Garage Bicycle Parking Report Card

Cyclists sometimes assume that the parking garages with bike parking are secure. Unfortunately, the security of the bike parking at New York City garages varies widely. Some racks are located out of the parking attendants' view and are dimly lit, cluttered with forgotten bikes and precariously accessible to bolt-cutter-toting thieves.

The following garages provide indoor bicycle parking and are given security ratings based on whether the racks are in view of an attendant, well lit, and are relatively inaccessible to passers-by: + safe, ++ safer; +++ safest.

Manhattan
+++ 810 7th Avenue (at 52nd Street; enter on 52nd or on Broadway)
+ Essex Street (north of Delancey Street)
+++ One Police Plaza (entrance below the Brooklyn Bridge overpass )
+++ 345 Park Avenue (at 52nd Street)
++ 30 Park Avenue (enter at 36th Street)
+++ E. 71st Street (south side of 71st & east of 3rd Avenue)
Brooklyn
+ Atlantic Ave. and Court Street (rack on State Street side)
+++ Livingston Street at Bond Street
Bronx
+ Jerome Avenue at Gun Hill Road
+++ Jerome Avenue at 190th Street
Queens
+++ Court Square (near Jackson Ave.)
++ 90th Avenue (bet. Parsons Blvd. & 160th Street)
++ Archer Ave. at 165th Street
+++ Queens Borough Hall
+++ Queens Plaza South at Jackson Avenue

Note: Please see www.transalt.org/info/garages.html for an up-to-date version of this list.