Five Boro Sightseeing Tour

Five Boro Sightseeing Tour    *** NEW TOUR and ROUTE for 2025

Ride in all 5 Boroughs of New York City.   Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx and Staten Island

This tour starts in Hudson Yards/Manhattan (1st Borough).   We ride to the Hudson River Greenway, 1 block from our starting location and ride up along the Hudson River to the “NYC Ferry” terminal.  From there we take a 30 minute ferry ride down the river with stunning scenic views of the Manhattan skyline, NY Harbor, Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and the “Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge” (longest suspension bridge in America)   til we our (2nd borough), Staten Island.  Staten Island is only a short 5 minute ride til we reach our next ferry, “The Staten Island Ferry”.  This Ferry ride is also 30 minutes and will bring us back to Manhattan with views of the East River, Brooklyn Waterfront and The Brooklyn, Manhattan and Williamsburg Bridges.

After exiting the “Staten Island Ferry” in Battery Park/Manhattan, we ride uptown along the East River Waterfront Greenway passing South Street Seaport til we reach the Manhattan Bridge.  We cross the “Manhattan Bridge”  into Dumbo/Brookyln (3rd Borough) traveling north/uptown direction passing the Brooklyn Navy Yard and Steinway Studios. Next neighborhood we ride though will be “Williamsburg and Greenpoint” Brooklyn, to the “Pulaski Bridge” that will take us into Queens,(4th Borough) the “Long Island City” neighborhood (not to be confused with Long Island)   We continue North though the “Astoria” neighborhood till we get to the “Triborough/RFK Bridge” that will take us onto “Randall’s Island”  (technically Manhattan) We ride through the island on the greenway under the beautiful Hell Gate/Amtrak railroad overpass til we cross another connector bridge that brings us into the Bronx. The Port Morris/Mott Heaven section (5th Borough).  Next bridge we cross will be the “Madison Avenue Bridge” bringing us back into Manhattan, to the “Harlem” neighborhood.  We ride through the Harlem neighborhood to Central Park.  Once in Central Park we ride 1/4 of the park in the downtown direction to 72nd Street – Upper Westside neighborhood, exit the park riding to the “Hudson River Greenway”.  Take the greenway back to Hudson Yards our finish line.

Route Overview

• 5 Boroughs 42 miles of touring
• 27 miles of eBike riding.
• 15 miles on 2 ferry boats. Riding on the Hudson River and NY Harbor – 1 hour in total for both ferries. (NYC Ferry to Staten Island and Staten Island Ferry back to Manhattan)
• 80% protected bike lanes/greenways/bike highways
• 15% traditional bike lanes
• 5% shared road with cars/trucks
• Out of all the tours we offer, this tour would be considered our most difficult. Double black diamond ride!   PLEASE ONLY ADVANCED RIDERS!!! 
• Tour starts and finishes at our storage facility on 29th Street and 11th Avenue – Manhattan Mini Storage building
  Subway #7  Train (Purple Line ) to Hudson Yards 34th street –  Exit train and walk to 29th Street and 11th avenue – across the street from 311 11th Avenue or 5 min off the 11th Avenue/Hudson Yards exit walking on the High Line. 

Inclusions

• Guided tour
• NYC Ferry Ticket
• Walkie talkie communications helmet
• Fun filled day

Important Info

• Young adults ages 16-20 are welcome to ride their own bike accompanied by an adult
• All tours have a minimum of 2 bikes – unless we already have a scheduled tour going out.  If we do, you can join as a single rider.
• Tour route is subject to change because of possible road closures due to summer street fairs, parades, construction or NYPD activity.
• Note that all members of my party are knowledgeable in operating a bike and feel comfortable riding around New York City.