아스토리아에서 시청까지 자전거로 여행하기: 뉴욕 여행

### 사이클링 어드벤처: 뉴욕 아스토리아에서 시청까지
* 🚴 2021년 4월 17일 쌀쌀한 토요일 오후, 저는 퀸즈 아스토리아에서 맨해튼의 시청까지 자전거를 타고 **새로 설치된 크레센트 스트리트 자전거 도로**를 따라 출발했습니다.
* 🌳 기온은 **54°F(12°C)**로 약 1시간 정도 소요될 것으로 예상했지만, 좌회전하는 차량과 운전자에게 익숙하지 않은 교통 패턴을 조심해야 했습니다.
* 🛡 시끄러운 자전거 경적과 카메라를 포함한 안전 장비를 장착하고 자전거 도로를 따라 내려가면서 자전거 운전자가 마주 오는 차량과 맞서야 하는 **양방향 설계의 문제점**에 주목했습니다.
* 🌸 꽃이 만발한 브래드포드 배나무를 지나면서 안전하다면 **자전거를 타고 빨간불을 통과하는 것**이 뉴욕의 사회적 규범이라는 사실을 인정했습니다.
* 🏙 59번가 다리에 다다랐을 때 저는 보행자와 자전거 도로를 분리하려는 뉴욕시의 계획에 대해 언급하면서 **도로에 전기 자전거가 늘어나는 것**에 대해서도 논의했습니다.
* 🗺 라이딩 중에는 **맨해튼 미드타운을 통과하는 구간**이 있었는데, 공사 구역과 혼잡한 교차로 등 다양한 장애물을 만나기 때문에 지속적인 주의와 적응력이 필요했습니다.
* 📸 이스트 빌리지와 차이나타운을 지나 마침내 시청에 도착한 저는 제 모험을 마무리하며 시청자들에게 **더 많은 자전거 체험을 위해 좋아요를 누르고 구독해 달라**고 요청했습니다.
* 🌆 "이 지역은 항상 인상적입니다." 저는 영상을 마무리하면서 **뉴욕 시청 주변의 활기찬 분위기와 분주한 활동**을 떠올리며 이렇게 말했습니다.

아스토리아에서 시청까지 자전거를 타고 뉴욕의 번화한 거리와 자전거 도로를 누비며 도시의 도전 과제와 안전 수칙을 소개합니다.

hello everybody. It's April 17th, 2021, Saturday afternoon. It's noon right now. It's 54 degrees Fahrenheit, 12 degrees Celsius. I'm on my bicycle in Astoria, Queens, and this video. I'm going to take a ride down to City Hall, Manhattan. This is the Crescent Street bike lane [Applause] at 31st Road. If all goes smoothly, this ride shouldn't really take more than an hour. A little bit chilly on my bike with the wind coming at me. Astoria Queen's looking quite busy right now. Got to watch out for these cars making left turns. This bike lane is still quite new. It was only installed at the end of last year, so many drivers aren't used to the traffic patterns yet. But I do have some safety equipment on me. I've got a bell. It's got a loud bicycle horn, which sounds like a car horn. Of course, I've got the camera. I'm going to take this bike lane all the way to the end, to the 59th Street Bridge.

there's someone off to the side collecting bottles and pins. I've ridden on this bike path many times before. I don't particularly like how this is designed as a two-way bike lane because you do need to go against the flow of most traffic coming the other way, and you've got a lot of these driveways, which makes it very tricky. There's 36th Avenue. During the weekday mornings, this area will be a lot more busy with drivers going to the bridge as well as children going to the school here to my left. It seems as if I'm paddling against the wind right now. We've got a lot of trees moving right now. These are one of the more common species in New York City, the flowering Bradford pear trees. Let's wait for these cars to pass before I go. Yes, I know, so you may be typing in the comment section right now, I'm going through red lights, but it is the social norm to go through red lights in New York City with slower means of

transportation. As long as you look both ways and there's no traffic going, you're free to do so. It's like a social norm here. It's kind of the same as jaywalking. Jaywalking is illegal as well. It's actually been a while since I rode my bicycle over this 59-foot bridge. I don't particularly like the current design. The city is changing it to make it so that the south side of the bridge is for pedestrians, and the northern side where I'm going to go right now is with cyclists. I'm gonna have to deal with somebody walking in the bikeway now. I'm gonna pass on the left. Scooter. I think that's the same model scooter I have, the Segway 9 Bot Max. Thought about taking that scooter as well, but I decided I haven't been on my bike in a while, and I want some exercise, so here I am on my bicycle. That's the Q60 bus going into Midtown Manhattan pretty much when it goes across the

bridge. That's when this route is finished, but it runs the entirety of Queen's Boulevard in Queens pretty much. I am running a single-speed bicycle, the Mercedes Hulo WT on a freewheel, so I may take my time at parts just because it's hard to get the gearing up sometimes. That this guy's going to pass me now subway. I actually think a day like today isn't so bad for cycling. It's not so high where you'll be sweating all the time. It's uncomfortable. I'm noticing electric bikes, electric bicycles to be more common now. I'm actually going to move over to the right. I know there's the walking lane, but it really does make more sense to have each lane for one direction of travel. A little bit too close to me sharing the same lane with cyclists and other vehicles going at fast speeds coming down. Like to see the Queens Bridge housing projects just below me as well as Queens Bridge Park. Really nice. I think I saw that cyclist is spotting.

