New York City Mayor Eric Adams, New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez and Lyft on Friday announced plans to expand and improve Citi Bike service across the city.
Beginning in the fall of 2025, Citi Bike service will expand to Brownsville, East New York, Kensington, and Bay Ridge, according to a press release. There will also be docks added to the system’s busiest existing areas, including in Downtown Brooklyn, Williamsburg, Greenpoint and Park Slope.
“This Citi Bike expansion is the latest way we’re making it easier and more affordable to get around New York City, particularly for low-income New Yorkers,” said Mayor Adams. “People in Brownsville and other low-income neighborhoods deserve Citi Bike access as much as any other New Yorker, and this expansion brings us closer to ensuring just that. Whether it’s half-priced Metro Cards and ferry rides, expanded student Metro Cards, electrifying our fleet, or so much more, we’re building a more affordable, more equitable, more sustainable transportation system in all five boroughs.”
The expansion will add more than 250 new stations and will bring 2,900 new bikes into service, about half of which will be electric bicycles. When the expansion is completed, there will be a Citi Bike station within a five-minute walk of more than 5.6 million New Yorkers, or 64% percent of New York City’s residential population, the press release said.
“It’s been astounding to see Citi Bike grow from an idea into a critical part of New York City’s transportation network, now supporting over 1.6 million unique riders on their 44 million journeys this year,” said Caroline Samponaro, vice president of external affairs of Lyft Urban Solutions.
