The 19th Annual Blessing of the Bikes

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    When:
    May 6, 2017 all-day
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    Where:
    1047 Amsterdam Ave
    New York, NY 10025
    USA
    Cost:
    Free
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    The 19th Annual Blessing of the Bikes @ New York | New York | United States

    The 19th Annual Blessing of the Bikes

    Saturday May 6, 2017

    Taking place at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
    112th Street & Amsterdam Avenue

    Learn more here at this official page…

    FREE to all

    This is the day before BIKE NEW YORK/The Five Boro Bike Tour

    9:30 am SHARP!

    (This event is wonderful but BRIEF. Don’t be late!)

    Rain or Shine

    All Faiths (or lack thereof) Welcome

    Kids Welcome

    Hundreds of cyclists of all religious backgrounds, some in preparation for the Sunday’s Bike New York/Five Boro Bike Tour, will kick off the biking season at the 19th annual Blessing of the Bicycles celebration on Saturday, May 6, 2017 at 9:30 a.m. inside the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, located at 1047 Amsterdam Avenue (at 112th Street), Manhattan.   

    Reverend Julia E. Whitworth, Canon for Liturgy and the Arts at the Cathedral, will officiate the ceremony during which she will offer a blessing to jump start a safe cycling season and sprinkle Holy Water on each bicycle. After the blessing, there will be a moment of silence to remember the cyclists lost in the past year. Everyone will then ring their bicycle bells in celebration of the cycling season to come.