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Benefiting OFFICIAL PROGRAM & Certified Sustainable RIDE GUIDE 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS

03 Mayor Bill de Blasio 14 Ride Guide 29 One Bike at a Time: Boro Profiles 05 Bike New York's 15 Start Schedule & Map President & CEO, 30 Bronx with Rosinell Ken Podziba 16 Getting to the Start & Oscar

09 NYC Transportation 18 Getting to the Ferry 32 with Qinglian Commissioner, Polly Trottenberg 19 Rider Tips 34 with Frankie

20 Services Along the Route 36 with Joelle

22 Rider Identification Kit & 38 with Kin Finish Festival 46 BNY Youth Ambassadors 23 Tips & FAQ Learn about our Youth Ambassadors and the 24 Route Map Recycle-A-Bicycle Earn-A-Bike program.

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BIKE NEW YORK STAFF BOARD OF DIRECTORS ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Ken Podziba Ralph Jean Josiah Nosek Kathy Stout Leonard Diamond Simon Alexander Pedaling the Big Apple! President & CEO Coordinator, Mechanic Registration Chairman Bob Bagomolny Community Outreach Manager Andy Gould Josue Nunez Ed Pino Liz Baum COO & Membership Internet Sales Eric Talve Vice Chairman TD Bank is proud to sponsor the 2018 TD Five Boro Bike Tour. Program Steve Bauman Emily Calderalo Associate Director of Events Cyndi Steiner Customer Service Rebecca Karrin Karen Overton Sameer Tolani Vice Chairwoman Fred Burke It’s a wonderful way to see and support the great neighborhoods Events Manager Associate Recycle-A-Bicycle Public Programs Henry Chin Leo Cairo Tae Yun Kim Program Director Manager of New York. Maura Choi Treasurer Lee Fischman Customer Service Marketing Intern Sam Polcer Pio Tsai Stuart Krohnengold David Greenberg and Data Manager Jared Lauridsen Director of Bike to School Secretary Bike Fleet Manager Communications Coordinator/ Fred Jones Rich Conroy William Mastro Director of Susan Lindell Sharon Pope-Marshall Community Outreach Paulette Meggoe Coordinator Board Member Education Assistant Manager Director, Community Andrea Mercado Outreach & Steven Velardo William D. Petitt Steve Courage Ian Marsh Board Member Bob O'Connell Events Manager Head Mechanic Membership Program Controller Eric Robinson Jennifer Powell Steve Sakson Jamie De Four Jena McLaughlin Board Member Payroll and Benefits Events Consultant Mechanic & Wentworth Price Manager Earn-A-Bike Instructor Howard Robbins Dave Schlichting Patrice Miranne Board Member Deysi Florez Customer Service Anne Shaw Ed Sobin Mechanic Associate Customer Service Matthew Rogers Manager Board Member Sirocco Wilson David Heslop Alba Morales Shop Manager Event Volunteer Robin Urban Smith Sheethal Shobowale Member FDIC | TD Bank, N.A. Manager Communications Board Member Manager 3 A LETTER FROM MAYOR BILL DE BLASIO

May 6, 2018

Dear Friends:

Welcome to the 41st Annual TD Five Boro Bike Tour!

With over 1,000 miles of bike lanes and streets that continue to be safer thanks to our Vision Zero plan, more and more of our residents and visitors are Outdoor retreats designed for women. making the healthy and sustainable choice to use bikes for transportation and recreation. New Yorkers’ love of cycling has helped make the TD Five Boro Bike Tour one of our city’s most anticipated events, and since the first ride in 1977, it has encouraged people from New York and beyond to test their cycling skills while traversing some of our most historic, diverse and iconic neighborhoods. SEPT. 13–16 With over 32,000 participants traveling across 40 miles of car-free roads, OUTESSA – White Mountains this event is an unforgettable experience for cyclists of all ages and skill levels. Waterville Valley Resort, NH Hosted by Bike New York, funds raised from the Five Boro Bike Tour help the organization provide educational and safety programs, summer camps, and more to thousands of our city’s aspiring cyclists. As my administration continues Tickets now on sale at outessa.com. working to make New York’s streets safer for bikes, pedestrians and cars, I am grateful for Bike New York’s complimentary efforts and applaud all of today’s organizers and volunteers for their commitment to ensuring this year’s event is the best one yet. The City of New York Office of the Mayor New York , NY 10007 On behalf of the City of New York, please accept my best wishes for a fun and safe ride!

Sincerely,

Bill de Blasio Mayor

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Dear Bike New Yorkers,

Welcome to the TD Five Boro Bike Tour Presented by REI!

Over the 40-plus years that it’s been a part of , the Tour certainly has changed. It’s bigger (having grown from 250 riders to 32,000), more fun (there’s entertainment along the route, bigger rest areas, and a sprawling Finish Festival), and greener (it became the first large-scale sporting event to earn sustainability certification from the Council for Responsible Sport), for starters. And, of course, there’s the mission of the Tour itself: Proceeds now fund the largest free bike education program of its kind in the world, because we at Bike New York believe that bicycles can not only take you through five boroughs in a few hours, they can help transform lives and communities.

But the thing that ultimately makes this event so special has remained a constant and can be summed up in one word: diversity. For decades, we’ve welcomed riders from dozens of countries and from every corner of this one; children and octogenarians; bike messengers, weekend warriors, everyday Bloomberg commuters, and even unicyclists; old pros and first timers (flip to page 46 to volunteers with Bike read about some of our favorites in the latter category). You never know who’ll New York be standing next to you at the starting line—they may be from a country you’ve at Intern Day of Service, never heard of! July 2017. But diversity isn’t simply what makes our ridership so special—it’s also what makes New York City like no other place on the planet. Depending on who you ask, as many as 800 languages are spoken here! As you ride through all five of We are proud to support the our beautiful boroughs on Sunday, you’ll get to experience a 40-mile slice of the most populous, dynamic, and ethnically diverse city in the country. You’ve chosen a wonderful way to experience it, and we’re proud to be able to show it to you.

