Upcoming Events
NYC Blessing of the Bikes
New York City
We will be reading the names of cyclists killed on NYC streets at the 2023 Blessing of the Bikes at The Cathedral of St. John the Divine 112th Street & Amsterdam Avenue - Directions here.
For more information see the NYC Blessing of the Bikes webpage
7th Annual Bronx Memorial Ride
Join us again as we celebrate
the lives of those who have been killed by Traffic Violence, on the streets of
the Bronx while riding their bicycles.
Meet up at the Randall's Island Connector Bridge/e132nd Street (South Bronx) at 9:30am - ride starts at 10am.
We will ride to e136 and Bruckner Blvd, e149th and St. Ann’s, e172nd and Metcalf and the final stop will be where the ride began, Tremont Ave at Whittemore Ave.
Bring Yellow Flowers, to decorate the Ghostbikes. The ride is approximately 10 miles. We will ride at a family friendly pace. All types of transportation welcome!
Volunteer Meet and Greet - POSTPONED to TBA
New York City
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT IS POSTPONED TO A DATE TBD
Have you wanted to be more active in the NYC Street Memorial project?
Want to contribute to making and maintaining ghost bike memorials? Come to our meet and greet at the backyard of Greenpoint Reformed Church, 136 Milton, Brooklyn to learn more about the project and how to help out. Join the volunteers of the NYC Street Memorial Project, at at a meet-and-greet event to discuss how to make, install and maintain a ghost bike memorial and talk with volunteers working on this project since 2006.
Or did you used to volunteer making and installing ghost bikes - We miss you! This is a no judgement safe space for everyone! You do not have to volunteer for anything if you want to just come by and say hello. But - we do hope that we can meet new volunteers who want to take an active part in managing this project!
Our core group has dwindled and aged over the years, and we need fresh faces with energy and good organizational skills to keep it going and rejuvenate it.
We wil be discussing our groups need for volunteers to:
-
Take on organizing and managing our work days, where we make ad install Ghost Bikes
-
Helping with our website and social media presence
-
Coming to our workdays to make and install ghost bikes
-
Other volunteer possibilies not listed above, bring your skills and offers to help out
There will be food and [non alcholic] drinks for all, including vegan and vegitarian options. Please bring food and drink to share!
please note- no G train this weekend - shuttle buses running from Bedford-Nostrand to Court Square, making all G stops on the way - nearest stop to the church will be at Greenpoint Avenue/Manhattan Avenue, 1 block away.
Ghost Bike Memorials for Two Bronx Cyclists
New York City
Please join us for memorials tonight for 2 Bronx cyclists killed in traffic:
Jose-Luis Estudillo Garcia fatally hit June 6, 2020, at East 138 & Park. BRONX [Meet here at 7pm]
Ivan Morales Silva fatally hit June 5, 2020, East 138
& Willis, BRONX
Please donate to the Gofundme for Jose-Luise Estudillo Garcia’s family
Please donate to the GoFundMe for Ivan Morales Silva's family
Workday to make and install ghostbikes
New York City
We need all hands on deck to build and install 15 Ghost Bikes. No
prior knowledge needed; just show up and we will show you how it is
done. Find us in the backyard of the Greenpoint Reform Church!
Wear clothes that you won't mind getting dirty. This is an open event. You can just come for an hour, or stay all day.
Bring pliers, wrenches, and hex keys, if you have them.
If you've got a vehicle or a big bike trailer or a metrocard and would like to help us install, contact us here, on facebook (or at streetmemorials AT gmail DOT com)
[Rain Date: May 19.] Please RSVP and check the Facebook Event Page for Updates
20th annual Blessing of the Bikes
New York City
We will be reading the names of 36 cyclists killed on NYC Streets 2017 - present.
More info here: http://www.theblessingofthebikes.com/
Ghost Bike Workday
New York City
Join us to make ghost bikes for those killed on the streets in
the past year. We need your help to strip, clean, prime and paint bikes
to transform them into Ghost Bikes. We also need your donations to buy
supplies and your help installing the finished Ghost Bikes.
