Riverdale is now inside the Citi Bike map. The Mayor's Office announced on Oct. 15 that the latest expansion of the bike share system is finished, and Riverdale is one of seven neighborhoods it added, alongside Norwood in the Bronx; Brownsville, East New York, Kensington and Bay Ridge in Brooklyn; and Forest Hills in Queens.

The expansion by the numbers

The rollout added more than 230 stations and about 3,700 docks across the seven neighborhoods. It began in Bay Ridge last September and finished in East New York. It grew the service area by about 10 square miles, to 86.5 square miles in all, and the city says 62 percent of New Yorkers now live inside it.

Every new station uses Lyft's Pillar dock, the company's newest modular design. The city's Department of Transportation works with communities to choose station sites, and Lyft installs, runs and maintains them. The release did not list how many of the new stations are in Riverdale; the Citi Bike app shows each one.

Lyft also plans to add hundreds of docks inside the existing zone this fall, in Midtown, Chelsea, Williamsburg, Greenpoint and Gowanus.

This week at Wave Hill

Wave Hill, the public garden and cultural center at 4900 Independence Avenue, is open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., with last entry 30 minutes before closing. It is closed Mondays.

  • Tuesday, Oct. 20, and Thursday, Oct. 22, noon to 2 p.m.: Afternoon Tea.
  • Saturday, Oct. 24, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Family Art Project, Web Weavers.
  • Sunday, Oct. 25, 1 to 1:45 p.m.: Garden Highlights Walk.
  • Sunday, Oct. 25, 1 to 3 p.m.: Meet the Artists of the Dots and Loops exhibition, Jen Chen-su Huang, Rita Maas and Audra Wolowiec. Free with grounds admission; registration required.

Getting there

Metro-North's Hudson Line stops at Riverdale station, and the Bx7 and Bx10 buses serve the neighborhood. Now there is a third option for short trips across the neighborhood: a bike from the nearest Citi Bike dock.

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