Your Everything Guide to Better Brooklyn Cycling (and Avoiding Bike Theft)

In 2007, New York City had 220 bike-lane miles. Just two years later, it got 200 more. Last year, the total number reached 1,009.
Mayor Bloomberg’s transportation commissioner, Janette Sadik-Khan, spearheaded the transformation; at long last, New York is caring for its bikers, and nowhere more so than in Brooklyn. We lead all boroughs in total bike-path miles—311, as of last year. Manhattan is second with 241; Staten Island has the fewest with 75.
That said, for as many people w