Meet us in the backyard of Greenpoint Reformed Church 136 Milton, Brooklyn. Wear clothes that can get dirty and bring drinks and snacks.
We will install these ghost bikes on the same day, so get in touch if
you want to volunteer to install or want make a donation for supplies.
Ghost Bike Information Workshop, Meet & Greet
New York City
Want to contribute to making and maintaining ghost bike memorials? Come to our introduction workshop on
Thursday, May 25 to learn more about the project and how to help out. Join the volunteers of the NYC
Street Memorial Project, at the new Timbuk2 Brooklyn Store, at a meet-and-greet information
session on how to make, install and maintain a ghost bike memorial.
Ghost bikes have been installed to remember over 200 cyclists killed on NYC streets since 2005. Anyone can make a ghost bike and everyone can
contribute to ghost bike maintenance.
Drop by to get to know more about the project, how you can help out and
what tools and supplies are needed to make and maintain ghost bikes.
We will map out upcoming installations and
discuss plans for upcoming June 3rd workday at Greenpoint Reformed
Church. Donations of cash and volunteer
commitments for the workday will be collected.
Raffle prizes of Timbuk2 products, music and refreshments will be provided by the store, who we thank for their support.
10th Annual Memorial Ride
New York City
The 10th Annual Memorial Ride brings New Yorkers together to remember cyclists killed in our city over the past year. This will mark the tenth year that this event has occurred. Riders will visit the site of each ghost bike, a white-painted memorial for cyclists, installed since our last memorial ride. At our final stop we will remember all cyclists and pedestrians who died in 2014.
Please help us show solidarity with the family and friends of those lost by joining us for this important event. Bring flowers and other items to honor those lost.
South Queens/North Brooklyn Ride
8:30 AM - Optional ride to ride - Diversity Plaza 37th rd Jackson Heights 7/E/F/M/R trains
9:30 AM - Ride Gathering - “Death Star Bldg” 80-02 Kew Gardens rd
SE corner Queens blvd & Kew Gardens rd & Union tpke (E/F to Union tpke)
10:45 AM - William Faison Memorial 120 ave & 228 st (Cambria Heights)
11:15 AM - Wayne White Memorial North Conduit blvd & 225 st (LIRR Laurelton Station)
11:50 AM - Stop at Baisley Park
Lunch stop, please bring food. [bathrooms available]
Central Queens Meet-up (E to Jamaica Center & ride 2.3 miles, or LIRR to Locust Manor & ride 1 mile)
12:40 PM - Unnamed Memorial - North Conduit blvd & 148 st
1:25 PM - Unnamed Memorial - Rockaway blvd & 90 st
2:15 PM - Angel Torres Memorial - Broadway & Halsey st
North Brooklyn Meetup (J to Halsey st - note Bklyn-bound J by-passes Halsey this weekend, ride to Broadway Jct, reverse direction to Halsey)
2:45 PM - Xochil Zach Fortune Memorial - Broadway & Hart st
Convergence with Brooklyn ride
3:15 PM - Unnamed Memorial - South 4th st & Roebling st (J/M to Marcy ave)
4:00 PM - Shan Zheng Memorial Pitt st & Houston ave
All Rides Convergence (F to 2 ave, J/M/F to Essex st/Delancey st)
4:30 PM - Memorial for cyclists and pedestrians killed in 2014 [location TBA]
(R to City Hall, 2 or 3 to Park Pl, 4/5/6 to Brooklyn Bridge)
North Queens Ride
9:30 AM - optional ride to ride Diversity Plaza 37th rd Jackson Heights 7/E/F/M/R trains
10:15 AM - Ride Gathering - Willet’s Point-Mets train stop (LIRR or 7 to Roosevelt ave)
10:30 AM - Unnamed Memorial - Roosevelt ave & 126th st at Shea rd
11:30 AM - Unnamed Memorial - Parsons blvd & 37th ave.
12:15 PM - Unnamed Memorial - Grand Central Parkway & Jewel ave
1:15 PM - Stop at Travers Park, 77th st & 34th Ave.