We couldn’t do it alone, of course. Many thanks are due to our thousands of volunteers, without whom the Tour and our education program wouldn’t be TD Five Boro possible, as well as our generous friends and sponsors, including TD Bank, our title sponsor, and REI, our presenting sponsor. In addition, we owe a great deal of gratitude to the numerous city, state and federal agencies that have been instrumental in helping us grow the Tour into what it is today. I'd like to especially thank Mayor de Blasio and his staff, Commissioner Polly Trottenberg and her Bike Tour team at DOT, and the hard-working men and women of the NYPD, FDNY, Office of Citywide Events, Parks Department, Department of Sanitation, NYC Compost Project and NYC & Co.

Have a great ride!

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Welcome to Bike New York’s TD Five Boro Bike Tour!

Whether this is your first bike tour or you are returning today to ride again, you will get to experience first-hand the exhilaration of cycling in New York City. Under Mayor Bill de Blasio’s leadership, the city remains committed to transforming its streets to make cycling easier and safer to get around the five boroughs. While cyclists will today have complete run of the Bike Tour’s streets and roadways, DOT has dedicated itself to expanding and upgrading the nearly 1,200-mile bike network that cyclists are using in unprecedented numbers the rest of the year. TS EN I am proud to say DOT had another exceptional year in 2017: our staff and crews EV designed and created 75 miles of new bike infrastructure, including 25 protected lane miles across every borough of New York City – a new annual record. CLING CY As cycling grows, we are focused on connecting neighborhoods through the OF bike network, particularly in the outer boroughs. In Williamsburg, Bushwick, and ION , we have already begun planning to increase capacity for the IAT expected boom in cycling when the L train’s Canarsie Tunnel closes in April 2019. OC Meanwhile, In , DOT added 12 lane miles of bike lanes improving access ASS to a greenway route. And as we continue to build out the bike network, we are LD wacebike.com looking to expand in communities with growing cycling rates but more limited OR infrastructure -- including Jamaica, Elmhurst, Glendale, Bed-Stuy, Sheepshead W Bay and East New York.

WACE is an association of cycling events formed to promote and increase cycling around the world We are also making a special push to integrate our bridges into our expansion plans. This past year, we improved bike access to the Brooklyn Bridge, completing a brand new entrance on Tillary Street and adding a two-way protected bike lane on Centre Street/ that dramatically improves the connection from Lower Manhattan.

Another critical element to expanding cycling will be to further grow bike share. Citi Bike has been an enormous success story, and in 2018, DOT will explore new bike share models for communities not now served by Citi Bike, including so called “dockless” bikes. We have solicited dockless bike share companies, asking them to come up with new workable programs that we hope to pilot in the near future.

I offer my own thanks to Bike New York for their commitment to cycling and for coordinating this incredibly complex Five Boro Bike Tour. I wish everyone an enjoyable day of biking – you will surely see why more and more New Yorkers are selecting cycling as their preferred way to get around this great city!

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The start wave corridor (shown in white on the map to the right) runs along Greenwich/Trinity/Church. Start waves correspond to the color of your bib and bike plate. See below to find out when and where to go. Course Marshals EVENT in safety vests will be onsite to direct riders to appropriate entry streets. In the event that members of your group are assigned to different start waves, please ride together in the latest start wave for your group. Riders assigned to later start waves cannot move to an earlier time. VIP, and Charity riders should consult DAY RIDE their credentials for access points. STA RT 1 (7:30AM) Recommended arrival time: 6:30-7:15AM. Access start corridor via Warren or Murray. GUIDE After 7:50 join Start Wave 2. WHITE STA RT 2 (8:10AM) Recommended arrival time: 7:10-7:55AM. Access start wave FORTY MILES. FIVE BOROS. corridor via Barclay (West side only), Vesey, or Dey (East side ONE DAY. ZERO CARS. only). After 8:30 join Start Wave 3. STA RT 3 (8:45AM) Recommended arrival time: 7:45-8:30AM. Access start wave corridor via Cedar or Rector. After 9:15 join Start Wave 4.

STA RT 4 (9:20AM) Recommended arrival time: 8:20-9:05AM. Access start wave corridor via Battery Place, Bowling Green, or Morris.

After a start wave is released, the line moves up. Please refer to access points for earlier waves.

Sixth Ave will reopen to cars at 10AM.

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The route closes to vehicular traffic at 7:15AM; be sure to take this into account when planning your arrival. We do not recommend driving to the Start Area.

Bike Subway Train Obviously, we’re quite partial to this option. From anywhere in Manhattan or downtown From Train To PATH Trains (from New Jersey) Long Island Railroad (LIRR) Metro-North Railroad Brooklyn, the best way to get to the Start Manhattan, Chambers St. From Hoboken, take the PATH The New York City stop for the MTA On Tour Day, bikes are allowed Area is by bike. The Hudson River Greenway The Bronx, Chambers St. train toward Journal Square Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) on all trains on the , and both lead directly to Queens Brooklyn Bridge (JSQ) and transfer at Grove is Penn Station, at 34th St. and Hudson, and New Haven Lines. Bowling Green. For detailed directions, we World Trade Ctr. St. for the World Trade Center 7th Ave. At Penn Station, cyclists Off-peak fares apply. Bike permit recommend using Google Maps to plan (WTC) train. From Newark, can transfer to downtown subway rules are suspended. However, your route (be sure to click the bicycle icon). Brooklyn Chambers St. Journal Square, Grove St. and service or cycle downtown toward restrictions on the number of Chambers St. Exchange Pl., take the World Bowling Green. On Tour Day, off- bikes per train will remain with a Bowling Green (B'way exit only) Trade Center train. The fare is peak fares apply and bike permit maximum of eight bikes per train. Car $2.75, payable by MetroCard. rules are suspended. Cyclists Go to mta.info/bike to find out If you are planning to drive, we suggest These trains/stations do not accommodate bikes: Bikes are not permitted on the should distribute themselves more. Check schedules for local parking in Staten Island. Please see page City Hall, Canal St., Whitehall St. first car of the train. Note that evenly throughout the train to service on all lines. To get to the 18 for ferry directions. Park Place, Fulton St., Wall St. you may need to use stairs facilitate the flow of people Start Area via subway from Grand Wall St., Bowling Green and/or elevators to get to street boarding and disembarking at Central Terminal, take the 4, 5, or South Ferry level, so be prepared to carry stations. Cyclists are asked to 6 to the Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall your bike if necessary. For up- bring a bungee cord to secure station. For more information on Subway service is subject to change. Visit www.mta.info for customized travel directions using TripPlanner, or call the MTA for more information by dialing 511. to-date schedule information, their bikes to the train. For more departure times and locations, system map, station locations, information on departure times visit www.mta.info/mnr. and parking information, visit and station locations, visit www.panynj.gov or dial www.mta.info/lirr. 1-800-234-PATH.

