Citi Bike finishes its push into 7 more neighborhoods, from Riverdale to East New York

Citi Bike now reaches deep into the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens. Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the city Department of Transportation and Lyft, which owns the bike-share system, announced Thursday that a yearlong expansion is finished, with more than 230 new stations and 3,700 docks in seven neighborhoods, according to ABC7 and Gothamist.

The new stations are in Norwood and Riverdale in the Bronx; Bay Ridge, Kensington, Brownsville and East New York in Brooklyn; and Forest Hills in Queens. The rollout began in Bay Ridge last September, where riders have taken more than 75,000 trips since, and ended in East New York, ABC7 and 6sqft reported. The expansion was first announced under former Mayor Eric Adams as a way to reach underserved neighborhoods, 6sqft noted.

Where the network stands

The new docks add roughly 10 square miles, bringing Citi Bike's service area to 86.5 square miles. City officials said 62% of New Yorkers now live inside it, ABC7 reported, and Gothamist reported that more than half of the city's population is within a five-minute walk of a dock. Staten Island still has no Citi Bike stations.

Citi Bike general manager Patrick Knoth said more than half of the trips at the new Norwood stations are Reduced Fare trips. The new stations use Lyft's Pillar dock design, according to ABC7. In a statement, Mamdani said expansions like this one help "more New Yorkers get where they need to go."

What's next

DOT and Lyft said they plan to add hundreds of docks this fall inside the existing service area, where demand is highest. ABC7 listed Midtown, Chelsea, Williamsburg, Greenpoint and Gowanus, and 6sqft's list also included Park Slope, Greenwich Village and Hudson Square, the Lower East Side, Midtown East and Harlem.

The price question

The expansion comes as Lyft faces pressure over prices. A single ride for non-members now costs $5.43 after taxes and fees, and some Council members are pushing for a flat $3 fee for members, Gothamist reported. Lyft said the bigger fleet was one reason for price increases this year: member overage fees for e-bikes and classic bikes rose to 27 cents a minute, and the annual membership went up $20 to $239, according to 6sqft.

The city has little power to push the company on costs until its contract expires in 2029, Gothamist reported. Riders have also complained that the city's 15 mph e-bike speed limit, imposed last year, led Lyft to cut the top speed of its pedal-assist bikes from 18 mph, which makes rides longer and costlier for people who pay by the minute.