Lunch stop, please bring food [bathrooms available]
1:45 PM - Stop at 44th st and 34th ave
Astoria meet-up (R to 46 Street)
2:00 PM - Anna Maria Moström Memorial - Main st at 35th st bridge ramp (Roosevelt Island)
2:45 PM - Hoyt Jacobs Memorial - Vernon Blvd. & 41st Ave.
3:15 PM - Stop at Tramway Plaza, 2nd ave. & E59th st. (4/5/6/N/R to Lexington Ave/59 St)
Midtown Manhattan Meetup & Convergence with Bronx Ride
4:00 PM - Shan Zheng Memorial - Pitt & Houston
All Rides Convergence (F to 2nd Ave, J/M/F to Essex st/Delancey st)
4:30 PM - Memorial for cyclists and pedestrians killed in 2014 [location TBA]
(R to City Hall, 2 or 3 to Park Pl, 4/5/6 to Brooklyn Bridge)
Brooklyn Ride
11:15 AM - Ride Gathering - Colonel David Marcus Playground, corner of E 5th st & Ave P (F to Avenue P)
11:50 PM - Unnamed Memorial - McDonald Ave and Quentin Rd
1:00 PM - Stop at 9th St and Prospect Park West (F/G to 7 Ave)
Central Brooklyn Meetup - [bathrooms available]
1:25 PM - Elizabeth Padilla - Remembrance at first NYC ghost bike - 5th ave and Prospect pl
2:00 PM - Matthew Brenner Memorial - Sands st at Manhattan Bridge
2:45 PM -Xochil Zach Fortune Memorial - Broadway & Hart st
Convergence with South Queens ride
3:15 PM - Unnamed Memorial South 4th st & Roebling st (J/M to Marcy ave)
4:00 PM - Shan Zheng Memorial Pitt & Houston
All Rides Convergence (F to 2 Av, J/M/F to Essex St/Delancey St)
4:30 PM - Memorial for cyclists and pedestrians killed in 2014 [location TBA]
(R to City Hall, 2 or 3 to Park Pl, 4/5/6 to Brooklyn Bridge)
Bronx/Manhattan Ride
10:30 AM - Ride Gathering Grand Concourse and E161st st, NE corner
Bronx County Courthouse (D or 4 or Metro North to Yankee Stadium/161st st.)
10:50 AM - Unnamed Memorial - Grand Concourse and E158th st.
11:45 AM - Unnamed Memorial - Fteley ave & E172nd st., Bronx
1:00 PM - Valding Duran Memorial - Manhattan ave. & W108th st., Manhattan
1:30 PM - Stop at Central Park North/110th & Malcolm X blvd at Harlem Meer
Lunch break, please bring food [bathrooms available]
Upper Manhattan Meetup (2/3 or C to w110 St)
2:00 PM - Jerrison Garcia Memorial - Park Ave. & e108th st
2:20 PM - Unnamed Memorial - Lexington ave & e104th st
3:15 PM - Stop at Tramway Plaza, 2nd ave & e59th st (4/5/6/N/R to Lexington ave/59 st)
Midtown Manhattan Meetup & Convergence with North Queens Ride
4:00 PM - Shan Zheng Memorial - Pitt & Houston
All Rides Convergence (F to 2 Av, J/M/F to Essex st/Delancey st)
4:30 PM - Memorial for cyclists and pedestrians killed in 2014 [location TBA]
(R to City Hall, 2 or 3 to Park Pl, 4/5/6 to Brooklyn Bridge)
Ride schedule subject to change
Rain date: Sunday April 26, 2015
Please note: MTA Service Advisories for that weekend
Day-of/enroute updates: www.twitter.com/nycstreetmem #memride2015
Ride images: http://instagram.com/nycstreetmem #memride2015
Detailed ride schedule: (including updates if any): http://ghostbikes.org/node/1090
RSVP to our Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/562818727154339/
Contact: www.ghostbikes.org/contact
More information: www.ghostbikes.org/new-york-city
Like us: www.facebook.com/NYCGhostBikes
9th Annual Memorial Ride - Sunday, April 6, 2014
New York City
The 9th Annual Memorial Ride and Walk brings New Yorkers together to remember pedestrians and cyclists killed in our city over the past year. This will mark the ninth year that this event has occurred. Riders will visit the site of each ghost bike, a white-painted memorial for cyclists, installed since 2013. Walkers will join us at the end of the ride to remember all pedestrians lost in the past year.
