u/dbrabyn

For the first time today my key didn't unlock a grey bike at the newer charging dock I use all the time.

Those electric docks have always been less card-friendly than the older ones: you have to swipe the key, not insert it, it takes several goes and the unlock sound is quiet. They were clearly not designed with key users in mind. But today it simply would not respond.

My question: Are keys still meant to work on those connected docks? Has there been a change in policy?

I have no particular reason to think it was anything but a one-off bug but I would hate to not be able to use my key.

I added a shop map to bikedrawer.com because a “bike store” search on Google Maps is kinda messy and incomplete: bikedrawer.com/shops

Right now I have: 53 shops (+ 7 that closed in the recent years). Brooklyn and Manhattan are in decent shape. Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island are thin. I also have added a few NYC-region ones.

What would help me:
- Good shops I've missed. Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island especially. And beyond NYC, anything within reach of a century ride.
- Anything inaccurate. Moved, closed, taken over.
- A short personal note about your favorite store.

No signup needed, feedback form is there on the page. Or let me know right here in the comments.

The PA just emailed a link to their 2026 Bicycle/Pedestrian Shared-Use Pathway Online Survey: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/g/v1fe6WqWBj

Their bike/ped info page: https://www.panynj.gov/bridges-tunnels/en/george-washington-bridge/pedestrian-bicycle-info.html

Filled it in last year. Well worth a few minutes.

Last summer they also had a stand on the NJ side of the GWB and were handing out life-saving bottles of cold water too.