Staten Island

Bridge Views, Beaches and Bay Street in Staten Island

Route length: 15 miles Available bike route miles in Staten Island: 75.3

Cyclists can start with a ferry ride and continue from the terminal in St. George to the beaches of the eastern shore. Hugging the coastline from Fort Wadsworth to Midland Beach to Miller Field, it can be easy to forget how car-dependent Staten Island is. This is the borough with the fewest bike lane miles, and this roughly 15-mile ride looked mostly the same coming and going — it turns around at Cedar Grove Beach, and cyclists can take more of the busy Bay Street on the way back for variety. Highlights include beach views, greenery through the Gateway National Recreation Area, and goats at Fort Wadsworth (they help with the weeds). The ride also travels under the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge — which is not bikeable, though a new pilot program of the MTA lets riders use bike racks on a first-come first-served basis on buses on the S53 and S93 routes.