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Cycling Route JFK - Manhatten ?
kaer23:
Dear All,
the first section of my bicycle adventure will be the ride from JFK Airport via Brooklyn Bridge to Manhatten. So I started looking on google maps and openstreetmap on possible (direct) routes and for streets which apparently have bicycle lanes. Does anyone have suggestions/advice on which streets to avoid at all costs ? Is it adviseable to take detours ? Always considering that I am an absolute New-York City newbie :)
Thanks a lot in advance !
avrin:
I would not recommend riding it. I would take mass transit to wherever you are going in Manhattan. See https://www.jfkairport.com/to-from-airport/public-transportation
kaer23:
Thanks Avrin, though not really the answer I was hoping for. Are your concerns more related to traffic or more to general safety/security ?
avrin:
I don't know if there are surface roads leading from the terminals. I can't imagine weaving a loaded bicycle through loading and unloading cars at the terminals. The highways around JFK would be a death trap by bike. I took the train from the airport, got off in Manhattan, and cycled the last leg home to Northern Manhattan. That was years ago. Traffic is worse now.
jamawani:
I lived in Manhattan years back and cycled NYC.
Never, even in my 20s, would I have considered riding out to JFK.
Suicidal.
Take the AirTrain to Howard Beach connecting to NYC Subway A Train.
https://www.jfkairport.com/to-from-airport/public-transportation
The A train goes to the High Street / Brooklyn Bridge Station -
where there is easy access to the Brooklyn Bridge promenade.
Yeah, it's worth biking over the Brooklyn Bridge.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Official_New_York_City_Subway_Map_2013_vc.jpg
(A Train in blue)
And Duke Ellington's famous "Take the A Train"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb2w2m1JmCY
Pic - Google Map of High St. / Brooklyn Bridge Station area
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