Whether in driving a car or riding a bike, at some point or we all have experienced the hair-raising ride across Greenpoint Avenue’s treacherous J.J Byrne Memorial Bridge. For years we’ve watched on the edge of our seats as trucks hurdle over Newtown Creek barreling along at 70 mph, cars making the made dash to the LIE, and poor little bikers constantly getting nudged off the road (or worse,…
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Sunnyside! Now I can ride my bike to Baruir’s for an ice coffee, feast upon spicy at Natural Tofu. Too bad Center Cinema is gone, what was it $2 Tuesdays?
Pulaski is a super cool bridge, love that that poorly painted portal window. A bike lane would be great!