New York

Summary

Changelog

• 🗓️/2025/10/10 I rode the Jamaica Air Train from JFK to Jamaica. Then the E Line Subway from Jamaica to Manhattan (7th Ave & 53rd)
• 🗓️/2025/10/11 I rode the D Line from 7th & 53rd to NYC Velo

Resources

• What’s Under Your Feet in New York

Action Items

FAQ

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Content

Empire State Trail

Sections

1. Hudson Valley Trail
2. Champlain Valley Trail

Hudson Valley Trail

• Inspiration
  • Empire State Trail bike ride day 1: Albany to Hudson – Exploring by bicycle
  • Empire State Trail bike ride day 2: Hudson to New Paltz – Exploring by bicycle
  • Empire State Trail bike ride day 3: New Paltz to Poughkeepsie and the Culinary Institute – Exploring by bicycle
  • Empire State Trail bike ride day 4: Poughkeepsie to Elmsford – Exploring by bicycle
  • Empire State Trail bike ride day 5: Elmsford to New York City – Exploring by bicycle

Albany → NYC

Day 1 - Albany → Hudson

• Strava Link

• Main Trail Section: Albany-Hudson Electric Trail

• Stated at The Hudson Mariner in Hudson, NY

• 38.77 miles from Albany-Rensselaer Station → Hudson, NY

• Day 1 - 2024 Empire State Trail - Albany → Hudson - Google Photos

• Add Strava link ✅ 2025-04-27

• Add place I stayed ✅ 2025-04-27

• Add name of major trail sections ✅ 2025-04-27

• Add mileage ✅ 2025-04-27

• Add link to Google Photo Album ✅ 2025-04-27

Day 2 - Hudson → Poughkeepsie

• Add Strava Link
• Add place I stayed
• Add name of major trail sections
• Add mileage
• Add link to Google Photo Album

Day 3 - Pougkeepsie → Mahopac

• Add Strava Link
• Add place I stayed
• Add name of major trail sections
• Add mileage
• Add link to Google Photo Album

Day 4 - Mahopac → NYC

• Add Strava Link
• Add place I stayed
• Add name of major trail sections
• Add mileage
• Add link to Google Photo Album

Erie Canal Trail

Train Station Along the way:

• https://mohawktowpath.stqry.app/story/93433
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Utica

• Munson Art Museum
• Thomas Cole, The Voyage of Life
  • https://youtu.be/Mk-hLFKSCgA?si=WmedbuQi8Zinajm7

Learning Manhattan: the city as a hand

Tom Hanks, "Go See Costas," in Uncommon Type (2017)

Look. New York, New York, is a simple city to learn. It is shaped like your hand. The numbered avenues are long and run from your fingertips to your wrist. The numbered streets run across the palm. Broadway is the lifeline and curves the length around. The two middle fingers are the Central Park.

Source: Readwise highlight. In the story, a ship’s chief says this to Assan, a newly arrived Bulgarian immigrant, on their first walk through Manhattan, holding up his palm; Assan “studied his own palm” (checked in the book’s text). A mnemonic for a grid you learn on foot.

Added 2026-09-25 by Claude (source/ai/claude).