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Staten Island Ferry NY Waterway Expanded morning service on START WAVE 1 NY Waterway will provide ferry Tour Day is provided to ensure 5:30AM, 6:00AM, 6:30AM service from Paulus Hook (Jersey that cyclists get to the Start Area City) to the World Financial Center in time to get rolling. A one-way START WAVE 2 Terminal (downtown Manhattan) trip takes 30 minutes, and is 6:30AM, 7:00AM for $5 (one way). The service will free. Riders are advised to take start at 6AM and depart every 15 the following ferries for their START WAVE 3 minutes. The bicycle surcharge respective start times. 7:15AM, 7:30AM will be waived until 8:30AM.

Ferries are first-come, first-served. START WAVE 4 8:00AM, 8:15AM 18 19 GETTING TO THE FERRY RIDER TIPS

Car MTA Staten Island Railway Staten Island Ferry Parking We work hard to ensure that you Leaving the Tour Medical Concerns We recommend that participants Park on local streets or in a Staten Due to ongoing construction, have a great time on the Tour. If you need to leave the Tour If you feel that you need medical driving to the TD Five Boro Bike Island Railway Park-and-Ride at there will be limited parking But just in case you aren’t able to for any reason, we recommend attention, speak to a Tour Marshal Tour carpool and park in Staten Dongan Hills, Great Kills, Annadale, at the Staten Island Ferry lots. complete the ride, or if you need doing so at the following locations. or NYPD officer immediately, or Island in the morning. Parking will Prince’s Bay, or Huguenot stations, Alternatively, use street parking or assistance for any reason, here's If you leave the Tour, you will be visit a medical station located at be easier and you'll avoid waiting then hop on a train to the ferry. the following nearby private and what to do, who to contact, and riding with motorized traffic and each of the Rest Areas along the for the ferry at the end of the Bicycles will be allowed on the municipal lots. where to go. will have to watch for cars and course. Do not wait for SAG. If you day. We suggest parking in the trains, and you can board at any road hazards. have an emergency, and there following areas: the South Beach Staten Island Railway station. St. George Courthouse Garage, Please note that once the Tour starts, the are no Tour Marshals or NYPD front of the pack will travel at approximately lot (see parking information to the MetroCard fares are collected 54 Central Ave. 15 mph, the tail at about 6 mph. Cyclists Mile 14: York Ave. and 63rd St. officers nearby, call 911 and say right), near Staten Island Railway as you enter and exit at the St. Open 5 am-8 pm. $8 for the day. who fall behind will be given the option of (Manhattan) that you are with the TD Five Boro boarding SAG (Support and Gear) vehicles stations, or lots near the ferry. George and Tompkinsville stations. Pay with cash or credit card (no traveling at the tail of the Tour, or leaving the This is your last chance to exit the Bike Tour. Visit www.mta.info or dial 511 for debit card). Tour as the route permits. Tour in Manhattan. If you don’t (Due to construction, there more information. want to continue, travel straight will be limited parking on ferry Allied Parking, 55 Central Ave. on 63rd St. after the Tour exits the Marshals and Police terminal property; if full or Open 6 am-6 pm. $10 for the Shortcut FDR Drive. Do not take the left- Volunteer Marshals and NYPD unavailable, please use local South Beach Park-and-Ride day. Pay with cash, credit or Riders at the back of the pack hand turn onto the ramp of the officers will be riding with you garages.) Participants parking at the South debit card. may be directed to take a shortcut Queensboro (59th St.) Bridge. and will be stationed along the Beach Park-and-Ride (located that bypasses the Astoria Park route to provide assistance and If you park on the street, please off Capodanno Blvd. between Allied St. George, 25 Wall St. Rest Area and leads directly to the Mile 27: Brooklyn Bridge keep the Tour rolling safely observe all posted parking Seaview Ave. and Sand Ln.) can Open 6 am-6 pm. $10 for the day. Con Ed Learning Center Rest Area, Before the Tour enters the and smoothly. restrictions. Cars parked along ride their bikes to the Staten Island Pay with cash, credit or trimming four miles off the route. Brooklyn-Queens Expressway the Tour Route will be towed. Ferry in order to make their way debit card. (BQE), you can leave the Tour Here’s who to look for: Visit www.bike.nyc for detailed to the Start Area. At the end of the Due to the street closure schedule, at Old Fulton St. and Cadman driving directions. day, cyclists can return to their Central Parking, 325 St. Marks Pl. all riders must be on the Brooklyn- Plaza West and take the Brooklyn vehicles via the bike path running Open 24 hours. $15 for up to Queens Expressway (BQE) by Bridge bike path into downtown Rider Assist Marshals will be riding from the Finish Festival at Fort 12 hours. Pay with cash, credit 2:00PM; otherwise, your Tour will Manhattan. Marshals on the alongside you in safety vests to Wadsworth to the South Beach or debit card. end in Brooklyn at mile 28. Please Brooklyn side will direct you. help keep the Tour moving. They Park-and-Ride. be mindful of the time you spend (This exit point is recommended can also help out with flat tires If you park on the street near the ferry, please observe all posted restrictions and at the Rest Areas. If you do not for those traveling with children.) and minor repairs. note that parking and towing regulations make it to the BQE in time, see are strictly enforced. “Leaving the Tour” in the column to Subway the right. The Tour passes near many subway stations. Bikes are Course Marshals will be stationed allowed on the subway, but along the route in safety vests. Hitching a Ride with SAG some unstaffed subway stations They can give route directions and (Support and Gear) have turnstiles that do not alert you to road conditions ahead. SAG vehicles will be stationed accommodate bikes. Marshals at each Rest Area and will follow and Information Tents at Rest the back of the pack. If you are Areas can provide more details running out of steam or fall too on which stations to use. Visit NYPD officers will be on the route far behind, signal and then pull off www.mta.info for up-to-date info. to manage car traffic. to the side of the road to wait for Please follow all instructions given SAG. They will take you and your by Marshals and NYPD. bike to the Finish Festival. 20 21 SERVICES ALONG THE ROUTE

