Teach Your Child to Ride a Bike
Course Content • Class Schedule • Register • Schedule a Group Class
Is your child at that age where he or she wants to ride a two-wheeler? Is your back sore from bending over to balance your child on a rolling bicycle? Has your child taken a tumble while using training wheels and gotten scared of biking? If so, this class is for you.
Course Content: This class teaches a safe, easy, effective way for parents to help get their children rolling--a method in which the child does most of the work! Participants learn the basics of balancing, starting, stopping, and steering a bike. Children may learn to ride their bike while taking the class, but even if they don't, parents will leave with an easy, hands-free, crash-free, and low-stress way to teach their child to ride.
Requirements: All cyclists must wear a helmet and have a bicycle that fits. The child must be able to rest his or her feet flat on the ground while sitting on the bicycle seat. The program works best for children ages 5 and up.
Class Schedule: Upcoming sessions are listed below. Or, to schedule a session for your group, contact our Bicycle Education Program Director, Rich Conroy.
Registration Details: Participation is free, but pre-registration is required. No day-of-class walk-ins, please.
Schedule a Class for Your Group: If you have any questions or wish to arrange a class for a group of children, simply contact Bike New York's Bicycle Education Program staff.
Learn to Ride trainings for educators are also available. Details >
Course Content • Class Schedule • Register • Schedule a Group Class
Is your child at that age where he or she wants to ride a two-wheeler? Is your back sore from bending over to balance your child on a rolling bicycle? Has your child taken a tumble while using training wheels and gotten scared of biking? If so, this class is for you.
Course Content: This class teaches a safe, easy, effective way for parents to help get their children rolling--a method in which the child does most of the work! Participants learn the basics of balancing, starting, stopping, and steering a bike. Children may learn to ride their bike while taking the class, but even if they don't, parents will leave with an easy, hands-free, crash-free, and low-stress way to teach their child to ride.
Requirements: All cyclists must wear a helmet and have a bicycle that fits. The child must be able to rest his or her feet flat on the ground while sitting on the bicycle seat. The program works best for children ages 5 and up.
Class Schedule: Upcoming sessions are listed below. Or, to schedule a session for your group, contact our Bicycle Education Program Director, Rich Conroy.
- Saturday, May 17, 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., in association with City of New York Parks & Recreation:
- Admiral Park, Queens (Little Neck Parkway and 42nd Avenue; closest transit: LIRR to Little Neck)
- Riverside Park, Manhattan, on the Promenade between 83rd and 86th Streets (enter at West 83rd, 84th, 91st, or 95th Street from Riverside Drive; closest subway: 1 at West 86th Street). Note that this class replaces one scheduled for Madison Square Park.
- Crispus Attucks Park, Brooklyn (Fulton Street and Classon Avenue; closest subway: C, S at Franklin Avenue).
While supplies last, DOT staff will distribute free NYC bike helmets. Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. - Van Cortlandt Stadium, Bronx (Broadway between West 242nd Street and Putnam Trail; closest subway: 1 at 242nd Street)
- Sunday, May 18
- Noon-3:00 p.m., Crotona Park, between Claremont Parkway and Crotona Park North, Bronx, in association with Car Free Bronx.
- Saturday, May 24, 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., in association with City of New York Parks & Recreation:
- Victory Field, section 2 and 3, Forest Park (Woodhaven Boulevard and Myrtle Avenue; closest subway: J at Woodhaven Boulevard). Note that this class replaces one scheduled for Highland Park.
- Columbus Park, Manhattan (Mulberry and Baxter Streets, near the Pavilion at Bayard Street; closest subway: J, M, Z, 6 at Canal Street)
- Carroll Park, Brooklyn (Court and Smith Streets; closest subway: F, G at Carroll Street)
- Crotona Park/Boxcar Playground, Bronx (Suburban and Charlotte Streets, adjacent to Crotona Park Lake; closest subway: 2, 5 at 174th Street)
- Saturday, May 31
- 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., Inwood Hill Nature Center, Manhattan (218th Street and Indian Road; closest subway: 1 at 215th Street or A at 207th Street), in association with City of New York Parks & Recreation.
- Saturday, June 21
- 1:00-4:00 p.m., Pearl Street between Plymouth and Front Streets, DUMBO, Brooklyn (closest subway: A, C at High Street or F at York Street), in association with Recycle-A-Bicycle. While supplies last, DOT staff will distribute free NYC bike helmets. Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Registration Details: Participation is free, but pre-registration is required. No day-of-class walk-ins, please.
Schedule a Class for Your Group: If you have any questions or wish to arrange a class for a group of children, simply contact Bike New York's Bicycle Education Program staff.
Learn to Ride trainings for educators are also available. Details >
