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Escape New York

New York, NY · Sports

When

September 26, 2026

Where

Sakura Park, 122nd St & Riverside Dr · New York · NY

Cost

Not confirmed

Status

Confirmed from the organizer's published schedule

Run by the New York Cycle Club since 1994, this ride sends cyclists across the George Washington Bridge into New Jersey and Rockland County on route options from 25 to 125 miles. Now in its 31st year, it is one of the region's longest-running organized century rides.

The history within reach

• Escape New Yorksame spot

  Run by the New York Cycle Club since 1994, this ride sends cyclists across the George Washington Bridge into New Jersey and Rockland County on route options from 25 to 125 miles.

• Apollo Theater begins amateur night0.6 mi

  Ella Fitzgerald won the first amateur night at seventeen, having meant to dance.

• Seinfeld0.7 mi

  Monk's Café, where four New Yorkers dissect the nothing of their days over coffee, is on the outside a real diner near Columbia University, the same neon TOM'S sign in every establishing shot, though the interior was a Los Angeles set.

• The Great Migration reaches Harlem0.7 mi

  A speculative building glut left Harlem's new flats empty, and a Black realtor named Philip Payton filled them.

• Feast of St. Francis / Blessing of the Animals0.7 mi

  An interfaith service and outdoor fair held on the first Sunday of October at the Cathedral of St.