Please help us show solidarity with the family and friends of those lost by joining us for this important event. Bring flowers and other items to honor those lost.
Sunday, April 6, 2014
Bronx – Manhattan Ride
12:30 PM - Ride Gathering - Bronx County Courthouse - Grand Concourse & 161st (SE corner) - B or 4 trains to E161st/River Ave. or Metro North to E153 (Yankee Stadium)
1:00 PM - Walter Ayala Memorial - St. Paul’s Pl. & Third Ave. (Bronx)
1:45 PM - Laura Rothfuss Memorial - E125 St. & Park Ave.
2:00 PM - Pedro Santiago Memorial - W125 St. & Lenox Ave.
2:20 PM - Rest stop & Meetup: Harlem Meer restrooms, W110 St./Central Park North between Lenox & Fifth Aves.
2:35 PM - Marvin Ramirez Memorial - E108 St & Park Ave.
3:25 PM - Meetup - Queensborough Bridge bike path -1st Ave. & E60th St. (SW corner)
4:00 PM - Christopher Meyer Memorial - Frost St. & Meeker Ave. All Rides Convergence & Pedestrians meetup
4:30 PM – Unknown Memorial - Union & Meeker Aves.
Brooklyn Ride
12:00 – Optional ride to ride - Grand Army Plaza
12:30 PM - Ride Gathering - North side of Bensonhurst Park, Cropsey Ave & Bay 29th St - D train to 20th Ave. or Bay Parkway
12:55 PM - Mai Zhang Memorial - Benson Ave. & Bay 26th St.
1:30 PM - Shui Yung Jiang Memorial - Sixth Ave. & 65th St.
2:10 PM - Rest stop & Meetup - Grand Army Plaza
2:30 PM - Unnamed Memorial - Eastern Pkwy. & Underhill Ave.
2:45 PM - Jelani Irving Memorial – Washington & Classon Aves.
3:15 PM - Cesar Memorial– Schermerhorn St. & Smith St.
4:00 PM - Christopher Meyer Memorial - Frost St. & Meeker Ave. All Rides Convergence & Pedestrians Meetup
4:30 PM - Unknown Memorial - Union & Meeker Aves.
Queens Ride
12:00 PM – Optional ride to ride - 37th Road & 74 St (Pedestrian Plaza)
1:00 PM - Ride Gathering - 94th St. & Liberty Ave. in front of PC Richards - A train to Rockaway Blvd. (back of train exit S4) please note A train service advisory for April 6th
1:30 PM - Gary Zammett Sr. Memorial - 160 Ave. & 84th St.
2:25 PM - Rest Stop & Meetup - Forest Park 80 St. & Myrtle Ave.
3:25 PM - Pedro Lopez Memorial - Maurice Ave. & Borden Ave.
4:00 PM - Christopher Meyer Memorial - Frost St. & Meeker Ave. All Rides Convergence & Pedestrians Meetup
4:30 PM - Unknown Memorial - Union & Meeker Aves.
Pedestrian Walk
4:00 PM - Christopher Meyer Memorial- Frost St. & Meeker Ave. - G train to Metropolitan or L train to Lorimer - Meetup with All Rides Convergence
4:30 PM - Unknown Memorial - Union & Meeker Aves.
Ride schedule subject to change
Rain date: April 13, 2014
Please note: MTA Service Advisories for April 6th
Day-of/enroute updates: www.twitter.com/nycstreetmem #memride2014
Ride images: http://instagram.com/nycstreetmem #memride2014
Detailed ride schedule (including updates if any): http://ghostbikes.org/node/1036
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/578709165553268
BikeNYC.org event: http://bikenyc.org/event/5939
Contact: www.ghostbikes.org/contact
More information: www.ghostbikes.org/new-york-city
Like us: www.facebook.com/NYCGhostBikes
Download our press kit (PDF)
Ride image courtesy of Pasqualina Azzarello
NYC Blessing of the Bikes
New York CityWe will be reading the names of cyclists killed on NYC streets at the 2023 Blessing of the Bikes at The Cathedral of St. John the Divine 112th Street & Amsterdam Avenue - Directions here.
