The Tour de Brooklyn is a fun-filled, family-friendly 18 mile bike tour, held every year the first Sunday after Memorial Day weekend, and is the grand finale to Bike Month. Riders of all ages and abilities are welcome and encouraged to participate. The starting point, and the route change every year so as to always highlight different neighborhoods of Brooklyn.

The 8th Annual Tour de Brooklyn will be on June 3rd, 2012.

The start site and route will be announced when registration opens in April of 2012. To be kept up to date on the 2012 Tour de Brooklyn, and other T.A. news and events, sign up for the StreetBeat!


Please enjoy this video of the 2009 Tour de Brooklyn courtesy of Streetfilms.org:


How the Tour Works

• We ride rain or shine.
• The tour is 18 miles of Brooklyn's finest biking.
• You'll have a police escort and safety marshals riding with you.
• The ride will have a family-friendly pace ride (in other words, slow). This is not a race.
• The NYPD escorts the ride as a rolling parade and there will be occasional stops while the police and marshals secure intersections and gather the mass of riders.
• You'll enjoy light snacks and water at one rest stop approximately half-way through the tour. Please bring your own water bottle.
• There is no SAG vehicle for the tour. If you have serious mechanical troubles or become exhausted on the tour, marshals will help you reach the nearest subway or direct you to a bike shop.
• We will be riding down two way streets. Please stay on your side of the road while riding in the tour.
• Registration is required.
• In accordance with New York State law, helmets are required for riders age 13 and under.