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A short ride around Staten Island to see where ships go to die. You'll also see a bit of history as you pass thru historic Richmond Town.  Then you'll glide past the beach on Father Capodanno Blvd and the Franklin Roosevelt Boardwalk.  Bring snack food or stop at a deli to have a picnic on the boardwalk.

Take a trip to the formal gardens at Untermyer Park in North Yonkers. The route takes you up the scenic South County Trailway. Bring your lunch for a picnic at the Gardens. (Not many places to pick up food near the Gardens.) Beware of a few steep hills, both up and down, shortly before and after the stop.  The route starts on the Upper East Side and goes over the Willis Ave. Bridge - create your own route to the start or take a different route to the Grand Concourse. Route ends at the 242nd St. stop on the #1 train. Add 10 miles riding back into Midtown Manhattan.

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We start at Clason Point in Soundview after disembarking from the NYC Soundview Ferry (check NYC Ferry schedule at www.ferrynyc).  We ride through Soundview Park and take a little detour through Soundview to view the NYCHA house where Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayor grew up - Sonya Sotomayor Houses, at 1090 Rosedale Ave.   There is optional loop through the SUNY Maritime College, with spectacular waterfront views.

The ride starts at the Queensborough Bridge and we head over the Kosciuszko Bridge bike path into Greenpoint.   Williamsburg and the distinctive historic sections of Bedford-Stuyvesant are next, then a pit stop in Canarsie Park before catching the Shore Parkway Greenway westbound.  On the way to Bay Ridge we pass through Sheepshead Bay and Dyker Heights.  Our lunch stop is in Bay Ridge on a street where the storefront signs are in Arabic and where you sometimes see women in burkas.  The Yemen Café (yemencafe.com) at 5^th Avenue & Ovington has a tasty,