Your Ride-Day Info

73-Mile Riders

EVERYBODY who does the 73-mile route begins pedaling from the same place:

The Mastic-Shirley Train Station

Northern Blvd & Surrey Cir

Shirley, NY  11967

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. Plenty of free parking.

If you choose to drive yourself there you should show up at 9:00 a.m.

You can check in at our Manhattan, Babylon, or Brooklyn start lines and we will transport your bike and you for free to the Mastic-Shirley station.

IF you want to check in at one of those places and be transported to the Mastic-Shirley station, here are the times you should show up:

Manhattan

W.31st Street and 8th Avenue

6:00 a.m. - 7:00 a.m.

If you are starting your day in Manhattan 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 Mastic-Shirley, where the 73-mile cyclists start pedaling.

WRITE THIS DOWN:

7:23 a.m. - Catch the 7:23 a.m. toward Babylon. Get off at Babylon.

8:33 a.m. -- Catch the 8:33 a.m. train toward Speonk. Arrive at Mastic-Shirley at about 9:16 a.m.

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Babylon

Babylon LIRR train station

Railroad Avenue and Deer Park Avenue

Babylon, NY

7:15 a.m. - 8:15 a.m.

If you are starting your day in Babylon 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 Mastic-Shirley, where the 73-mile cyclists start pedaling.

WRITE THIS DOWN:

8:33 a.m. -- Catch the 8:33 a.m. train toward Speonk.  Get off at Mastic-Shirley at about 9:21 a.m..

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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)

6:00 a.m. - 6:30 a.m.

If you are starting your day in Brooklyn 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 Mastic-Shirley, where the 73-mile cyclists start pedaling.

WRITE THIS DOWN:

7:04 a.m. - Catch the train toward Jamaica.  Get off at Jamaica.

7:45 a.m. -- Catch the train from Jamaica toward Babylon. Get off at Babylon.

8:33 a.m. -- Catch the 8:33 a.m. train from Babylon toward Speonk.  Get off at Mastic-Shirley at about 9:16 a.m.

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ALL cyclists end at the same place in Montauk for the finish line, no matter which distance you pick.

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