Rest Areas Fluid Stations Zero-Waste Stations Staten Island Ferry SAG Vehicles Bike Repair All Rest Areas include snacks, We recommend bringing two In 2016, we diverted 91% of waste Service to Manhattan (Support & Gear) If your bike needs attention, flag water stations, toilets, bike water bottles so you can stay from landfills with the help of At the end of the Tour, ferries will SAG vehicles provide transport a Rider Assist Marshal or stop at a repair, first aid, and information. hydrated while you ride. All fluid GrowNYC, NYC Compost Project, return riders to Manhattan on to the Finish Festival for cyclists repair tent. Labor for basic repairs Complimentary refreshments stations include water, toilets, bike and, of course, our riders. As a a first-come, first-served basis. (and their bikes) who require is free, but there is a charge for from our sponsors include New repair, and information. result of our efforts, the Tour and Four ferries will run per hour, but assistance. SAG buses and trucks parts. Flat tires are very common, York City water, Del Monte Expo were awarded Gold-level lines may be long. Please take will be stationed at each Rest Area and Marshals can help you better bananas, Utz pretzels, Clif bars, Mile Location sustainability certification by the the time to enjoy free snacks and will follow the end of the Tour. if you have a spare tube. Many of snacks from Nature Addicts, juice 9 The Bronx Council for Responsible Sport. and entertainment while you If you are running out of steam our bike repair partners will have samples from Purity Organics, and Keep your eyes open for marked wait. Toilets and water will also or fall too far behind, signal and tubes for sale (cash only). active hydration drinks from nuun. 27 Brooklyn Bridge Park "Zero-Waste" stations. Our Green be available. If you choose to then pull off to the right side of the Signs and Marshals along the Team Volunteers will be happy drive, consider parking in Staten road to wait for SAG. Make sure Repair services can be found route will direct you to Rest Areas 33 Gowanus BQE to help if you need assistance. Island (see page 18) and taking your bike plate is attached to your at these locations: or to bypass lanes. They'll be sorting plastic/glass, the morning ferry to Manhattan handlebars so that we can reunite • All Rest Areas and Water Stations

40 Staten Island Ferry paper, organics, Clif Bar wrappers, before the start, thus avoiding you with your bike at the Finish • Start Area in Battery Park at Battery Pl. Mile Location and (hopefully very little) standard return ferry lines in the afternoon. Festival; your bib will serve as your and Greenwich St. and on the corner of 11 FDR Drive at 116th St. waste. Bring used bike tubes and bike retrieval ticket. Church St. and Reade St. (Manhattan)

(Manhattan) chains to bike repair stations at If you do not retrieve your bicycle on Staten • Duarte Square, just past the Start Area Rest Areas and Water Stations, Island, you may claim it by contacting BNY (Manhattan) at 212-870-2080. After May 11, unclaimed 18 Astoria Park (Queens)* Toilets where they will be collected Information Tents bicycles will be donated to Recycle-A-Bicycle. • 20th St. and 6th Ave., in front of the TD Toilets are available at all Rest and upcycled into personal gear Information Tents at the Start Bank (Manhattan) 20 Con Ed Learning Center Areas, Water Stations, the Finish and apparel. Area (in Battery Park), Rest Areas, • 63rd St. and the (Queens) Festival, and at the following Water Stations, and the Finish (Manhattan) locations throughout the tour: Festival are your go-to resources Tour Photos • 110th St. and Adam Clayton Powell 26 Commodore Barry Park** for all questions and concerns; Photographers from Jr. Blvd., just north of Mile Location (Manhattan) *All cyclists near the front of the pack will Medical Help they also make for great MarathonFoto will be stationed be held here for about 20 minutes while the 0 Start Area – Battery Place, Emergency medical technicians rendezvous spots in the event that along the route to take your photo • North 7th St. and Kent Ave. (Brooklyn) NYPD closes down portions of the route to traffic. Cyclists near the tail of the Tour will Bowling Green, and along (EMTs) and paramedics from you get separated from family as you ride. For identification • Flushing and Clermont Aves (Brooklyn) be directed to a mandatory shortcut that Church St.* the Jamaica Hospital Medical and friends. (Do not stop in Central purposes, make sure your bypasses this stop and leads to the next one. • Finish Festival, Fort Wadsworth Center Bike Unit are available to Park, on any of the bridges, or in bike plate and bib number are (Staten Island) **This is the last Rest Area before the Finish 3 6th Ave., at approximately attend to medical needs, as are the middle of the road to wait for clearly visible. After the Tour, Festival in Staten Island, eleven miles later. Be sure to refuel and hydrate here! 56th St., before entering ambulances from the NYC Fire friends. If you must stop, please MarathonFoto will contact you Free bike repair labor generously Central Park** Department Emergency Medical signal and pull off to the side of via email so you can view and provided by: Service. Ask any Marshal or NYPD the road.) purchase your photos. • Recycle-A-Bicycle • Danny's Cycles 7 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. officer for medical assistance (formerly Metro • NYC Velo Cycles) Entertainment Blvd. and 115th St. if you need it. There are also • Treads Bike Shop • Sid's Bike Shop TD Bank Entertainment Zones will *Handicap-accessible toilets available EMTs at each Rest Area and at be located along the Tour route to the Finish Festival. If you have an Pump Teams Lost and Found • Tony’s Bicycles • N.Y.C. Bicycles

keep the party rolling from start to **Please note: There are no toilets emergency, and none of these are Need air? We’ve got it! “Pump Check at Information Tents at Rest • Chelsea Bicycles • Propel Bicycles finish. Visit www.bike.nyc for more in Central Park. available, dial 911 and say you are teams” are students from Recycle- Areas and at the Finish Festival for • Ride Brooklyn • NYC Mechanical details, including Entertainment with the TD Five Boro Bike Tour. A-Bicycle's ‘Bike to School’ items lost along the way. No luck? • Spokesman Gardens Co-op Zone locations and artist websites. programs who will help get your After May 8, call 212-870-2080 tires road-ready. You can find or email [email protected] to see if them at Bowling Green, near the your lost item has been returned start line, and select Rest Areas. to our office. 22 23 RIDER ID KIT TIPS & FAQS ROUTE MAP

