The 5 Best Brooklyn Cycling Routes You're Not Doing
We've logged thousands of miles across the borough. Here are the five routes every Brooklyn cyclist needs to know.
## 1. The Bay Ridge Waterfront Loop **Distance:** 22 miles | **Difficulty:** Easy-Moderate Start at Prospect Park and head south on Ocean Pkwy bike path — one of the oldest protected bike lanes in the country. Hit Shore Parkway along the water, loop around Bay Ridge, and grind back up through Sunset Park. **Why it's great:** Flat, mostly protected, stunning harbor views. Perfect for new members. ## 2. The Prospect Park Intervals **Distance:** 3.35 miles per loop | **Difficulty:** Depends on you Just laps. But done right — progressive effort, chasing Strava segments, sprinting the finish on Wellhouse Drive — this is one of the best training tools in NYC. **Why it's great:** Zero traffic. Measurable. You can do 3 easy laps or 10 hard ones. ## 3. Floyd Bennett Field Sprint Circuit **Distance:** 20 miles with loops | **Difficulty:** Moderate Flattest roads in Brooklyn. Old airport runways. No cars. Perfect for hammering. **Why it's great:** If you want to go fast in a straight line with no obstacles, this is your place. ## 4. Brooklyn to Central Park **Distance:** 20 miles one way | **Difficulty:** Moderate Manhattan Bridge → Canal St → Hudson River Greenway → Central Park. The full NYC cycling experience. **Why it's great:** The Hudson River Greenway is world-class infrastructure. Do it on a weekday morning. ## 5. The Coney Island Classic **Distance:** 28 miles round trip | **Difficulty:** Easy Ocean Pkwy to Coney Island. Get a Nathan's hot dog. Ride back. **Why it's great:** It's classic Brooklyn. Every cyclist should do it at least once. --- *Join CyBlime every Saturday morning at Grand Army Plaza — we ride all of these and more.*