For more information see the NYC Blessing of the Bikes webpage
7th Annual Bronx Memorial Ride
Join us again as we celebrate
the lives of those who have been killed by Traffic Violence, on the streets of
the Bronx while riding their bicycles.
Meet up at the Randall's Island Connector Bridge/e132nd Street (South Bronx) at 9:30am - ride starts at 10am.
We will ride to e136 and Bruckner Blvd, e149th and St. Ann’s, e172nd and Metcalf and the final stop will be where the ride began, Tremont Ave at Whittemore Ave.
Bring Yellow Flowers, to decorate the Ghostbikes. The ride is approximately 10 miles. We will ride at a family friendly pace. All types of transportation welcome!
Volunteer Meet and Greet - POSTPONED to TBA
New York CityPLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT IS POSTPONED TO A DATE TBD
Have you wanted to be more active in the NYC Street Memorial project?
Want to contribute to making and maintaining ghost bike memorials? Come to our meet and greet at the backyard of Greenpoint Reformed Church, 136 Milton, Brooklyn to learn more about the project and how to help out. Join the volunteers of the NYC Street Memorial Project, at at a meet-and-greet event to discuss how to make, install and maintain a ghost bike memorial and talk with volunteers working on this project since 2006.
Or did you used to volunteer making and installing ghost bikes - We miss you! This is a no judgement safe space for everyone! You do not have to volunteer for anything if you want to just come by and say hello. But - we do hope that we can meet new volunteers who want to take an active part in managing this project!
Our core group has dwindled and aged over the years, and we need fresh faces with energy and good organizational skills to keep it going and rejuvenate it.
We wil be discussing our groups need for volunteers to:
-
Take on organizing and managing our work days, where we make ad install Ghost Bikes
-
Helping with our website and social media presence
-
Coming to our workdays to make and install ghost bikes
-
Other volunteer possibilies not listed above, bring your skills and offers to help out
There will be food and [non alcholic] drinks for all, including vegan and vegitarian options. Please bring food and drink to share!
please note- no G train this weekend - shuttle buses running from Bedford-Nostrand to Court Square, making all G stops on the way - nearest stop to the church will be at Greenpoint Avenue/Manhattan Avenue, 1 block away.
Ghost Bike Memorials for Two Bronx Cyclists
New York CityPlease join us for memorials tonight for 2 Bronx cyclists killed in traffic:
Jose-Luis Estudillo Garcia fatally hit June 6, 2020, at East 138 & Park. BRONX [Meet here at 7pm]
Ivan Morales Silva fatally hit June 5, 2020, East 138
& Willis, BRONX
Please donate to the Gofundme for Jose-Luise Estudillo Garcia’s family
Please donate to the GoFundMe for Ivan Morales Silva's family
Workday to make and install ghostbikes
New York CityWe need all hands on deck to build and install 15 Ghost Bikes. No
prior knowledge needed; just show up and we will show you how it is
done. Find us in the backyard of the Greenpoint Reform Church!
Wear clothes that you won't mind getting dirty. This is an open event. You can just come for an hour, or stay all day.
Bring pliers, wrenches, and hex keys, if you have them.
If you've got a vehicle or a big bike trailer or a metrocard and would like to help us install, contact us here, on facebook (or at streetmemorials AT gmail DOT com)
[Rain Date: May 19.] Please RSVP and check the Facebook Event Page for Updates
20th annual Blessing of the Bikes
New York CityWe will be reading the names of 36 cyclists killed on NYC Streets 2017 - present.
More info here: http://www.theblessingofthebikes.com/
Ghost Bike Workday
New York CityJoin us to make ghost bikes for those killed on the streets in
the past year. We need your help to strip, clean, prime and paint bikes
to transform them into Ghost Bikes. We also need your donations to buy
supplies and your help installing the finished Ghost Bikes.
