Cunningham and Alley Pond Park trails deserve their own entries so I will discuss them separately. This particular route was devised by moi after I saw the NYC biking map, but I think I am not the first one to come up with the idea to "connect" the trails in Alley Pond and Little Neck Bay.
So on Monday, we got bored by the trails in Cunningham Park and decided to try to reach the biking path along Little Neck Bay from Alley Pond. The result was some strenuous street biking, some problems with navigation, but we made it! The ride was about 18 miles round-trip (actually it would be around 16 miles if we did not get lost).
We started at Cunningham Park, then connected through the greenway path to Alley Pond Park and then navigated the streets until we hit the Little Neck Bay bike path that stretches along the Bay all the way to Throgsneck Brigde. Unfortunately, it also stretches along a busy Cross Island Parkway on the other side and whatever fresh air you may be getting from the salt water breeze, will be counteracted by the fumes emanating from the highway.
The pathway is a regular paved biking path, rather even with lots of walkers, roller bladers and fellow bikers. Again, not the 1st choice for a mountain biker, but I felt it was a must do while exploring Queens.
Overall, we give this route a C grade. The highway makes the path way less enjoyable than it can be and street navigation is a bit tricky.
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