4th Annual Memorial Ride and Walk
Date: Sunday, January 4th
Time: Varies depending on location
Location: 4 starting points in Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx,
and lower Manhattan
Cost: Free
"The NYC Street Memorial Project invites you to the 4th Annual Memorial Ride and Walk in remembrance of cyclists and pedestrians killed on the streets of NYC in 2008. The ride, which will be held on Sunday, January 4, 2009, has 4 starting points: Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and lower Manhattan. Riders will visit the site of each ghost bike, a white-painted memorial for cyclists killed on the street, installed in New York City
in 2008. They will join a Memorial Walk to honor pedestrians killed in the past year in lower Manhattan." Detailed ride schedule after the jump and at the Ghost Bikes website.
DETAILED RIDE/WALK SCHEDULE
Bronx/Manhattan Ride:
10:45-11:10 gather at White Plains rd and Allerton ave (subway: 2 to Allerton)
11:15 Michael Needham Barnes ave north of Allerton ave
12:30 Faustino Morales Truxton st and Randall ave
1:20 meetup & break NW corner of Central Park @ Frederick Douglass circle
1:35 Unnamed Central Park West @ w110th st
2:30 Alvaro Olsen w36th st and Broadway
3:15 Amelia Geocos e49th st and 1st ave
Queens/North Brooklyn Ride:
12:00 - 12:15 Gather in Astoria Park @east end of running track (Hoyt and 19th st, subway: N to Astoria blvd)
12:30 Arturo Flores 27th st and 23 rd ave
1:30 Asif Rahman Queens blvd @ 55th rd
2:30 Sze Man (Josephine) Chan Manhattan and Montrose aves
3:15 Unnamed under N side of Williamsburg bridge, Brooklyn
Brooklyn Ride:
12:45-1:00 gather top of Sunset Park hill (6th ave btwn 41-44th sts)
(subway: R to 45th st.)
1:15 Pedro Fernandez-Pacheco 54th st and 7th ave.
2:15 Jonathan Millstein President st. and 8th ave.
2:45 Alexander Toulouse Livingston and Boreum
3:30 Jian-Lan Zhang Hester and Allen sts
Pedestrian Memorial Walk:
2:30-2:45 gather at Bowery and Canal st.
(subway: 6, J, M, Z, R, Q to Canal)
2:50 Lai Ho Bowery and Canal st
3:10 James Dong @106 Bowery btwn Hester and Grand sts.
3:40 Josephine LaPlaca Delancey @ Allen st
Convergence of Pedestrian Memorial Walk & Cyclist Memorial Ride:
4:00 Rides/Walk convergence Delancey @ Allen st.
4:30 Rasha Shamoon Delancey and Allen st.
5:00 Memorial for Unknown Cyclists and Pedestrians e10th st @ 2nd ave
Gathering of cyclists, pedestrians, families and friends 5:15-7:00 St. Marks Church, 131 E 10th st. @ 2nd ave
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