The Rider Identification Kit (RIK) comprises a reusable Bag Restrictions Rules of the Road Riding with Youths helmet cover, a recyclable Tyvek bib*, and a bike plate • No bags with shoulder straps Wear your helmet. No ifs, ands, • A youth is anyone under the age (including backpacks, messenger or buts about it. Also: of 18 on the day of the Tour. Fold this page out for a

made from an environmentally friendly material called bags, hydration packs, and Madison Ave. Bridge • Each youth must be registered larger map to take with Ultra Green. drawstring bags) • Have your RIK visible at all times: on the same team as a parent or attach the bike plate to your 3rd Ave. • No panniers or bags that hang on guardian riding in the Tour. you on the ride! Bridge handlebars, affix the bib to the front 125th St. 10 the side of your bike • Adult to youth ratio must be 1:1. In order to ride in the Tour, your bib must be affixed to the front of your shirt of your shirt or jacket, and wear your • No covered baskets helmet cover. You will be asked to No exceptions. or jacket, your bike plate must be attached to your handlebars, and you must Legend FDR Drive • No bags over 420 cubic in. (6.9 L.) leave the Tour if any element of your • Children under the age of 3 are not & 116th St. wear the helmet cover over your helmet. Astoria Park RIK is missing. allowed on the Tour. Bike Route Astoria Blvd. • Respect other cyclists. • Youths ages 3 to 9 must ride with 84th St. * We will be collecting rider bibs for recycling at the Staten Island Ferry. 5 What to Bring • Human-powered bikes only. an adult on a tandem bike, in a Ferry Route

child’s seat, on a tag-along bike, or 36th Ave. • Your Rider Identification Kit No e-bikes. in a bike trailer. If you are towing a 20 Mile Marker 15 • Photo identification—you may be • Ride in a straight line. If changing bike trailer, please keep to the right Queensboro FINISH FESTIVAL asked to show it lanes or pulling over, look first and when going uphill. Bridge Clif Blok Party at Con then signal to show which way Rest Area Ed Learning Center • Cell phone* • Youths ages 10 to 17 may ride their The ferry back to Manhattan is still three miles away, but by the time you reach the you're planning to go. Use hand own bikes, but must remain in close Finish Festival at Fort Wadsworth in Staten Island, you will have conquered five boroughs • Water bottles (you can refill them at signals to indicate that you are First Aid 34th St. Rest Areas and Water Stations along slowing down, stopping, turning, or proximity to the adult with whom and as many bridges—including the longest suspension bridge in the Americas. Kick back 23rd St. the route)** changing lanes. they are registered. and relax. You've earned it. Fort Wadsworth is not open to the public on Tour day. Toilets 14th St. • Plan ahead in case you get • Weather-appropriate clothing (be • Keep to the right; pass left. (Call N. 7th St. separated from your youth. Instruct sure to check the forecast) out “On your left” when passing Entertainment Zone E. Houston St. them to seek out a Marshal wearing another cyclist.) East River • Sunscreen either an orange or yellow vest. Canal St. • Move completely to the side of the Bike Repair Hudson River • Sunglasses The Marshal will guide them to an Franklin St. Music & Entertainment Photo Ops Official Merchandise Reunion Area road if stopping for any reason. information tent where staff can • An extra bike tube; make sure it's 26 Listen to bands and stop Get your photo taken Get decked out in official Plan to reunite here at the • Do not ride against the flow of communicate with Tour Command Volunteer Check-in LEGEND the same size as your current tubes, Commodore Barry Park by exhibitors’ booths with that beast of a Bike New York and TD Five end of the ride in case the Tour. to reunite you. Atlantic Ave. Mile Marker with the right valve—either Presta Brooklyn-Queens for great giveaways! bridge—the Verrazano— Boro Bike Tour gear—we’ll you get separated from Fluid Station Expressway or Schrader • Do not use your cell phone Route Bike schwag is the in the background at the have shirts, jerseys, water your group. while riding. Governors Ferry Route • Patch kit in case of a flat Island best schwag. TD Bank Photo Booth. bottles, and much, much Food • Maintain adequate distance • A smile! 30 First Aid more. All proceeds go between yourself and other Riding in a Team Toilets directly to funding our free *If you are riding with a child who does not cyclists—especially on downhills. • Make sure you and others in your bike education programs, have a phone, please make sure to write your team have stored important REST AREAS Entertainment cell phone number and name on the back of • Control your speed and be prepared Bike Repair Food & Drinks First Aid so shop away! your child's bib. numbers and contact info on your Gowanus to slow down for congestion or Expressway We’re bringing some Courtesy of the New York phone, including that of someone = Volunteer Check-in **Water bottles will not be provided. road hazards. Fluid Station of the best local food City Fire Department not riding in the Tour, your hotel, • Keep at least one hand on the Food vendors to the Finish Emergency Medical your team members’ home and cell handlebars at all times. 86th St. Service and Jamaica numbers, etc. Festival. After putting in Bike Repair Rest Area = 40 that many miles, you’re Hospital Medical Center. Labor for basic repairs is • Do not wear earbuds • If you get separated from your gonna be hungry. free, but there’s a charge or headphones. team, continue to the next Rest Area for parts (cash only). Be • Slow down when approaching a and look for them there. Do not pull security checkpoint and make sure over to the side of the road to wait sure to bring some spare 35 for them. Verrazano-Narrows Bridge tubes with you. your complete RIK is visible.

• No photos on bridges or their Fort Wadsworth access points. Your camera may be confiscated. SPONSORED Rest Area = Area Rest Mile Marker Route Ferry Route First Aid First Toilets Entertainment Repair Bike Check-in Volunteer Fluid Station Food LEGEND

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Youth Classes ROAD MAP OF ADULT CLASSES Kids’ Learn to Ride Class This free group class is for children who are ready to ditch their training wheels and ride a two-wheeler Bike Skills 101: for the first time. With our safe, easy, effective 101 Learn to Ride method and experienced instructors, kids will learn how to balance, pedal, start, stop, and steer a bicycle. Bike Buyer’s Most students get the hang of it in one session! Workshop photos: Maxime Juneau photos: Maxime After School Programs, Summer Programs, Bike Skills 102: and Youth Ride Clubs Practice Session 102 We live just north of you. Charming, hospitable... famous for our fine cuisine and European flair. We teach kids the mechanics of riding a bike, the rules of the road, best practices for riding in a group A cycling trip in Québec just might be your coolest vacation ever! With such attractive exchange Bike Skills 201: and on the streets, and the joy and freedom of biking. 201 Bike Handling Skills rates, what better time to visit us! Sessions are one day per week for several weeks.

