Nearly 29,000 bicycle trips, on average, were made across the four major New York City bridges that span the East River last year, making 2025 the fifth straight year to hit an all-time high for cycling journeys over the waterway’s crossings, amNewYork has learned.
The data, shared with amNewYork ahead of its Thursday release, was gleaned from the city Department of Transportation’s (DOT) annual bike counts. DOT conducts the census of cycling trips over the four East River crossings — the Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan Bridge, Williamsburg Bridge, and Queensboro Bridge — over a seven-month period every year.
