Table of Contents
Acknowledgements viii
Introduction: Why Bike New York City? ix
About This Book x
Riding with This Book xi
Bicycling in New York City xv
Ride Finder xvii
Author's Note xxi
Map Legend xxii
Manhattan
1 The Hudson River 2
2 The Heights 10
3 Central Park 17
4 The Upper West Side: Grande Dames 25
5 Harlem Heritage Tour 31
6 The Village's Heyday 38
7 Early East Side Ethnic Enclaves 45
8 Randall's and Wards Islands 54
9 Three Bridges Tour 61
10 Governors Island 68
11 Roosevelt Island 74
12 Liberty State Park-A Waterfront Tour 80
13 A Great Escape-The Palisades 90
Brooklyn
14 Bridging Two Boroughs-From Downtown Brooklyn to Downtown Manhattan 98
15 Harbor Views 106
16 Floyd Bennett Field 112
17 Brooklyn's Maritime Moorings 119
18 Literary Lives of Brooklyn 125
19 Williamsburg and Greenpoint 133
20 Following a Fort Greene Forefather 140
21 Victorian Brooklyn 147
22 Prospect Park 152
23 Cultures and Coasts-Historic Ocean Parkway to Coney Island 159
Queens
24 Waterfront Arts Loop 168
25 Queens Green ways to Fort Totten 174
26 Jamaica Bay 183
27 Quintessential Queens Communities 190
28 Flushing Meadows Corona Park and Flushing Bay Promenade 197
29 The Rockaways and Fort Tilden 204
30 Forest Park and Forest Hills Gardens 211
Staten Island
31 Staten Island Parks 218
32 Beaches and Bastions 226
33 Greenbelt Parks and Parishes 234
34 Staten Island North to South 244
The Bronx
35 Orchard Beach and City Island 252
36 The Grand Concourse 260
37 A Grid of Greenways 266
38 South Bronx Treasures 272
39 A Bronx Rumble to Wave Hill 279
40 Old Putnam Trail and South County Trailway 287
Bicycling Resources 292
Ride Index 294
About the Author 295