Your Ride-Day Info
50-Mile Riders
EVERYBODY who does the 50-mile route begins pedaling from the same place:
The Hampton Bays Water District
18 Ponquogue Avenue
Hampton Bays, NY 11946
WARNING: For mysterious reasons, when you type the official address (above) into your GPS or map app, it seems to want to drop you off just shy of where you need to be -- go figure! The Hampton Bays Water District is just to the west of Willy's auto repair -- see map below.
There are several ways to get there:
If you live close by you can pedal there.
You can drive your car there with your bike. Parking at the train station and in nearby municipal lots. WARNING: the ride take place on the same date as the local San Gennaro festival, and Good Ground Road is likely to be closed. Leave yourself extra time to drive and find parking. You can NOT park at the Water District building. (They have been super-deluxe nice to us; there just isn't any parking space there.)
If you choose to drive yourself there you should show up at 10:00 a.m.
You can check in at our Manhattan, Babylon, Brooklyn, or Mastic-Shirley start lines and we will transport your bike and you for free to Hampton Bays.
IF you want to check in at one of those places and be transported to Hampton Bays here are the times you should show up:
Manhattan
W.31st Street and 8th Avenue
6:15 a.m. - 7:15 a.m.
If you are starting your day in Manhattan we will transport your bike to where you start pedaling (Hampton Bays) in our private trucks and we will transport you for free on the train.
WRITE THIS DOWN:
7:45 a.m. - Catch the train toward Babylon. Get off at Jamaica.
8:13 a.m. -- Catch the 8:13 a.m. train toward Montauk.
10:02 a.m. --Arrives at Hampton Bays, where the 50-mile ride beings.
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Babylon
Babylon LIRR train station
Railroad Avenue and Deer Park Avenue
Babylon, NY
7:45 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
If you are starting your day in Babylon we will transport your bike to where you start pedaling (Hampton Bays) in our private trucks and we will transport you for free on the train.
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8:52 a.m. -- Catch the 8:52 a.m. train from Babylon toward Montauk. At 10:02 a.m. get off at Hampton Bays, where the 50-mile ride beings.
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Brooklyn
The Atlantic Avenue LIRR/Subway station entrance
139 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217
(near the corner of Atlantic Avenue & Flatbush Avenue)
6:30 a.m. - 7:30 a.m.
If you are starting your day in Brooklyn we will transport your bike to where you start pedaling (Hampton Bays) in our private trucks and we will transport you for free on the train.
WRITE THIS DOWN:
7:44 a.m. - Catch the train towards Jamaica. Get off at Jamaica.
8:13 a.m. -- Catch the 8:13 a.m. train toward Montauk. Get off at Hampton Bays, where the 50-mile ride begins, at about 10:02 a.m.
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Mastic-Shirley
Mastic-Shirley LIRR station
Northern Blvd & Surrey Cir, Shirley, NY
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
If you are starting your day in Mastic-Shirley we will transport your bike to where you start pedaling in our private trucks and we will transport you for free on the train to Hampton Bays.
WRITE THIS DOWN:
9:16 a.m. - Catch the train towards Speonk. Get off at Speonk.
9:47 a.m. - Catch the 9:47 a.m. train toward Montauk. Arrives in Hampton Bays at about 10:02 a.m. This is where the 50-mile ride beings.
ALL cyclists end at the same place in Montauk for the finish line, no matter which distance you pick.
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