New York City has been doing a terrific job keeping parks and public bathrooms open during the COVID-19 crisis. Many bathrooms that are within playgrounds are closed but others are still open. We've compiled a list of public facilities we know to be open at this time. We've found them to be clean and well stocked. Most (at least on the ladies side) have a handicapped stall big enough to bring your bike into.

Driver arrested after being clocked at 142 mph on Pallisades pkwy!  https://www.fox5ny.com/news/man-caught-driving-142-mph-on-new-york-highway

go to:Day said that the decision to reopen parks was done with regional input. 

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I assume this includes River Road, Allison, etc.  Confirm with their web site or Alpine Police Station

Does anyone know if single bikes are still being allowed on the MNR Hudson line.

Understanding the key concepts of transmissibility and infectious dose should reassure you.

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/4/24/21233226/coronavirus-runners-cyclists-airborne-infectious-dose?fbclid=IwAR1Mgd3W619cs40HvBdEnYaA6gQz1_mMloy0-XMHLJdkT2iN66kKGYhRs-U

For those of you who are still riding outside, I'm wondering what experiences you're having with face coverings.  So far, I've used my neck gaiter (not Buff brand, but similar), and I've ordered a Buff and other kind of mask, and I am beginning to amass an assortment of bandannas and different kinds of masks.  

Some of these don't really work for cycling -- for example, I can barely breathe in an N95 dust mask, even when I'm standing still!

What have people used that seems to work?

Fellow Members,

The Central Park Conservancy has alerted us that public use of the Park has notably increased since the weather has turned nice. According, they’ve asked that cyclists strictly limit group-individual training and fast speeds to before 7AM each day.  

It is with great sadness I write of the passing of an old friend, a wonderful club member, and an extraordinarily descent guy, Alex Bekkerman.   His life in the club, his persona, his humor, his freewheeling attitude helped shape the NYCC into so much of what is good about it today.   

Before there were “FOBO” rides, there was Alex and his two buddies riding laps in the Central Park in the dead of winter.  One day, someone saw them out there riding in the freezing snow and exclaimed, “What are those schmos doing out there in this”?   Ever since, Alex and his buds were proud to call themselves the "Schmos".