Fun ride today. My elder stepson turned 29 in quasi-isolation over on the Brooklyn-Queens border. I rode downtown, over the Manhattan Bridge and through various northern Brooklyn neighborhoods to get to his place in Ridgewood where I gave him gifts and hugs. He took a rare pic of me with my bike:
From there I needed to get to Astoria to pick up our car from my younger stepson. Going straight there would have been short on miles, so I decided to explore the surprisingly lovely Brooklyn-Queens Greenway section through Forest Park to Flushing Meadows Corona Park, home of the 1939 and 1964 Word's Fairs, Citi Field and Arthur Ashe tennis stadium. I grew up in the area and have memories going back to before the '64 fair and the construction of Shea Stadium. I visited the lake where Aquacade shows were held. I remember going to one of the shows as a child, and it's my first clear memory of a firewworks show. When I saw smoke from the fireworks partially obscuring the moon I thought they blew a hole in it!
From the lake there's a short bridge over the highway to the iconic Unisphere. It's still exciting to see. Before the fair I remember there being a small lake or fountain on the spot. The tennis stadium is in the background.
It was about 5 miles to Astoria from there, more than half of it along the bay and past LaGuardia Airport. 31-32 very pleasant miles.
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