QUÉBEC Bike Skills 202: Bike Safety Assembly Bike Path Ride 202 St.Lawrence River We’ll bring an interactive presentation suitable for GO BIKE MONTRÉAL FESTIVAL Pre-K through 12th grade to schools anywhere in JUNE 1 TO 3, 2018 Bike Commuting NYC! Content is designed to teach kids that cycling is Come for the weekend of the Go Bike Montréal Festival and experience the Québec City a fun, healthy activity, but that it does have rules that nocturnal Tour la Nuit, as well as the Tour de l’Île de Montréal – similar to the kids should know and follow. Street Skills 301: Five Boro Bike Tour in New York. Montréal 301 Rules of the Road USA Citi Bike GRAND TOUR DESJARDINS New York City Unlocked AUGUST 4 TO 10, 2018 Street Skills 302: Come for a week and join 1,800 cyclists in a 500-mile tour – the largest of its kind in Canada – On-Street Riding 302 along a spectacular route in the Lower St. Lawrence, as part of the 25th Grand Tour Desjardins.

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This inseparable pair of Bronx Community College “If you have the time, you should volunteer,” Rosie students (and Bike New York instructors) came to us says. “It’s an experience that you won’t gain as high schoolers in an After School program, and anywhere else. It’s just really fun.” Adds Oscar: “To see they'll never forget the first kids they taught a smile on a kid’s face when they learn to ride is just to ride. the best thing.”

“There was this one kid who was so determined, but And now their students aren’t the only ones gaining his balance was just off,” Rosinell says. “Every week he new skills; Rosie, an aspiring elementary school would come back and tell me, ‘I practiced everything teacher, says, “With kids and bikes, they’re so that you taught me!’ One day, I was locking up the excited; it’s taught me patience.” For Oscar, who bike education container, and he rode up to me plans to become a police officer, “It’s taught me and was like, ‘Look! Miss Rosie! I got it, I got it!’ It felt how to motivate kids. That’s going to help me in the amazing.” Oscar concurs; when his first teaching future—when I see kids not doing the correct thing, I’ll success rode by in front of her beaming parents, be able to motivate them to do something different, “I was so proud of myself,” he says. something positive.”

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1. Arthur Avenue “When the man who runs it bought the land, it “To see a smile on a kid’s 2. The Bronx Zoo was dry, not fertile at all. But now, you wouldn’t 3. New York Botanical Garden believe it. He sells all the fruits and vegetables to the face when they learn to 4. Yankee Stadium community, and he puts the proceeds back into the ride is just the best thing.” 5. Edgar Allen Poe Cottage garden. You can go in and he’ll give you a tour.” 32 BROOKLYN QINGLIAN ZHANG

Qinglian Zhang first became interested in bike their bike commuting skills with support from the commuting when she noticed that Citi Bike could Gear Femmes community. Class sizes are small and help close a gap in her transportation routine. She instructors consistent, which allows each participant works for a company that manages collections at to focus on whatever obstacles they’re facing. Then museums around the city, and realized that instead aspiring bike commuters are matched with mentors of walking several long avenues to a museum from a who literally show them the way with techniques and subway, she could take a Citi Bike. Still, she found the route selection. thought of riding on NYC streets daunting, but was inspired by her dance instructor, a bike commuter After Qinglian completed basic classes in the here in NYC, and her Dad, who commutes daily in Gear Femmes program, and participated in her home city of Shanghai. She thought that if they Bike Camp last summer, she was matched with could do it, she could too. She had the will, and Gear experienced commuter Lilach Shafir, who also lives in Femmes helped her find the way. Brooklyn and works in Manhattan. The two became fast friends and commuted together last fall, with Gear Femmes is Bike New York's new education Lilach leading the way. Qinglian has come a long initiative for women/trans/femme cyclists; through way, and is resolved to go even further. “Hopefully, in classes and programs, specialized instruction, and the near future, I’ll be able to lead and look back and community events, aspiring commuters develop see Lilach.”

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“Pioneer Works always has very exciting installations and contemporary art on display. Even if there is no event or exhibition on view, the backyard, which is very family-friendly, is also a place to walk around 4 and just relax.” 35 MANHATTAN FRANKIE CHAN

Most people remember the first bike they ride— In between fixing brakes, cabling gears, and snipping Frankie Chan remembers the first one he worked on. housing, Frankie livens up Bike New York's Recycle- “It was a kids’ bike—a training bike. Eric showed me A-Bicycle warehouse in Long Island City with jokes the skills: what tools to use, what not to use,” he says, and commentary. A generous spirit, he has been referring to Eric Robinson, a Bike New York mechanic known to buy pizza and soda for the team to enjoy. who, along with Frankie and the rest of our mechanic The Chinatown resident will even bring you a better team, has been inspecting, repairing, and overhauling version of a snack, like dried mangoes, from home. our education program’s bicycle fleet. It’s only been a few months, but Frankie feels good Frankie joins our team by way of AHRC, a family about working on bikes now. He considers himself governed organization committed to finding ways a visual learner. “People show what to do and I can for people with intellectual and other developmental follow. I just watch and I know what to do.” Although disabilities to build full lives as defined by each person he is comfortable working on bikes and getting his and supported by dedicated families, staff, and hands dirty, he has yet to learn how to ride a bicycle. community partners. Three days a week, Frankie “It looks easy to ride, but two wheels? Four wheels works rigorously to ensure the fleet is ready for would be nice,” says Frankie, ever the comedian. another year of riding. “Make it six wheels!” And with that, our mechanics consider their next project.

