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Next Sunday: 7th Annual "Ghost Bike" Memorial Ride
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Christopher Robbins
Published Mar 11, 2012
Modified Mar 11, 2012
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Next Sunday, the Seventh Annual Memorial Ride and Walk will take place across all five boroughs to commemorate cyclists who have been killed on the streets of New York City in the past year.
Among those whose memories will be honored are Ray Deter, Jefferey Axelrod, Nicolas Djandji, Erica Abbot, Aileen Chen, Marilyn Dershowitz, Mathieu LeFevre and Qi Yu Weng. More information on Ghost Bikes can be found here, and our report on why the NYPD's investigations of the deaths of cyclists and pedestrians are woefully inadequate can be found here.
Full schedule is below, and the rain date is March 25.
Staten Island Ride
12:00 Meet-up: Everything Goes Book Cafe, 208 Bay St (between Victory and Hannah)
12:30 Sutter Oval (Howard Ave end), Wagner College, across from Main Hall
12:45 RJ Tillman, Howard Ave between Highland and Grand
2:00 SI Ferry, St. George Terminal, Staten Island
2:30 SI Ferry, South Ferry Terminal, Manhattan
3:10 Jeffrey Axelrod, Chrystie & Delancey [Convergence with Bronx-Manhattan ride]
Bronx-Manhattan Ride
11:30 Meet-up: La Finca Del Sur Community Garden, E138th & Grand Concourse (4 or 5 to E138th St, Bronx)
11:50 Unnamed memorial, E141st St. & Bruckner Expwy
12:30 Unnamed memorial, W125th St. & 5th Ave
1:00 Qi Yu Weng, E96th St. & 2nd Ave
1:40 Meet-up: Central Park South & 7th Ave.
2:00 Marilyn Dershowitz, W29th & 9th Ave
2:45 Ray Deter, Canal & West Broadway
3:10 Jefferey Axelrod, Christie & Delancey
3:45 Nicolas Djandji, Borinquen Pl & Rodney St. [Convergence with Brooklyn Ride]
Queens-Brooklyn Ride
11:30 Meet-up: Cross Bay Pkwy & Beach Channel Dr. (A to Beach 90 or Beach 98)
11:45 Andrzei Wiesniuk, Cross Bay Pkwy & Beach Channel Dr.
1:45 James Pierre, E53rd St & Linden Boulevard
2:45 Chris Doyle, Metropolitan Ave. & Gardner Ave. [Convergence with Brooklyn ride]
Brooklyn Ride
12:30 Meet-up: Avenue T & West 9th St. map (D to 25th Ave. or N to Avenue U)
1:00 Joseph Granati, Avenue T & w9th St.
1:20 Aileen Chen, 62nd St. & 21st Ave.
1:40 Luis Torres, Fort Hamilton Pkwy & 59th St.
2:45 Chris Doyle, Metropolitan Ave. & Gardner Ave. [Convergence with Queens ride]
3:00 Mathieu LeFevre, Morgan Ave. & Meserole Ave.
3:20 Erica Abbot, Bushwick Ave. & Powers St.
3:45 Nicolas Djandji, Borinquen Pl. & Rodney St. [Convergence with Manhattan ride]
4:00 Unnamed memorial, Union Ave. & S5th St. [Convergence with Memorial Walk]
Memorial Walk
1:45-2pm: Gather @ Manhattan Ave & Green St (G Train to Greenpoint Ave)
2:05 Unnamed Memorial, Green St & McGuiness Blvd
2:15 Liz Byrne, Kent St & McGuiness Blvd
2:25 Unnamed Memorial, Greenpoint Ave & McGuiness Blvd
2:35 Neil Chamberlain & Unnamed Memorial, Calyer & McGuiness Blvd
2;45 Unnamed Memorial, Norman & McGuiness Blvd
2:55 Unnamed Memorial, Nassau & McGuiness Blvd
3:40 Lepoldo Hernandez, Borinquien Pl & S2nd
4:00 Unnamed Memorial, Union Ave & S5th [Convergence with Memorial Ride]
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Christopher Robbins
Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.
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