Meet us in the backyard of Greenpoint Reformed Church 136 Milton, Brooklyn. Wear clothes that can get dirty and bring drinks and snacks.
We will install these ghost bikes on the same day, so get in touch if
you want to volunteer to install or want make a donation for supplies.
Ghost Bike Information Workshop, Meet & Greet
New York CityWant to contribute to making and maintaining ghost bike memorials? Come to our introduction workshop on
Thursday, May 25 to learn more about the project and how to help out. Join the volunteers of the NYC
Street Memorial Project, at the new Timbuk2 Brooklyn Store, at a meet-and-greet information
session on how to make, install and maintain a ghost bike memorial.
Ghost bikes have been installed to remember over 200 cyclists killed on NYC streets since 2005. Anyone can make a ghost bike and everyone can
contribute to ghost bike maintenance.
Drop by to get to know more about the project, how you can help out and
what tools and supplies are needed to make and maintain ghost bikes.
We will map out upcoming installations and
discuss plans for upcoming June 3rd workday at Greenpoint Reformed
Church. Donations of cash and volunteer
commitments for the workday will be collected.
Raffle prizes of Timbuk2 products, music and refreshments will be provided by the store, who we thank for their support.
10th Annual Memorial Ride
New York CityThe 10th Annual Memorial Ride brings New Yorkers together to remember cyclists killed in our city over the past year. This will mark the tenth year that this event has occurred. Riders will visit the site of each ghost bike, a white-painted memorial for cyclists, installed since our last memorial ride. At our final stop we will remember all cyclists and pedestrians who died in 2014.
Please help us show solidarity with the family and friends of those lost by joining us for this important event. Bring flowers and other items to honor those lost.
South Queens/North Brooklyn Ride
8:30 AM - Optional ride to ride - Diversity Plaza 37th rd Jackson Heights 7/E/F/M/R trains
9:30 AM - Ride Gathering - “Death Star Bldg” 80-02 Kew Gardens rd
SE corner Queens blvd & Kew Gardens rd & Union tpke (E/F to Union tpke)
10:45 AM - William Faison Memorial 120 ave & 228 st (Cambria Heights)
11:15 AM - Wayne White Memorial North Conduit blvd & 225 st (LIRR Laurelton Station)
11:50 AM - Stop at Baisley Park
Lunch stop, please bring food. [bathrooms available]
Central Queens Meet-up (E to Jamaica Center & ride 2.3 miles, or LIRR to Locust Manor & ride 1 mile)
12:40 PM - Unnamed Memorial - North Conduit blvd & 148 st
1:25 PM - Unnamed Memorial - Rockaway blvd & 90 st
2:15 PM - Angel Torres Memorial - Broadway & Halsey st
North Brooklyn Meetup (J to Halsey st - note Bklyn-bound J by-passes Halsey this weekend, ride to Broadway Jct, reverse direction to Halsey)
2:45 PM - Xochil Zach Fortune Memorial - Broadway & Hart st
Convergence with Brooklyn ride
3:15 PM - Unnamed Memorial - South 4th st & Roebling st (J/M to Marcy ave)
4:00 PM - Shan Zheng Memorial Pitt st & Houston ave
All Rides Convergence (F to 2 ave, J/M/F to Essex st/Delancey st)
4:30 PM - Memorial for cyclists and pedestrians killed in 2014 [location TBA]
(R to City Hall, 2 or 3 to Park Pl, 4/5/6 to Brooklyn Bridge)
North Queens Ride
9:30 AM - optional ride to ride Diversity Plaza 37th rd Jackson Heights 7/E/F/M/R trains
10:15 AM - Ride Gathering - Willet’s Point-Mets train stop (LIRR or 7 to Roosevelt ave)
10:30 AM - Unnamed Memorial - Roosevelt ave & 126th st at Shea rd
11:30 AM - Unnamed Memorial - Parsons blvd & 37th ave.
12:15 PM - Unnamed Memorial - Grand Central Parkway & Jewel ave
1:15 PM - Stop at Travers Park, 77th st & 34th Ave.
