Jamaica Bay
Estuary of marshes and islands between Brooklyn and Queens in New York City. In Bicycle Diaries David Byrne rides beside it on the Belt Parkway path.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bicycle Diaries | David Byrne | journey waypoint | Swamps and marshes beside the Belt Parkway bike path: “almost lovely if the ugly highway weren’t so close.” |
Bicycle Diaries — David Byrne (2009)
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On my left are the swamps and marshes of Jamaica Bay.
- Role: journey waypoint
- In the book: Leaving East New York, Byrne takes the scenic route to the water and rides the path along the Belt Parkway. It is “not quite Nantucket, but it’s pretty damn nice,” and surprising inside city limits; on a Saturday people barbecue on the grass beside the highway and even on the median strips. He then stops for scungilli in Sheepshead Bay.
- Why it matters: A small instance of the book’s recurring tension between urban nature and the highways built beside it.