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Old Posted Jun 29, 2008, 7:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Paulyt23 View Post
There's very few bike lanes in New York City that are separated by anything other than a painted line as well.
If you are talking directly on-street, this is correct, but 9th Ave. is the first of many separated street lanes throughout NYC.

8th Avenue is next. Lower Broadway is after that.

There are also some older on-street separated bikeways that run in boulevard ("parkway")medians. Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn and Pelham Parkway and Moshulu Parkway in the Bronx are probably the most famous.

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Originally Posted by Paulyt23 View Post
At least Chicago has the bike path that runs almost the entire length of the lakefront.
I love the Chicago bike path, and use it frequently when visiting my sister. Lots of places around the country, including every borough in NYC, have similar paths. In Brooklyn, I can bike along the ocean/harbor from the Coney Island area up towards Sunset Park. There will evenutally be a continuous Brooklyn shore bikeway.
http://www.brooklyngreenway.org/

In Manhattan, you can now bike along the Hudson from the northern tip of Manhattan all the way to the southern tip of Manhattan, and then back up the East River until Midtown. The break in Midtown will be filled by a partially funded walkway that will be suspended over the water. The northern portion is in place, and will reuse a temporary roadway from FDR drive reconstruction.

Then after the Upper East Side waterfront bike path, there is another gap between 120th and 155th Street. This second gap is also going to be completed, but is only partially funded.

Here's a map of the current Manhattan greenway:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/edc/pdf/greenway_mapside.pdf

On the Jersey side, the state is building a continous waterfront bikeway across from Manhattan from Bayonne to Fort Lee, which is probably about 20 miles.

Queens has bayfront and oceanfront bike paths through Gateway National Park.

The Bronx is building a Hudson River bike path in Riverdale. You can already bike to City Island.

Staten Island has an oceanfront bike path along the boardwalk.

A collection of all bike paths in NYC:

http://www.nycbikemaps.com/
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