a cigarette, and I sure smelled it right there. I don't know how quickly the city is going to convert these lanes into cycling and walking, respectively. I'm gonna move over here the other way. There's Roosevelt Island. Go meet me right now. It's a great time to go because of the cherry blossoms looming. There is an annual cherry blossom festival that happens on the island, but I'm not sure if it's happening this year. Last year, it was canceled as well. I don't know where all these puddles of water came from. It was raining a little bit yesterday, but I would think that all of it should be dried up by now if the drainage was done correctly. All right, we're approaching the final descent into Manhattan. This pathway will lead me off at First Avenue and 60th Street. So, looks like someone brought a scooter on here. I heard that guy encouraging the people there, Don't stop going, keep pedaling. And I can share their frustration because this is a really steep hill.

It's actually very difficult for me to do on the single-speed bicycle. On a geared bicycle, you can do it much easier, but it's still not that easy if you're not used to it. Actually, even me, as active as I am, I'm a little bit, um, not used to my bicycle either. I haven't been on it in a while. This bridge gave me a little bit of issues. Let's get a sip of water here. Someone just left an aluminum can in the bike lane. That's very nice. [Music] So, I'm making a right turn onto First Avenue and then another right turn onto 59th Street. This, uh, Queensboro Bridge outer roadway is closed during the weekends, I believe. Well, maybe they're reconfiguring it right now to be a walkway because that sign up there, it just said it's closed between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. All right, so I am going to make a left turn over here onto Second Avenue. Watch out for vehicles going straight. It's always a tricky time to do

so here we are, the heart of midtown Manhattan, 2nd Avenue, 58th Street, making our way down to City Hall. Here's someone salmoning, which is a term meaning to go against the flow of traffic because salmon go against the current when it's time to lay their eggs. Whenever I see these outdoor dining areas, I'm a little bit more cautious because you never really know who's gonna pop out. Let's ring our bell, let these people know they shouldn't be walking here for a long period of time. Like really, they had at least 30 seconds to give me some space. Also, I don't really like these Link NYC kiosks because they block the view. Oh come on, look before you do something stupid. At least looks like there's some construction up ahead. I may have to detour off the bike lane in order to get there. Let's look behind me, I don't see anybody coming. I do have a mirror, but it's on my left side and it's not as useful when you're on the left hand.

side of the row like this. All right, I'm going to slow down a little bit. I'll ring my bell just as a precaution, make sure nobody's accidentally coming in. Yeah, bike lane work zone up ahead. [Music] Actually looks like the bike lane goes over here. Wow, look at this, got a cone lane. And I'm not going to go back in the bike lane because there's an outdoor eating area. Might as well just stay in this travel lane and then merge to the left. That's the way to bike safely in New York City. Out of that, you go really slow. Uh oh, they're gonna go. I wasn't sure if they were even aware they had a green light. [Music] I don't really like this part of secondary. There's a steep incline here. I am standing on my pedals. That's a large crane up ahead of me. It looks like it's on 44th Street. I wonder what's up with that crane. Pretty massive. Doesn't even look like it's working on any building. Actually, it is working on something. It's

lifting that huge piece of block. Well, this is going to be uh interesting to get past that bike lane. It's most certainly all closed off, so I'm not the merging with all of this. All right, man, that thing is huge. Almost looks as if that block is touching the building a little bit. Well, this is going to be or just stay right behind these cars, and that's a huge project. All right, now we can merge over to the left. Hopefully, they'll get that block in place. Yeah, this whole area is closed off. I'm not even going to go over there. It looks like there's more construction on that side too. Why ride in the bike lane? Moving truck now, and this person's coming in here now. The bike lane looks reasonably clear. Let's go this way. Still some more blooming Bradford pear trees. Many of them are uh losing their flowers now though. This is the Queen's Midtown Tunnel connecting Midtown Manhattan with Long Island City, Queens. All right, we have some handball being played here now. We're pretty much at the northern um

