Bike Café NYC
A network of café locations planned for cyclists, pedestrians, commuters, residents, students, workers, park users and visitors across Upper Manhattan.
Our proposed locations sit along major pedestrian corridors, parks, universities, hospitals, transit connections, neighborhood commercial districts and the Hudson River Greenway.
This research is designed to give potential partners a transparent view of the market around each proposed Bike Café location: what is measured, who measured it, and what is our own planning judgment.
Our location data approach
For every location we separate the people who pass through an area from the people who live in it.
People who may pass through or use the surrounding area.
People who live within the surrounding NYC statistical neighborhood, as published by the NYC Department of Health.
A neighborhood population is a resident market. It is never a customer count.
Traffic footprint and resident population are never combined. They are two different customer markets. A location can have a small residential population but heavy pedestrian, cycling, university, park or commuter activity. A dense neighborhood can have lower daily foot traffic. Keeping them apart lets partners judge each location on its own terms.
Data transparency
Where an official government source provides a specific measurement, we name the source. Where no official site-specific pedestrian count is published, we do not present an estimate as an official statistic.
Instead, we describe each location's traffic footprint through documented characteristics, so verified statistics and location characteristics are always easy to tell apart.
The proposed location network
Filter by area or traffic footprint. Every location links to a live map and the public data behind it.
Area
Traffic footprint
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One of Harlem's major commercial and transportation corridors. NYC planning documentation has examined pedestrian and transportation conditions at West 125th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard. The surrounding market includes retail, public transportation, businesses, residents, commuters and visitors.
On the Hudson River waterfront and the Hudson River Greenway, serving cyclists, runners, pedestrians, waterfront visitors, Greenway commuters, residents and recreational users. NYC DOT includes the Greenway in its pedestrian-count program.
We do not present an unsupported 25,000 to 35,000 daily pedestrian figure as an official statistic. This location should be evaluated with NYC transportation data, Greenway activity and on-site observation.
Draws on the surrounding Harlem residential population, Madison Avenue activity and the nearby Marcus Garvey Park.
A neighborhood location inside the West Harlem residential market, close to recreational and public-space activity.
A neighborhood commercial and residential site on one of Harlem's major north-south corridors.
Residential demand combined with the educational and institutional activity around City College.
A site on the 125th Street commercial corridor with substantial residential activity around it.
A West Harlem site near Manhattanville, where Columbia University's campus brings academic and research facilities together with public spaces, retail and cultural uses.
A major recreational destination connected to the Hudson River Greenway.
New York State reported 1,357,367 visits to Riverbank State Park in 2022. That is official annual park attendance, not a pedestrian count at a specific café spot.
A neighborhood park surrounded by a substantial residential market.
Serves the Manhattanville institutional district and the West Harlem residential market around it.
A university-centered location surrounded by residential and institutional activity.
A major Broadway site inside the Columbia University and Morningside Heights environment.
A university-focused site serving students, faculty, staff, residents and visitors.
A neighborhood and university-area site in the Morningside Heights market.
University-area activity and residential demand, next to Morningside Park.
A park site serving local residents, students, recreational users and visitors.
A major Upper West Side commercial and residential corridor with a large residential market around it.
A neighborhood site near residential streets and recreational space.
Central Park, residential streets, recreation and visitor traffic all meet here.
A major East Harlem transportation and neighborhood commercial site.
A major institutional environment with employees, patients and visitors, plus residential demand around it.
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Resident market snapshot
These figures are residents of the broader NYC statistical neighborhoods around our proposed locations.
Not customer counts
These are population figures for whole neighborhoods. They are not Bike Café customer counts.
Source: NYC Department of Health, Neighborhood Social Conditions data. View the data
Traffic footprint categories
These are Bike Café planning classifications, not official NYC pedestrian-count categories. Where official pedestrian or bicycle counts exist, they are shown separately.
Official data & source library
Download the source data
Potential partners are encouraged to download and review the public reports and datasets behind our location research.
The city's documentation of its pedestrian-count methodology and count locations.
The official environmental review, including transportation and pedestrian analysis for the 125th Street corridor.
Official annual attendance for New York State parks, including Riverbank State Park.
Why a data-supported network
West Harlem Piers and the Hudson River Greenway bring cyclists, runners, pedestrians and recreational users.
125th Street, Broadway, Amsterdam, Columbus, Madison and Lexington Avenues carry established neighborhood and commercial activity.
Morningside Heights and Manhattanville bring students, faculty, staff, researchers and visitors.
West Harlem Piers, Riverbank State Park, Marcus Garvey Park, Morningside Park and Central Park bring recreational customers.
Mount Sinai is a major institutional environment with employees, patients and visitors.
The network reaches neighborhoods with substantial resident populations.
Our commitment to data transparency
Published by government agencies or other authoritative organizations.
For example, annual attendance reported by New York State Parks.
Documented proximity to parks, universities, hospitals, transit and commercial corridors.
Internal estimates used for planning, and always identified as estimates.
For potential Bike Café partners
Review the locations, the public sources and the maps on this page, then talk to us about the ones that fit.
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