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Citi Bike finishes expansion into 7 areas, including parts of North Bronx, Eastern Brooklyn
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Published Oct 15, 2026
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The Citi Bike empire has reached new heights.
The city transportation department announced Thursday the bike-sharing network finished a push to add docks to seven more neighborhoods, including ones far outside of the Manhattan core, where the service first launched in 2013.
Citi Bike, which is owned by Lyft, over the last year added 230 new stations made up of 3,700 individual docks, the transportation department reported. They’re now in place in Norwood and Riverdale in the North Bronx; Bay Ridge, Kensington, Brownsville and East New York in Brooklyn; and Forest Hills, Queens.
The city reported the expansion puts more than half the city’s population within a five-minute walk of a Citi Bike dock.
There are still no Citi Bike docks on Staten Island.
City officials said Citi Bike plans to add more docks in areas like Midtown, Chelsea and Greenpoint, where bikes and parking spaces are hard to find due to sky-high demand.
“Riding a bike is one of the best ways to get around the city, and expansions like this one help more New Yorkers get where they need to go,” Mayor Zohran Mamdani wrote in a statement. “We’re making it easier for people to get to work and school, make their dentist appointments and take advantage of a museum or concert — and everything else our city has to offer.”
This expansion comes as Lyft is under pressure to lower Citi Bike prices. A 12-minute ride for members on the electric pedal-assist bikes costs more than $12. Some city councilmembers are pushing for a flat $3 fee for members.
A single ride for a non-member now costs $5.43 after taxes and fees.
The city has little power to pressure the company to change its costs until its contract expires in 2029.
Riders have also complained that a 15 mph e-bike speed limit imposed by the city last year forced Lyft to reduce the top speed on its pedal assist bikes from 18 mph, leading to higher costs for riders who pay by the minute.
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Stephen Nessen
Stephen Nessen covers transportation. Since 2008 he has reported on everything from Occupy Wall Street, the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site, Hurricane Sandy, to Trump’s campaign for president. His transportation reporting has taken him everywhere from the MTA’s secret Rail Control Center to the gleaming subways of Seoul. Got a tip? Email [email protected].
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