Recycle-A-Bicycle is a community-based bike shop and non-profit organization that provides educational/job training programs and encourages environmental stewardship and everyday bicycle use. Through programs such as Earn-A-Bike, Ride Club, Cycle Craft, and Summer Youth Employment Program, RAB is dedicated to the health and well-being of NYC youth. In this past year alone, RAB has worked with more than 1,000 young people and collectively pedaled more than 10,000 miles. On average, RAB salvages 1,200 bicycles each year from the waste stream, diverting a total of 36,000 pounds of waste from NYC's landfills.

Recycle-A-Bicycle is pleased to announce the NY400 Batavus Bicycle Fleet. The NY400 Batavus bikes will be donated to Recycle-A-Bicycle by the Government of the Netherlands to create a public legacy. These comfortable orange bikes are available to rent from both Recycle-A-Bicycle locations. All proceeds will directly support RAB's community-based programming for the NY400 Batavus fleet.

What's New?

>>> EVENT Bike Bonanza!
Sunday, August 15, 2010 - 11:00am - Sunday, August 15, 2010 - 2:00pm
Jackson Heights Play Street, 78th Street between 34th Ave and Northern Blvd
Kids bike swap, where families can trade their gently used kids’ bikes for bigger or smaller models. Towards the end of the swap, kids without a bike to trade can take one for free while supplies last! With a Bike New York Learn to Ride class happening simultaneously, this event will be a great opportunity for kids without bikes to claim a set of wheels and then learn how to ride them!

>>> EVENT Super Soaker in Queensbridge Park
Saturday, July 31, 2010 - 12:00pm - Saturday, July 31, 2010 - 3:00pm
Queensbridge Park, Vernon Blvd and Queens Plaza
Kids Bike Swap where families can bring used bikes that their children have outgrown and exchange them for fully refurbished kids bikes. If there are bikes left over at the end of the event, we will give them out on a first-come, first-serve basis. Plus water games, music and barbecue starting at 11 am.

>>> EVENT Ride Club: 15th Anniversary Ride
Friday, August 13, 2010 - 10:00am
LIC Workshop: Entrance on 46th Avenue at 5th Street
Recycle-A-Bicycle leads seasonal rides for kids ages 10 and up. Parents and teachers are welcome, too! Our Ride Club includes workshops on basic bike mechanics, "on-the-bike" riding skills, and safe maneuvering in city traffic.

>>> EVENT Ride Club: Columbia University or Grant's Tomb
Friday, August 6, 2010 - 10:00am
LIC Workshop: Entrance on 46th Avenue at 5th Street
Recycle-A-Bicycle leads seasonal rides for kids ages 10 and up. Parents and teachers are welcome, too! Our Ride Club includes workshops on basic bike mechanics, "on-the-bike" riding skills, and safe maneuvering in city traffic.

>>> EVENT Ride Club: Coney Island Hospital and Cyclone and/or Keyspan Park
Friday, July 23, 2010 - 10:00am
LIC Workshop: Entrance on 46th Avenue at 5th Street
Recycle-A-Bicycle leads seasonal rides for kids ages 10 and up. Parents and teachers are welcome, too! Our Ride Club includes workshops on basic bike mechanics, "on-the-bike" riding skills, and safe maneuvering in city traffic.

RAB In The News

>>> VIDEO: Liven up your commute on two wheels
WABC, May 13, 2009
Liven up your commute on two wheels... It's Ride-Your-Bike-to-Work-Day!

>>> Joy Ride: Artsy Queens
Time Out New York, April 16, 2009
Ride your bicycle through Queens to visit great art spots throughout the borough!

>>> Bike culture revitalizes NYC communities
Mother Nature Network, March 24, 2009
Read more about how "the Recycle-a-Bicycle program builds hope and bikes for teens."