Lunch stop, please bring food [bathrooms available]
1:45 PM - Stop at 44th st and 34th ave
Astoria meet-up (R to 46 Street)
2:00 PM - Anna Maria Moström Memorial - Main st at 35th st bridge ramp (Roosevelt Island)
2:45 PM - Hoyt Jacobs Memorial - Vernon Blvd. & 41st Ave.
3:15 PM - Stop at Tramway Plaza, 2nd ave. & E59th st. (4/5/6/N/R to Lexington Ave/59 St)
Midtown Manhattan Meetup & Convergence with Bronx Ride
4:00 PM - Shan Zheng Memorial - Pitt & Houston
All Rides Convergence (F to 2nd Ave, J/M/F to Essex st/Delancey st)
4:30 PM - Memorial for cyclists and pedestrians killed in 2014 [location TBA]
(R to City Hall, 2 or 3 to Park Pl, 4/5/6 to Brooklyn Bridge)
Brooklyn Ride
11:15 AM - Ride Gathering - Colonel David Marcus Playground, corner of E 5th st & Ave P (F to Avenue P)
11:50 PM - Unnamed Memorial - McDonald Ave and Quentin Rd
1:00 PM - Stop at 9th St and Prospect Park West (F/G to 7 Ave)
Central Brooklyn Meetup - [bathrooms available]
1:25 PM - Elizabeth Padilla - Remembrance at first NYC ghost bike - 5th ave and Prospect pl
2:00 PM - Matthew Brenner Memorial - Sands st at Manhattan Bridge
2:45 PM -Xochil Zach Fortune Memorial - Broadway & Hart st
Convergence with South Queens ride
3:15 PM - Unnamed Memorial South 4th st & Roebling st (J/M to Marcy ave)
4:00 PM - Shan Zheng Memorial Pitt & Houston
All Rides Convergence (F to 2 Av, J/M/F to Essex St/Delancey St)
4:30 PM - Memorial for cyclists and pedestrians killed in 2014 [location TBA]
(R to City Hall, 2 or 3 to Park Pl, 4/5/6 to Brooklyn Bridge)
Bronx/Manhattan Ride
10:30 AM - Ride Gathering Grand Concourse and E161st st, NE corner
Bronx County Courthouse (D or 4 or Metro North to Yankee Stadium/161st st.)
10:50 AM - Unnamed Memorial - Grand Concourse and E158th st.
11:45 AM - Unnamed Memorial - Fteley ave & E172nd st., Bronx
1:00 PM - Valding Duran Memorial - Manhattan ave. & W108th st., Manhattan
1:30 PM - Stop at Central Park North/110th & Malcolm X blvd at Harlem Meer
Lunch break, please bring food [bathrooms available]
Upper Manhattan Meetup (2/3 or C to w110 St)
2:00 PM - Jerrison Garcia Memorial - Park Ave. & e108th st
2:20 PM - Unnamed Memorial - Lexington ave & e104th st
3:15 PM - Stop at Tramway Plaza, 2nd ave & e59th st (4/5/6/N/R to Lexington ave/59 st)
Midtown Manhattan Meetup & Convergence with North Queens Ride
4:00 PM - Shan Zheng Memorial - Pitt & Houston
All Rides Convergence (F to 2 Av, J/M/F to Essex st/Delancey st)
4:30 PM - Memorial for cyclists and pedestrians killed in 2014 [location TBA]
(R to City Hall, 2 or 3 to Park Pl, 4/5/6 to Brooklyn Bridge)
Ride schedule subject to change
Rain date: Sunday April 26, 2015
Please note: MTA Service Advisories for that weekend
Day-of/enroute updates: www.twitter.com/nycstreetmem #memride2015
Ride images: http://instagram.com/nycstreetmem #memride2015
Detailed ride schedule: (including updates if any): http://ghostbikes.org/node/1090
RSVP to our Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/562818727154339/
Contact: www.ghostbikes.org/contact
More information: www.ghostbikes.org/new-york-city
Like us: www.facebook.com/NYCGhostBikes
9th Annual Memorial Ride - Sunday, April 6, 2014
New York CityThe 9th Annual Memorial Ride and Walk brings New Yorkers together to remember pedestrians and cyclists killed in our city over the past year. This will mark the ninth year that this event has occurred. Riders will visit the site of each ghost bike, a white-painted memorial for cyclists, installed since 2013. Walkers will join us at the end of the ride to remember all pedestrians lost in the past year.
