooklyn Bridge is part of the greenway system
and is the best Brooklyn access from Manhattan.
This route offers classic views and fascinating
people watching. For a more relaxing waterside
ride, consider the Shore Parkway Greenway, which
follows the edge of New York Bay, passing underneath
the Verrazano Bridge. Some consider this the best
multi-use, traffic-free path in the city. A significant
stretch of this Greenway is interrupted, but it
picks up again when it hits the Gateway National
Recreation Area, taking you along the edge of
the marshlands of Jamaica Bay. Bring your binoculars
for this stretch; there's some great bird watching.
You can pick up the extensive Brooklyn-Queens
Greenway at Prospect Park. Take a spin around
the park, which contains Brooklyn's last living
forest. Then head out of the park where the greenway
picks up Ocean Parkway all the way to Coney Island.
Queens
If you want a cleaner beach than Coney Island
and one unaccompanied by cotton candy, the Rockaway
Gateway Greenway will take you out to the Rockaway
beaches, Floyd Bennett Air Field, and Jamaica
Bay Wildlife Refuge. The Rockaway-Gateway Greenway
makes a circuit of the Rockaway peninsula, and
includes the Rockaway Boardwalk, which is for
pedestrians only.
From Alley Pond Park you can take the Brooklyn-Queens
Greenway back to the Brooklyn, which mostly follows
the route of the Interborough Parkway though large
cemeteries.
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Patrocinadores
Mediante la información, CiclismoUrbano.Org quiere estimular y promover el ciclismo urbano en España. Al igual que en otros países Europeos, la bicicleta merece su sitio en el trafico urbano de nuestro país. En colaboración con patrocinadores, tiendas y otras organizaciones de ciclismo se intentará iniciar un cambio de actitud entre usuarios y ofrecer un apoyo al desarrollo del ciclismo urbano en España.
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