Tag: bicycles

New Yorkers gathered at a bench in Central Park to remember Russian dissident Alexei Navalny on the anniversary of his death.

A happy ending is in sight for Bicycle Renaissance, the Upper West Side bike shop that closed its doors for good at the end of the day on Tuesday. According to

Hundreds of bicyclists rode up Amsterdam on Sunday afternoon, doing tricks as they went. Jeff Baehr got these shots on Amsterdam and 86th around 1 p.m.

New Van Moof electric bicycles -- called "the Tesla of bicycles" by the Verge -- sell for more than $3,000. A thief must have known how valuable they are, because the person was apparently using

A series of bicycle crashes around 72nd Street inside Central Park brought out a large police presence on Monday, as one of the crashes left a cyclist in critical condition.

There were two violent incidents on 90th Street this past Saturday. In the morning, a fruit vendor on 90th and

The classic signs of springtime: birds chirping. flowers blooming, girls in gingham dresses, bicycles with yellow baskets, 4 to 6 inches of snow...

A law that went into effect on Saturday allows prosecutors to charge drivers who hit pedestrians or bicyclists who have the right of way with misdemeanors under the criminal code.

A 13-year-old boy was hit by a taxicab on 108th street and Manhattan Avenue on Sunday, and went to the hospital in critical condition.

Thieves removed the sign from a street pole on 78th street between Riverside Drive and West End Avenue and lifted a bicycle over the top

Bicycles began to become popular in the second half of the 19th century, and historical accounts from the 1880's talked of a bicycling and tricycling craze in New York.

Sorry, bike lane haters. The Upper West Side has elected a very bike-friendly council member. Helen Rosenthal proved her allegiances

A community board committee voted 7-0 Tuesday night to ask the city Department of Transportation to come up with a proposal for a protected bike lane and other changes

We've noticed some early confusion about the protected bike lanes on Columbus Avenue, which are being extended from 110th street to 65th street after initially

The city is blocking cars from driving on the loop road North of 72nd street starting today through the end of the summer. Before the change, cars could drive on the West Drive from 8 to 10 a.m., and on the East Drive from 3 to 7 p.m. on weekdays. ...

The Hudson River Greenway bike path between 59th and 72nd street now has lights at night, an amenity that bicyclists have been asking for for years. But police are also apparently ticketing people who bike on the Greenway after the park closes at 1 a.m., according to a reader who ...

Since we reported a couple of weeks ago that police in Central Park were cracking down on bicyclists who break the law when riding in Central Park, we've heard about some action in the park. Police have been out with speed guns, and have been

July 16, 2012 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 92 Degrees.

For the next six Wednesdays, Riverside Park will be hosting its free annual Movies Under the Stars series at Pier 1, around 70th Street. This year's theme is "bicycles", and the series kicks off this Wednesday with the classic Cinema Paradiso, a film about love, watching movies, loss, growing up ...

Bike thieves are often very run-of-the-mill crooks; they cut your chain and ride away on your wheels. Ho-hum. One suspected thief on the Upper West Side, however, showed quite a bit of creativity.