I was finally able to make it up to the Highbridge Park Mountain Bike Trails this past weekend. In May of this year, the Parks Department teamed up with the NYC MTB Association and built the first-ever mountain bike trails in NYC, including a full dirt jump park.
The 6-miles of trails are mostly single-track cross-country and provide pretty challenging terrain. If you’ve been up near Fort Tryon Park, you know how hilly Manhattan can be.
The park has two sets of jumps, one small and one big, as well as several speed bumps and a couple of berms. The jumps are well-built and the kickers are shaped for big air (steep). My only gripe is that the sets are too close together. But keeping these jumps in good condition in an urban environment must be a challenge. Kudos to the crew who build and maintain them.
The vibe is laid back from little kids on BMX just fooling around to guys on 26-inch dirt jump bikes doing table-tops and 360s. So grab your mountain bike or borrow your friend’s old BMX and check it out.
A nice, short video from opening day here.