Saturday, July 30, 2011 / 9am – 3pm

Join us for a for a 40-mile ride along Brooklyn’s entire waterfront and Jamaica Bay! The route highlights the potential of a completed Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway combined with a completed Jamaica Bay Greenway.

Start

Manhattan Ave at Newtown Creek, Greenpoint, Brooklyn

Finish

Rockaway Beach Club Food Vendors, Rockaway Beach, Queens

Registration

You must register by 3:00pm on Friday, July 29th, in order to be included on the official ride check-in list. If you register after 3:00pm on July 29th, you must print out your Paypal receipt and bring it with you to the ride on Saturday morning.

  • Tickets
  • $20 per person (non-members)
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  • $10 per person (Brooklyn Greenway Initiative Members)
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  • $10 per person (Transportation Alternatives members)
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  • $10 per person (5BBC Members)
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Following the ride you can go to the beach or make your way back independently via the A train, a Rockaway ferry to Wall Street Pier 11 from Riis Landing (at 3pm or 5pm) or by riding back on Flatbush Avenue, the most direct route to northern Brooklyn.

The Brooklyn Waterfront Epic Ride will take place rain or shine. Registration fee is non-refundable. In the event of ride cancellation due to severe weather conditions, registration fee will be considered a tax deductible charitable contribution to Brooklyn Greenway Initiative and will be acknowledged as such.

Need to rent a bike for the Epic ride? Bike and Roll NYC can help!

Want a little taste of the ride right now? Check out http://bit.ly/BKepic09

Sponsors

    This event is supported by National Park Service, Rivers and Trails Program; NYS Department of State Local Waterfront Revitalization Program under Title 11 of the NYS Environmental Protection Fund, sponsored by Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz; and a grant from the National Parks Foundation through the generous support of the Coca-Cola Foundation.

Thank you to NYC Department of Parks & Recreation, Gateway National Recreation Area, and Transportation Alternatives Brooklyn Volunteer Committee.

Funding for this event is provided by the JM Kaplan Fund, the Brooklyn Community Foundation and New York City Council members Brad Lander and Stephen Levin.

Third Annual Brooklyn Waterfront Epic Ride