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Photos: Scofflaw Celebrities (Gyllenhaal! DiCaprio! Uh...Jonas!) Biking On NYC Sidewalks
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Jen Chung
Published May 24, 2013
Modified May 24, 2013
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Unless you're 12 years old and under, bicycling on NYC sidewalks is against the law. It's also insanely rude and gives anti-bike people ammo to bitch and moan about how cyclists are inconsiderate and reckless. Yet there's an even more elitist group of cyclists out there: Celebrity cyclists, like Jake Gyllenhaal who ride (to their spinning classes, probably) on the sidewalk, RUINING THINGS FOR EVERYONE.
Other sidewalk-biking stars include Joe Jonas—in Soho on Wednesday—and Leonardo DiCaprio. DiCaprio is a particularly egregious offender: Check out him salmoning with Blake Lively!
Perhaps they heard how Robin Williams got his sidewalk cycling ticket thrown out (the fine is $100). But celebs are not just like us, because us plebes would probably be in jail. At any rate, we salute Keira Knightley for properly dismounting a bicycle in a street before placing it in a rack!
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jake gyllenhall
joe jonas
keira knightley
leonardo dicaprio
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Jen Chung
Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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