Make Metro Better Bike Ride and Cleanup  with NBKTA and NCA

A bike ride and cleanup to spread awareness about the need for street safety improvements on Metropolitan Avenue.

Macri Triangle

Join the <a href="https://www.transalt.org/north-brooklyn" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">North Brooklyn Transportation Alternatives Committee</a> and the <a href="http://www.newtowncreekalliance.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Newtown Creek Alliance</a> at a bike ride and cleanup to spread awareness about the need for street safety improvements near the Newtown Creek and along the Metropolitan Ave and Grand St corridors. Join us for the bike ride, the cleanup, the tour, or all three! The ride will start at 1 pm at Macri Triangle. We will head down Metropolitan Avenue over the Metropolitan Avenue Bridge, then over to Grand Street with a stop at the Grand Street Bridge to hear about construction for the new Grand St Bridge. Around 2 PM we will be at Plank Road for a cleanup of one of the Newtown Creek access points that NCA stewards. After the cleanup, we will stop by the new Amazon last-mile distribution center to hear from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Common-Cargo-NYC-103717137658494/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Common Cargo</a> about using cargo bikes as an alternative last-mile delivery solution, then bike over the Kosciuszko Bridge where we will end with a tour of the newly completed <a href="https://www.facebook.com/underthek/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Under the K Park </a>around 3:30 PM. Join us here for the tour and physically distant gathering if you can't make the rest of the ride. See the <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1fWqR7KRKNhJ8HOGe5hNRutMPGXkD56St&usp=sharing" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Make Metro Better Bike Ride and Cleanup Route Map</a> for the full route. The ride will have volunteer marshalls in attendance to ensure the comfort of our riders! All ages and abilities are welcome.