portion of Kipp's Bay. I still consider this area to be part of Midtown Manhattan. We've got a puddle of water to deal with. Let's go around this. There's 34th Street, Empire State Building. You can make it out there quickly. So, as you can see, cycling in New York City is not easy with all those obstacles. Well, there's a grand opening across the street, New Moon Chinese Restaurant. Pretty neat. How did I know that person was going to cross over diagonally like that? Another work zone. What I'm gonna do here is preemptively move myself over to this lane. Wow, I need to go two lanes over. The whole thing is blocked. You got FedEx and UPS here and someone running across the street. I'm gonna move over here. Well, you know what? I'll do this because even though I could pass over to the left there, you never really know. I had the signal. It probably would have been safe, but you have to evaluate each situation differently. Here, I'm most likely not going to make

the light, so we're going to slow up. Yep, it's 23rd street. Use this opportunity to drink some more water. Looks like the sun's coming out. That's [Music] good. Now the crosstown traffic is gonna go so, so. Looks like that someone says someone's having a back there delivering it to someone. Don't know where that dryer is going, so thank you [Applause]. I was going to slow up there and pass behind. Here we have the local neighborhood park, Stuyvesant Square. A lot of flowers blooming inside there. I see the tulips. My friend sent me some ice cream, some more tulips on the other side. I thought I saw daffodils, but daffodils are pretty much on their way out now. Those are usually one of the first flowers to bloom, so they don't stay alive too often. I didn't think that city biker who is going to stop, but I will stop here at 14th street. Not going to fight this busy street.

this uh 14th street by the way. It's mostly a bus way. If you drive over here, most people need to make a right at the first available opportunity. The city did it so it could speed up public transit. That's a lot of deliveries over there. Here's a spot which is annoying. This bike lane here isn't really the most practical option and there's tons of people here crowding the outside of Tompkins Square Bagels. I don't know this spot was so popular. I may have to try it someday. Got another bite salmon here. Former location of 2nd Avenue Deli. Now it's a Chase Bank branch. This over here is the East Village, one of the more popular spaces around here. The Selka Ukrainian restaurant known for its borscht and pierogies and coffee as well. Love the way Versa did his outdoor dining. Lots of flowers actually smells delicious too. Meanwhile, Dallas Barbecue doesn't really have that many people dining outside. Oh wow, this is new. I haven't been here.

go ahead. I haven't been here since this middle collegiate church burned down. It was a very sad incident that happened. Oh my gosh, who put broken glass here? Oh my gosh, this is horrible. I mean, it really isn't anywhere to indicate that it's a bike lane or a pedestrian lane. And I shocked that guy inadvertently. I didn't want to, but at least if you're unsure if there's a bike lane or a pedestrian lane, you look back, make sure you're not walking into anything that's dangerous like me potentially. Um, I was already too late. Seems like it's busier here in the East Village than it is in Midtown. I will be heading through uh, Chinatown as well. Chinatown I think should be busy, and we have to deal with the horrible intersection of 2nd Avenue and Houston Street where it turns into Christie. The light timings on it are, they work well, but people don't really know how to read them, so it gets very confusing there. And now it's even worse with this

temporary bike over here. You really have to wash the signals carefully because here the traveling goes first and then the bike. You see left turns go first. [Music] That taxi driver is not having it. Now the cycles go. A lot of times I've seen cyclists go first when the left turn signal is on. They get stuck behind a truck. Whoa. I know electric screws are convenient and all but you still gotta be careful riding one. That person did not seem intent on stopping at all and it seems like I changed my battery now. Alright, my battery's been changed. That person's riding. I don't even know what to say. Riding on the handlebars, steering with his feet. Like, that's what you should be doing on a two-way bike lane, right? Makes perfect sense, yes. Alright, so the way I'm going to make my way over to City Hall is take a left here onto Delancey Street and head over to East Broadway towards Chatham Square right behind these people. So left turn here. That person there should not be cycling.

against traffic, but we've seen that many times already today. This bike lane here on Delancey Street is fairly new. It's actually pretty welcome. This one over here needs some green paint, but it works. At least there's a concrete barrier here. It looks like I can go this way. I know there's a longer route to City Hall, but I really wanted to check out the East Village as well as Lower East Side. Over here, I am going to make a right turn over here, so right. But many of these places here are brand new. This residential tower is Wells Fargo, also coming up to my right, the Target and the trailer goes, also new additions to this neighborhood here. This person's on her phone, doesn't even hear me because their mind is somewhere else. I'm all right. You see the sign there, it says Civic Center. That's where we're going, making a right turn here. We're about to head into the eastern side of Chinatown now. It's still pretty quiet on this side of Chinatown. I've come down here multiple times and

it's usually this quiet now. All right, that's a green light, but my light is I don't want to get in trouble with you copyright. But they're making a right turn anyway. We're riding underneath the Manhattan Bridge now, Manhattan Municipal Building, Woolworth Building, and One World Trade Center all in view in front of me. This view I find is always pretty awesome. Nope, someone's opening their door. Student driver, you should get some points off for that, or just learn from the experience and be a better driver. Sometimes driving accidents happen when you're not driving, and that's a prime example of one. I'm gonna take the lane here so I can go around this double-parked van. All right, perfect. We have a green light right now, so we'll make the wide turn to get onto Chatham Square. I guess Matri is blocked off the traffic with that truck there. I just made it right onto Work Street here. We've got the Jenga building in front of me. That's 56 Leonard Street. Interesting instruction. Columbus Park.

