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Sixth Annual "Ghost Bike" Memorial Ride This Sunday
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Ben Yakas
Published Mar 10, 2011
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The Sixth Annual Memorial Bike Ride, taking participants across the city to commemorate and honor bikers who died this year, will take place this Sunday. Five groups of bike riders and walkers will travel past the "ghost bikes," which are painted white bikes with small plaques placed around the boroughs as detailed reminders of bike fatalities.
This years ride will memorialize 14 cyclists who have lost their lives since last January. There is a Bronx-Manhattan ride, a Staten Island ride, a Brooklyn pedestrian memorial walk, a North Brooklyn ride and a South Brooklyn ride; everyone will eventually meet at Brooklyn Borough Hall for the official memorial service for bikers and pedestrians, with an afterparty at Rabbit Hole Studios in Dumbo. You can check out the full schedule and info here.
There are now more than 50 "ghost bikes" throughout the city; last year, the Sanitation Department backed off on a plan to remove all of them after an outcry. Among those who will be memorialized this year are Alprentice (A.J.) Gray, Megan Charlop, Marcus Ewing, Bob Bowen, Neil Chamberlain, Jake McDonough, and Jasmine Herron.
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