Citi Bike Arrives In Inwood: Here Are The 36 New Stations

UPPER MANHATTAN, NY — Citi Bikes have officially made it to all parts of Upper Manhattan and the borough as a whole as the New York City Department of Transportation, local politicians, and community organizations celebrated on Wednesday the launch of 36 new stations in Washington Heights and Inwood.

You can check out all of the new Washington Heights and Inwood Citi Bike stations on the service's bike finding map — here.

The expansion into the northern parts of Inwood marks the completion of Citi Bike's goal to cover Manhattan, Battery to 220th Street, with its bike-sharing stations.

Citi Bike's effort to expand into Upper Manhattan comes after a 2019 study showed that the service existed primarily in largely white, affluent neighborhoods while shutting out poor people of color.

The City Bike expansion into Upper Manhattan took off in 2020 as the service unveiled its first station north of 130th Street in April, before its first station above 180th Street in August, and now its wide-scale expansion into Washinton Heights and Inwood in the first few months of 2021.

“I commend the New York City Department of Transportation, City Council, Lyft and community organizations who worked to achieve this effort to expand Citi Bike services to Washington Heights,” said Congressman Adriano Espaillat, in a news release.

The most recent expansion into northern Manhattan means Citi Bike is now the largest bike-share system in the world outside of China — with more than 42,000 bikes overall, according to a news release from Citi Bike.

“The arrival of Citi Bike to Inwood is truly exciting news to hear. As Chairman of the Transportation Committee, I have continued to advocate for the expansion of Citi Bike into all underserved and transit desert communities," said Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez. "Our next goal should be to ensure that we’re making these bikes affordable to the local communities."

While the response to additional Citi Bike stations opening above West 184th Street in Manhattan has been generally positive throughout different uptown community social media pages. The most common complaint is the elimination of parking spaces caused by the new stations.

However, on a positive note for residents worried about parking options, many of the new Inwood stations are on sidewalks and not streets.

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