“People show what to do and Manhattan Highlights I can follow. I just

1. Hudson River Greenway FDR Drive watch and I know 2. Central Park 3. Museum of Modern Art what to do.” 4. Intrepid Museum 5. American Museum of Natural History

SR-9A Frankie’s Pick: Royal Seafood Restaurant

“It’s only one block from the train. Order the no-nonsense stuff, like chicken feet, shrimp balls, and egg rolls. For tea, you can’t go wrong with Pu-Erh or Chamomile." 36 37 “I wanted to QUEENS create a place JOELLE GALATAN where kids who never Learning how to ride a bike can be a challenge. For “So many of these kids’ lives are filled with setbacks. youth with autism and their families, those challenges Learning to ride is good for them physically, socially, thought they can be magnified—but so too can the successes. emotionally, and they’re able to accomplish something. Joelle Galatan, a high school senior from Queens, Parents can see that their kid can ride like any other could ride is working with Bike New York to make sure that kid—and­ that's exciting." kids with autism and other learning disabilities get could learn the opportunity to experience the benefits of this meaningful milestone. in a positive Joelle participated in the 2017 TD Five Boro Bike community.” Tour as a part of our charity partner program, raising money and awareness for the ELIJA (Empowering Long Island’s Journey Through Autism) School, where her younger sister, Talia—who has autism—is a student. After the Tour, Joelle wanted to do even more to use cycling to help support students like her sister, so she approached Bike New York about organizing a series of Learn-to-Ride classes in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. Her goal was simple: “I wanted to create a place where kids who never thought they could ride, whether they’re eight or 18, could learn in a positive community,” she says.

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Bike New York is constantly working on new and the Twin Lights Ride. He jumped at the chance initiatives—for example, Gear Femmes and our to work on the project. Membership Program are all less than 2 years old. The latest apple of our eye is something we launched “Kids aren’t going outside like they used to,” he says. this year in conjunction with the Department of “People are indoors, playing video games, looking Education: a pilot program that brought our bike down at their phones. Bikes get them outside.” education programs to a few schools on Staten Island. Historically, our school programs have Kin, who graduated from SUNY Cortland last year required that a school bring their kids to one of with majors in Business Economics and Sport our 12 bike education centers; but for this one we Management, sees a future for programs like this. brought the bikes and instructors to the students. “You guys could definitely expand this to other boroughs, working with different schools,” he says. One of those instructors is Kin Chung Choo, a “Every kid we worked with enjoyed the program. Staten Island resident who came to us from our They wanted more.” events team, having worked on last year’s Tour as well as our regional rides, Discover Hudson Valley

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Staten Island Highlights Kin’s Picks: Arthur Kills and South Beach “Every kid we 1. Snug Harbor Cultural Center “Arthur Kills has air shows in the summer and & Botanical Garden a really nice park; South Beach has fireworks.” worked with 2. Flagship Brewing Company 3. Ralph’s Famous Italian Ices For more recommendations for what to see or enjoyed the 4. Staten Island Zoo do when you’re riding around the five boroughs, 5. St. George Theatre check out www.nycgo.com/events/td-bank-five- program. They boro-bike-tour wanted more.” 41

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Take public transportation, Place damaged bike tubes and Remember, when placing uneaten carpool, or bike to the Start Line. chains in upcycling receptacles food in compost bins, remove at Rest Areas and at the Finish the packaging and place it in the Festival. These parts will be appropriate receptacle. Foil-lined upcycled into products like bags, wrappers and plastic snack bags keychains, and wallets. for example, should be placed in specially marked bins. Stay hydrated by refilling your reusable water bottle with world-renowned New York City drinking water. Go bananas! Refuel at Rest Areas with organic bananas from Del Have questions about what goes Monte Fresh Fruit and don’t forget where? Green Team volunteers to compost the peels. will be stationed at Rest Areas and at the Finish Festival to guide you. Recycle your rider bib by placing it in a specially marked receptacle located near the entrance to the Staten Island Ferry. Put trash in its proper place Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, at our Zero Waste Stations and Twitter @BIKENEWYORK located throughout Bike Expo New York, Rest Areas, and at Don’t forget to tag all your other social media posts from Tour weekend #TDFBBT & the Finish Festival. #BikeExpoNY for a chance to be featured in our feeds.

Remember, taking photos while you’re riding is prohibited, but there are plenty of opportunities to capture your Tour experience when you’re not pedaling. Thanks for your efforts and to our partners in sustainability for helping the TD Five Boro Bike Tour earn Gold-level Certification by the Council for Responsible Sport. 46 BNY YOUTH AMBASSADORS VOLUNTEER Put your bike on EARN THEIR BIKES WITH US! a space diet.

On a frigid Saturday in March, Bike New York’s driving them to the shop in a NYPD van each Joining the Bike New York team as Recycle-A-Bicycle warehouse in Long Island City Saturday. He feels it’s important to be a role model, a volunteer is an experience like shop is buzzing with activity—10 middle school– and that means spending quality time with youth in no other. You’ll meet like-minded aged youth from Sunnyside Community Services the neighborhood. people and help to make others’ are beginning their Earn-A-Bike and TD Five Boro lives more fulfilling simply by Bike Tour Youth Ambassador journeys. They’ve A few weeks later, after other key build stages like getting them on bikes, whether it’s been selected from a larger group of students who bottom bracket overhauls, brake and gear cable at one of our events or at one of participated in Bike New York’s Summer and After assemblies, and a safety check, the moment the the hundreds of classes we offer School programs, and their challenge is to build the students have been waiting for arrives: a test ride. all year long. bike they’ll ride in this year’s Tour. Donning their new Bike New York–branded helmets, LEARN MORE AT WWW.BIKE.NYC/ First up: learning how to fix a flat. Bike mechanic and the Youth Ambassadors set off on a three-mile group VOLUNTEER instructor Lisa Rodriguez hands out patch kits and ride to their home base at Sunnyside Community everyone is taught how to repair an inner tube. In Services, where they arrive 45 minutes later. Success! the second hour, each young person chooses a bike that they’ll be completely overhauling. “Don’t choose The Youth Ambassadors will continue to spend a bike just because of its color,” cautions Karen their Saturday mornings until the Tour on training Bikes are efficient, economical transportation… Overton, Recycle-A-Bicycle Director. She and Lisa rides with Bike New York instructor David Hong to and large. Yet folding bikes are conveniently sized, steer students to bikes that fit. build their endurance and handling skills. Bike New York is proud of the Youth Ambassadors, and we but hardly comfortable for a long, hilly commute. In the following classes, students break into teams of can’t wait to see their hard work pay off when they

two. Youth Ambassador Neveaha Morrison teams-up ride 40 miles of NYC streets on bikes they built by with Officer Jason Carmen, a New York City Housing themselves, together. However, the journey doesn’t Now there’s a third option. CHANGE bikes are Authority (NYCHA) Neighborhood Affairs officer who end there: They’re excited to bring their bikes home, lightweight, full-sized hybrid and mountain bikes lends guidance and support to the group, including and just in time for summer. They earned it! with 24-30 gears that are fun to ride, yet fold out of the way in seconds at either end of your ride. 2018 Youth Ambassadors

