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Wheely ambitious
Brooklyn woman wants to bike
every block in the borough
Jacqueline VanDusen wants to bike every block in Brooklyn by Sept. 1. Photo by Kevin Duggan
BY KEVIN DUGGAN
Cycling is more than just a mode
of transportation or a pastime for
one Williamsburg woman, who has
taken it upon herself to bike every
block in the borough by Sept. 1 — all
while documenting Kings County’s
vast expanse and diverse architecture.
“I felt like I was going the same
places all the time when I went biking,
so I decided I would just bike every
block so I would have new places
to go,” said Jacqueline VanDusen,
who, since starting her project in
2017, has pedaled more than 3,500
miles.
The cyclist has been chronicling
her progress on her Instagram page,
Brooklynbybike, where some 6,800
people follow along with her journey.
There, she documents her expeditions
with pictures of buildings in
the neighborhoods she visits — all
the while showcasing the architectural
best of Kings County, she said.
“When people come to Brooklyn,
they mostly go to places like Brooklyn
Heights, Park Slope, or Dumbo,
and you see these same types of architecture
— the classic brownstone.
They don’t expect that it changes
anywhere else,” she said.
Some of her favorite discoveries
have included the deserted runways
of Floyd Bennett Field, and
the unique and ostentatious waterfront
palaces in Mill Basin, said the
biker.
“There’s these quirky mansions
and pockets of really weird architecture,”
VanDusen said. “That was the
biggest eye-opener, how diverse and
weird it gets.”
She’s even managed to gain access
to Brooklyn’s handful of gated
enclaves, including the Navy Yard
in Fort Greene, Seagate near Coney
Island, and a gated cul-de-sac off
Strickland Avenue in Mill Basin.
Her least-favorite spot to bike
is Dumbo, because of the hordes of
tourists taking selfies in the middle
of the bumpy Belgian Block streets.
“I absolutely hate it,” she said.
“There’s also just not that many
things I want to take pictures of
there.”
VanDusen said she has become
more conscious of the dangers of biking
in Brooklyn, where motorists hit
and killed 19 cyclists in 2019 — more
than in any other borough.
“I’ve been incredibly lucky,” she
said. “Statistically, I should have
been hit by now.”
Though she bikes much more
defensively today, VanDusen says
there needs to be more awareness
of bikers among drivers and pedestrians,
and that the city needs to install
more bright green protected
bike lanes — a color she’s adopted
for the logos on her social media.
“People stand in bike lanes. I’ve
yelled at dozens of people for standing
in them and people just don’t
know to look for bikes,” she said.
VanDusen is still figuring out
what her next project could be after
she’s finished covering Brooklyn —
but she might do something similar
in her native Philadelphia, and has
already secured the Instagram handle
Phillybybike.
“I am considering Philadelphia if
I move there,” she said. “I have the
account just in case.”
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