Please help us show solidarity with the family and friends of those lost by joining us for this important event. Bring flowers and other items to honor those lost.
Sunday, April 6, 2014
Bronx – Manhattan Ride
12:30 PM - Ride Gathering - Bronx County Courthouse - Grand Concourse & 161st (SE corner) - B or 4 trains to E161st/River Ave. or Metro North to E153 (Yankee Stadium)
1:00 PM - Walter Ayala Memorial - St. Paul’s Pl. & Third Ave. (Bronx)
1:45 PM - Laura Rothfuss Memorial - E125 St. & Park Ave.
2:00 PM - Pedro Santiago Memorial - W125 St. & Lenox Ave.
2:20 PM - Rest stop & Meetup: Harlem Meer restrooms, W110 St./Central Park North between Lenox & Fifth Aves.
2:35 PM - Marvin Ramirez Memorial - E108 St & Park Ave.
3:25 PM - Meetup - Queensborough Bridge bike path -1st Ave. & E60th St. (SW corner)
4:00 PM - Christopher Meyer Memorial - Frost St. & Meeker Ave. All Rides Convergence & Pedestrians meetup
4:30 PM – Unknown Memorial - Union & Meeker Aves.
Brooklyn Ride
12:00 – Optional ride to ride - Grand Army Plaza
12:30 PM - Ride Gathering - North side of Bensonhurst Park, Cropsey Ave & Bay 29th St - D train to 20th Ave. or Bay Parkway
12:55 PM - Mai Zhang Memorial - Benson Ave. & Bay 26th St.
1:30 PM - Shui Yung Jiang Memorial - Sixth Ave. & 65th St.
2:10 PM - Rest stop & Meetup - Grand Army Plaza
2:30 PM - Unnamed Memorial - Eastern Pkwy. & Underhill Ave.
2:45 PM - Jelani Irving Memorial – Washington & Classon Aves.
3:15 PM - Cesar Memorial– Schermerhorn St. & Smith St.
4:00 PM - Christopher Meyer Memorial - Frost St. & Meeker Ave. All Rides Convergence & Pedestrians Meetup
4:30 PM - Unknown Memorial - Union & Meeker Aves.
Queens Ride
12:00 PM – Optional ride to ride - 37th Road & 74 St (Pedestrian Plaza)
1:00 PM - Ride Gathering - 94th St. & Liberty Ave. in front of PC Richards - A train to Rockaway Blvd. (back of train exit S4) please note A train service advisory for April 6th
1:30 PM - Gary Zammett Sr. Memorial - 160 Ave. & 84th St.
2:25 PM - Rest Stop & Meetup - Forest Park 80 St. & Myrtle Ave.
3:25 PM - Pedro Lopez Memorial - Maurice Ave. & Borden Ave.
4:00 PM - Christopher Meyer Memorial - Frost St. & Meeker Ave. All Rides Convergence & Pedestrians Meetup
4:30 PM - Unknown Memorial - Union & Meeker Aves.
Pedestrian Walk
4:00 PM - Christopher Meyer Memorial- Frost St. & Meeker Ave. - G train to Metropolitan or L train to Lorimer - Meetup with All Rides Convergence
4:30 PM - Unknown Memorial - Union & Meeker Aves.
Ride schedule subject to change
Rain date: April 13, 2014
Please note: MTA Service Advisories for April 6th
Day-of/enroute updates: www.twitter.com/nycstreetmem #memride2014
Ride images: http://instagram.com/nycstreetmem #memride2014
Detailed ride schedule (including updates if any): http://ghostbikes.org/node/1036
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/578709165553268
BikeNYC.org event: http://bikenyc.org/event/5939
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Ride image courtesy of Pasqualina Azzarello