Jackson Heights Life

I just wanted to use some of my argumentative mood to call you cyclists crazy.

If my motor vehicle touches another motor vehicle both operators are generally fine; it's the wounds suffered shuffling paperwork which never truly heal.  *sigh*

If my motor vehicle even grazes a human powered vehicle the operator is launched off of the contraption and lands on their face, or rolls over my hood and is dumped onto the road, or goes under the chassis and is ground up by my wheels.  Fuck!

Is it worth it?

...edit..
 Any who back to cycling anyone doing the tour de queens?

How could I miss it!  My bike is a dark gray fixed gear with dorky looking double straps
and a butterfly bar.  Say hi if you see me.

If my motor vehicle even grazes a human powered vehicle the operator is launched off of the contraption and lands on their face, or rolls over my hood and is dumped onto the road, or goes under the chassis and is ground up by my wheels.  Fuck!

Stop hitting cyclists with your car!  That will solve the problem.

Stop hitting cyclists with your car!  That will solve the problem.

heheeeheheheeh.  now I know who almost hit me and knocked me off my bike years ago.  or was it while I was roller blading? Anyway, I agree with Michael that it is dangerous and most drivers don't really show bikes and bladers any respect of right of way etc.  Even when you're being responsible, many drivers are not. 

i stopped riding in the streets and stuck to parks and bike paths off road after awhile.

NYC Bicyclists Get Their Own Mapquest -- Ride the City!

NY Times article on the Manhattan bicycle parking shortage features a JH bike commuter... 

The New York Times
For City Commuters, Same Old Story for Another Vehicle: Parking Is Scarce
By COLIN MOYNIHAN
Published: July 1, 2008

When Carlos Martinez bicycles to work in Manhattan from his home in Jackson Heights, Queens, he must ride along Northern Boulevard, a broad and busy thoroughfare, before crossing the Queensboro Bridge and heading south on Second Avenue toward the East Village.

It is a commute that few bicyclists would relish.

But when Mr. Martinez gets to his office on East Fourth Street, where he works as the Latin American liaison for an environmental group called Green Map System, he becomes the envy of riders across the city. That is because the office building allows him to bring his bike upstairs and stash it in a walk-in closet alongside bikes belonging to three or four co-workers.

“It’s one less problem for me,” Mr. Martinez said. “At least I know my vehicle is O.K., so I’m pretty sure I can get back home safely.”

It may seem like a simple sentiment, but having a safe place to store a bike at work is an urban amenity that ranks somewhere with having unfettered roof access or a key to a community garden. While people are generally free to wheel their bikes in and out of residential buildings, commercial buildings often ban them.

At a time when, city officials say, the number of people cycling in New York is soaring and the city has been implementing a plan to create 200 miles of new bike lanes, one glaring problem for those who want to cycle to work is the shortage of parking, particularly in areas like Midtown Manhattan.

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can someone talk me through getting to flushing meadows park?  I went out to 114th street (on 34th) as someone suggested, and I hit the entrance to the parkway!  how do I get into the park?  did I approach wrong?  I'm dying to ride there!!

Okay this is the secret passage way lol...

Well once you reach 114th you can make a right to head to Roosevelt, or you can continue foward but you will see the highway now what you do it is go slightly left instead of right and you will see a little walk way, I suggest you dismount your bike if you wanna cross this way since you will have to wait for the cars to clear a bit, than once you cross you will reach this like path way that is like bridge, you go over it and you will be literally be infront of shea and a newly constructed parking lot they have, you ride down and follow the path and you will reach the globe.