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June 4, 2007

Tour de Brooklyn 2007

by Clarence Eckerson, Jr.

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This year's 3rd annual Tour de Brooklyn was a special treat as New York City DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan rode the entire event with over 2,000 enthusiastic cyclists.

The excursion covered 18 miles and started in Grand Army Plaza, headed down 4th Avenue to Bay Ridge, then stopped in Dyker Heights for a respite before returning back to Prospect Park. As always with the TdB, the emphasis is on friends, family, and fun.

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    Darla

    That's groovy!!

    June 4, 2007 at 7:57 am Link # 1
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    Bill

    Who runs this event?! Brooklyn is great but its going to lose some ground when all those riders without helmets suffer head injuries!!

    June 4, 2007 at 9:48 am Link # 2
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    megan and zac

    we were there and it was amazing! we even spotted ourselves in this short. thank you for posting this beautiful video.

    June 4, 2007 at 10:17 am Link # 3
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    Nick

    Bill, I noticed that too. However, the number of people not wearing helmets is a testament to how safe they all felt in the absence of cars. See this post on Streetsblog for more on the psychology of helmet wearing.

    June 4, 2007 at 3:33 pm Link # 4
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    Kerry

    It was an AWESOME tour...I hit a flat and one of the helpers helped me change my tube!!! PIT CREW PIT CREW PIT CREW record time! yea!!!

    hehe planning to do it again next year

    NUMBER 1!!!

    PIT CREW PIT CREW PIT CREW

    lol

    June 4, 2007 at 8:16 pm Link # 5
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    rachael

    we do this once a month. it's a lovely ride called brooklyn critical mass. everyone should come out this friday and do it again. 7:00 grand army plaza or williamsburg bridge.

    June 4, 2007 at 8:53 pm Link # 6
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    brooklyn triker

    That was a lovely ride and a lovely video. It felt like a legal critical mass with a quadrillion people.

    June 7, 2007 at 1:31 pm Link # 7
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    Jens Rasmussen

    Thanks for capturing the spirit of the day!

    June 13, 2007 at 7:17 pm Link # 8
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    Lani

    Wonderful. I love StreetFilms.

    June 14, 2007 at 5:08 pm Link # 9
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    Streetsblog » Ciclovia: Is NYC Ready?

    [...] a successful Bike Month now behind us and a spectacular Tour de Brooklyn completed, we perhaps have an opportunity to dream bigger for how we can celebrate our bicyclists, [...]

    March 15, 2008 at 5:49 pm Link # 10
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    Streetsblog » StreetFilms: Sadik-Khan Rides the Tour de Brooklyn

    [...] Tour de Brooklyn - 2007 A StreetFilm by Clarence Eckerson Jr.Running Time: 3 minutes 25 seconds [...]

    March 15, 2008 at 6:29 pm Link # 11
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    StreetFilms » Roller Race for Queens

    [...] borough of Queens on a bike with a large group of people? Maybe you have heard of or ridden in the Tour de Brooklyn or the Tour de Bronx and thought it would make sense for Queens to have a ride of its own? Hold [...]

    March 18, 2008 at 4:26 pm Link # 12