Riding over to Brooklyn

I was inspired by our bike riding expedition in Amsterdam...so I suggested that Nick and I rent bikes in NYC!  We didn't just tool around on them...we biked to Brooklyn!  It was so much fun and as Nick said "one of the best things we've done in NY".  It was a sweaty, hot day and a little more of a workout that I had anticipated, but still so awesome.

We rented bikes from a shop two blocks from us on Charles St...nice guys and a cool bike shop.  Started at Charles St and the West Side Highway and rode along the bike/running path all around the tip of Manhattan toward the Brooklyn Bridge.  We passed through Tribeca, Battery Park, the Financial District, South St. Seaport and then up to the Bridge.  Biking across the bridge was definitely a work out...but being on such a historical, iconic NY structure was worth it!  We took lots of pics and then just rode all the way into Brooklyn.  We waited in line (not planned) for some famous Brooklyn Pizza, Grimaldis!  Soooo good and fueled us up for our ride back.

If you're interested in the time and distance...5.5 miles there and 2 hours because we stopped alot to sight see and take pictures; 4.25 miles back and about 25 mins because we took a direct route home.


It's never too late to be a tourist in your own town...love from the city!

our routes...blue going to Brooklyn and red going home. see in detail here

Penny Park in Tribeca

World Financial Center and World Trade Center Building I

World Financial Center Marina

Nick biking along Battery Park & Gardens

Lady Liberty and Ellis Island

the bikers and the Hudson River

I loved my basket and found out my bell was very necessary...damn pedestrians!

pretty cool downtown Manhattan heliport where Pilot Swartz will land his private chopper one day

the future private helo Matt will fly us in

helicopters waiting to be chartered for flights around the island or waiting for rich clients

Brooklyn and the East River

sign for the South St. Seaport under the FDR

Brooklyn Bridge...here we come!

enjoying a sunny summer Saturday

Manhattan behind me

yummy pizza...annoying line

cheesin it up...pun intended.

eating my pizza folded like a real New Yorker