Five Boro Bike Tour Closes 23 Streets in Brooklyn Tomorrow: Starting at 7 am
By Yehudit Garmaise
The Five Boro Bike Tour kicks off at 7:30 a.m. Sunday, when the city estimates 32,000 cyclists will take off from the Financial District in Manhattan, head to Central Park, and loop around a scenic route of the city, before taking the BQE and Gowanus to the Verrazzano Bridge, before racing to the finish line: near the St. George ferry terminal in Staten Island.
Although New York City builds more and more bike lanes every year, whole streets will be blocked off tomorrow, so that bicyclists of all skill levels can pedal through the city: free from danger of any car traffic.
NYC’s Department of Transportation (DOT) released a full list of the streets that non-cyclists will need to avoid.
In Brooklyn, drivers should take care to avoid the following streets: some of which will be closed until 7pm.
• McGuiness Boulevard between Pulaski Bridge and Greenpoint Avenue
• Java Street between McGuinness Boulevard and Franklin Street
• Greenpoint Avenue between McGuinness Boulevard and Franklin Street
• Franklin Street between Java Street and North 14th Street
• Kent Avenue between North 14th Street and Williamsburg Street West
• Williamsburg Street West between Kent Avenue and Flushing Avenue
• Flushing Avenue between Williamsburg Street West and Navy Street
• North Elliot Place between Flushing Avenue and Park Avenue
• Navy Street between Flushing Avenue and York Street
• York Street between Navy Street and Gold Street
• Gold Street between York Street and Front Street
• Front Street between Gold Street and Old Fulton Street
• Old Fulton between Furman Street and Prospect Street
• Cadman Plaza West between Prospect Street and Tillary Street
• Tillary Street between Cadman Plaza West and Adams Street
• Brooklyn Bridge Promenade between Tillary Street and Centre Street
• Furman Street between Old Fulton Street and Atlantic Avenue
• Atlantic Avenue between Furman Street and Columbia Street
• Columbia Street between Atlantic Avenue and BQE West Entrance Columbia Street
• BQE / Gowanus Expressway between BQE West Entrance Columbia Street and Verrazano
• Verrazano Bridge Lower Level (Staten Island-bound)
• Old Fulton between Furman Street and Prospect Street
• Cadman Plaza West between Prospect Street and Tillary Street
• Tillary Street between Cadman Plaza West and Adams Street
• Brooklyn Bridge Promenade between Tillary Street and Centre Street
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