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Citi Bike Expands South of Atlantic Avenue

A newly-installed Citi Bike station outside the Fifth Avenue Key Foods in Park Slope. Photo: @brooklynsja
A newly-installed Citi Bike station outside the Fifth Avenue Key Foods in Park Slope. Photo: @brooklynsja
You don't want to see this. File photo: @brooklynsja

Yesterday, Citi Bike began installing stations in the Brooklyn neighborhoods south of Atlantic Avenue and west of Prospect Park. A few stations are already operating, according to the Citi Bike station map, with a total of 73 set to go live in the area in the coming weeks.

All told there are 139 new bike-share stations coming online this year, with another batch in the pipeline for 2017.

The initial expansion map for this part of Brooklyn called for 20 stations per square mile, spreading them farther apart than the 23 per square mile in the initial Citi Bike service area. This was a problem, since longer walking distances between stations make the system less useful.

In May, DOT proposed 11 more station locations [PDF], bringing the station density in line with the rest of the system (but still short of the 28 per square mile recommended by the National Association of City Transportation Officials).

The eleven "infill" stations added by DOT after the initial station map was approved are marked in black. Image: DOT
The 11 black stations are "infill" added to the initial station map. Image: DOT
The eleven "infill" stations added by DOT after the initial station map was approved are marked in black. Image: DOT

Here's a look at a few more of the new stations that have gone in since yesterday:

A station installation yesterday at Clinton Street and Congress Street in Cobble Hill. Photo: NYC DOT
Clinton Street and Congress Street in Cobble Hill. Photo: NYC DOT
A station installation yesterday at Clinton Street and Congress Street in Cobble Hill. Photo: NYC DOT
Wyckoff Street and Third Avenue. Photo: Citi Bike
Wyckoff Street and Third Avenue. Photo: Citi Bike
Wyckoff Street and Third Avenue. Photo: Citi Bike

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