Bicycling

Brooklyn Critical Mass: Feel the Love

By Clarence Eckerson Jr.

8:07 PM EDT on July 21, 2007

Feel the Love: Brooklyn Critical Mass
A StreetFilm by Clarence Eckerson
Running Time: 3 minutes 51 seconds

How about this: A Critical Mass bike ride, without arrests or unrest. In Brooklyn this has been the scene for three years running. Check out the NYPD getting along with the 150-or-so cyclists who ventured out last Friday to celebrate their right to be the traffic.

Clarence Eckerson Jr.

Clarence Eckerson Jr. is the Director of Video Production for NYCSR's StreetFilms and producer of bikeTV. He loves the color purple, chocolate chip cookies, and enjoys walking, biking, and taking transit. He has never owned a driver's license.

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