When the subway lets you down, why not get in some exercise and Citi Bike to where you need to be? And with the NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) and Lyft having announced their 2025 service expansion plan for Citi Bike, it seems 2025 will be the year of biking. Citi Bike will expand its service as soon as fall 2025 to better accommodate underserved communities across the outer boroughs.
According to the expansion plan, 250 new Citi Bike stations will be added across the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens. Moreover, an additional 2,900 new bikes will go into service (half being electric). The targeted outer borough neighborhoods include: Norwood and Riverdale in the Bronx, Brownsville, East New York, Kensington, and Bay Ridge in Brooklyn and west of Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens.
“People in Brownsville and other low-income neighborhoods deserve Citi Bike access as much as any other New Yorker, and this expansion brings us closer to ensuring just that,” said Mayor Eric Adams.
Beyond ensuring equitable access to New Yorkers, additional Citi Bike docks will service some of system’s busiest hubs, such as Midtown and Downtown Manhattan, Harlem and East Harlem, Downtown Brooklyn, Williamsburg, Greenpoint, and Park Slope.
“Bike share has become an integral part of our transportation landscape, and this expansion will bring this great service to even more communities,” said DOT Commissioner Rodriguez. This year alone, Citi Bike serviced 1.6 million New Yorkers across 44 million journeys.
The 2025 Citi Bike expansion will service an additional 900,000 New Yorkers, establishing just a 5 minute walk to the nearest Citi Bike station for 64% of residents.
Once the expansion is complete, Citi Bike will operate 36,000 bikes and 2,400 stations across NYC, growing seven times bigger than when it had started servicing New Yorkers in 2013.
Citi Bike will continue improving by piloting “kioskless” stations to try out sturdier docking equipment that would allow for more flexibility for station placement.
Learn more about Citi Bike and its expansion plans on the city’s website.