used to be home of the five points neighborhood, a neighborhood which was notorious for its many gangs. In fact, the gangs of New York movie space around that era, and I guess people are free to ignore the traffic light there as long as they travel within like groups of 10 people. Looks like this street just opened up again, Wharf Street, and always been on the construction for many years now. Wow, what is going on here? Big gathering over here, many cyclists. All right, looks like Wharf Street is still on the construction over here. This is going to take a while to finish. All right, left turn here onto Lafayette, and this will pretty much bring me right in front of the New York City Hall. Lots and lots of activity here. This area is always impressive. Oh, this is one of the worst places of Salmon Buddy. All right, here's the base of the Brooklyn Bridge, York City Hall right here, and this is the conclusion of this video. If you enjoyed this video riding my bicycle from Astoria, Queens to the New York City Hall, and be sure to

smash the like button for me. Subscribe for some more videos like these, and I will see you next time. Take it easy. [Music] You

NYC Bike Ride to City Hall, Manhattan from Astoria, Queens (April 17, 2021)

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아스토리아에서 시청까지 자전거로 이동하기: 토요일 라이딩

이 영상은 쌀쌀한 토요일 오후 퀸즈 아스토리아에서 맨해튼 시청까지 자전거로 이동하는 자전거 운전자의 여정을 담고 있습니다.

아스토리아의 자전거 도로는 새로 만들어졌으며, 자전거 운전자는 마주 오는 차량의 흐름에 맞서야 하는 까다로운 교통 패턴을 보여줍니다.

이 라이딩에는 뉴욕시가 보행자와 자전거 도로를 분리하기 위해 설계를 변경하고 있는 59번가 다리를 건너는 것도 포함됩니다.

퀸즈에서 맨해튼까지 자전거로 여행하기

이 자전거 여행자는 퀸즈대로를 따라 단속 자전거를 타며 전기 자전거의 증가에 주목합니다.

이들은 퀸즈 브리지 주택 프로젝트와 루즈벨트 섬을 관찰하며 매년 열리는 벚꽃 축제를 언급합니다.

이 코스에는 맨해튼으로 내려가는 가파른 내리막길이 포함되어 있으며, 자전거 운전자는 교통 체증을 헤치고 단일 속도 자전거의 어려움을 극복해야 합니다.

자전거로 맨해튼 미드타운 탐험하기

내레이터는 맨해튼 미드타운의 2번가를 자전거로 달리다가 야외 식당과 Link NYC 키오스크 등 다양한 장애물을 만나게 됩니다.

공사 구역과 가파른 경사면을 지나면서 대형 크레인이 블록을 들어 올리는 모습을 관찰합니다.

자전거 도로가 종종 막혀 있어 내레이터는 안전을 위해 차도로 합류하고 조심스럽게 접근해야 합니다.

킵스 베이와 이스트 빌리지 둘러보기

킵스 베이에서는 웅덩이, 공사장, 번화한 거리와 같은 장애물로 인해 자전거를 타기가 쉽지 않습니다.

이 지역은 중식 레스토랑의 그랜드 오픈과 다양한 배달 서비스 등 다양한 활동으로 붐비고 있습니다.

자전거를 타고 꽃이 만발한 스튜이브산트 광장, 톰킨스 스퀘어 베이글, 우크라이나 레스토랑과 야외 식당으로 유명한 이스트 빌리지를 지나게 됩니다.

이스트 빌리지와 차이나타운 탐험하기

내레이터는 미들 컬리지 교회가 불타버린 슬픈 사건을 회상하며 자전거 도로와 보행자 도로가 혼란스럽게 배치된 것을 발견합니다.

2번가와 휴스턴 스트리트의 교차로에서 혼란스러운 교통 신호를 강조하며 번화한 이스트 빌리지를 지나갑니다.

내레이터는 시청과 차이나타운의 한적한 곳으로 이동하면서 새로운 주거용 타워와 사업체를 포함한 이웃의 변화를 관찰합니다.

맨해튼 자전거 여행: 시청으로 떠나는 자전거 여행

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이중 주차된 밴과 학생 운전자를 비롯한 교통 문제를 만나고, 공사 현장과 자전거를 타는 사람들을 헤쳐나갑니다.

라이딩은 뉴욕 시청에서 마무리되며, 시청자에게 더 많은 동영상을 보려면 좋아요를 누르고 구독해 달라는 행동 유도 문구를 남깁니다.