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8 9 The cyclists riding on behalf of these inspirational charities prove 10 11 12 13 that the bicycle is a powerful tool to affect change.

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16 17 18 ALS Association Greater New York Chapter Coalition for Healthy School Food Lighthouse Guild International

Alzheimer's Association New York Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Foundation Literacy Partners 19 City Chapter The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation LIVESTRONG American Cancer Society debra of America Lymphoma Research Foundation 20 American Foundation for Suicide Prevention ECPAT-USA The Marty Lyons Foundation Inc. 21 American Jewish World Service ELIJA (Empowering Long Island through National Blood Clot Alliance 22 23 24 ASPCA Its Journey with Autism) National Kidney Foundation 25 B*CURED Gabrielle's Angel Foundation for Cancer Research New York Cares 26 27 28 Back on My Feet NYC Gilda's Club NYC New York Restoration Project The Blue Card Global Mental Health Program (GMHP) OHEL Children's Home & Family Services 29 30 Blythedale Children's Hospital Good Shepherd Services Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy 31 Boomer Esiason Foundation - Team Boomer Habitat for Humanity NYC Planned Parenthood of New York City 32 33 34 Boy Scouts of America Greater NY Councils Ronald McDonald House New York 35 HeartShare Human Services of New York The Broadway Green Alliance Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation 36 Her Justice BronxWorks St. Baldrick's Foundation 37 Hereditary Neuropathy Foundation CancerCare Innocence Project Union Settlement CARE USA InTandem Cycling, Inc. United Way of New York City CaringKind James Lenox House Association, Inc. Worldwide Orphans Foundation Children's Tumor Foundation Keep a Child Alive YMCA of Greater New York Citymeals on Wheels Across Down Life is Priceless Foundation 1. Organic waste that goes 20. Last leg for many 2. Cyclist one-piece 21. Route-side food, water in a separate bin Tour riders 3. Holds your water bottle & bike repair spot 4. “______is real!” 21. Hardest part of cycling? 5. Bike check 23. Makes riding a breeze 6. Most common repair 22. Adjust this to avoid pain in 7. Lubrication 24. Air pressure measurement the knees 10. Lightweight frame material 8. Tour’s first bridge (abbrev.) 25. Grips to stop 26. Found in 35 across 13. Noggin shield 9. Replace this if tread is worn 28. Blister preventers 27. Grease 22 across 14. Rods that make 11. Quick release levers 29. Same as Presta wheels true occasionally to prevent this should face this direction 31. Wicking material for Bike New York is 501(c)(3) nonprofit whose mission is to transform lives and communities through 15. Bring an extra one of these 30. Clean chain applicant when closed cycling clothes in case of 6 across 34. Pedaling rate bicycling. In 2017, we taught bike skills to more than 25,000 kids and adults. Funding for these 12. Packet pickup location 32. Type of flat caused by programs comes from numerous annual events, including the TD Five Boro Bike Tour Presented by REI, 17. Riding against traffic 35. Flat fix toolbox low tire pressure 14. Turn tell Bike Expo New York, and regional events. 19. If a brake lever hits this, 36. Tour’s official hashtag 16. Drink fluids 33. Push to propel make an adjustment 37. Riding volunteer 18. Bridge north of Brooklyn 34. Replace if frayed Bridge Visit www.bike.nyc for more information. 4 Bike New York thanks the following agencies, officials, organizations, bike shops, and sponsors for their support of the TD Five Boro Bike Tour Presented by REI.

City Government Officials Participating Bike Shops Supporting Sponsors Sustainability Partners

The City of New York Chelsea Bicycles Bloomberg Philanthropies NYC Compost Project Bill de Blasio, Mayor Danny's Cycles Clif Bar Terracycle NYC Department of NYC Bicycle Shop (Staten Island) Manhattan Portage Transportation Polly Trottenberg, Commissioner NYC Mechanical Gardens nuun Bike Coop Official Hospital Primal Wear NYC Police Department NYC Velo Hospital for Special Surgery James P. O'Neill, Commissioner New Belgium NYCBicycles (Corona) NYC Fire Department Unlimited Biking Propel Bicycles Daniel Nigro, Commissioner Taiwan Tourism Bureau Design by Ride Brooklyn Del Monte NYC Department of Parks WH-O Sid's Bike Shop and Recreation Flanzig and Flanzig Mitchell J. Silver, Commissioner Spokesman Kryptonite NYC Citywide Events Tony's Bicycles Rockefeller Group Illustration by Coordination & Management Tread Bike Shop Ellyn Canfield, Acting Director Utz Josh Cochran

NYC & Company ConEdison Fred Dixon, President & CEO Purity Organic Transportation Agencies Title Sponsor NYC Mayor’s Community MarathonFoto Affairs Unit NYC Department of Nature Addicts Marco A. Carrión, Commissioner Transportation Jamaica Hospital Medical Center NYC Department of Sanitation Metropolitan Transportation Kathryn Garcia, Commissioner Authority NYC & Company MTA New York City Transit The New York Times NYC Office of Emergency Presented by Management MTA Bridges and Tunnels Joseph Esposito, Commissioner Metro-North Railroad Central Park Conservancy NY State Department of Elizabeth W. Smith, President Transportation & CEO Long Island Railroad Benefiting PAT H Federal Government New Jersey Transit Agencies Port Authority of New York National Park Service and New Jersey T BTA United States Coast Guard NY Waterway U.S. Army Reserve, 77th Regional Command

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