Good shoes.

I've done it. Yes, Bay Ridge is where it always starts because only the marathoners are allowed on the Verrazzano.

You can approximate it on a bike. It would be difficult to do exactly the same route because there is a pedestrian bridge in a park on the west side that has several steps and no ramp -- you'd have to carry your bike. In addition, the trail in Inwood Hill Park is narrow, stony, and has roots. I'm not even sure that you're allowed to take a bike on it.

People have been doing The Great Saunter for over 30 years. The initial purpose was to examine the Manhattan shoreline. The walk is different every year because the shoreline changes.

The official Shorewalkers route would be hard to do on a bike. There are parts in Washington Heights and Inwood that would require carrying the bike up several steps and over a bridge as well as on a dirt path in Inwood Hill Park.

I've done the official version of The Great Saunter in May three or four times. You went in the opposite direction: It starts at Fraunces Tavern in the Financial District and goes west up the Hudson around the northern tip of Manhattan and down the East River. It's most fun to do it in a group with the full support of the organization, Shorewalkers. The membership fee is extremely cheap and provides free admission to other walks.

It's exhausting. I'm Black and I'm as sensitive as anyone but I have no patience for stupid, ignorant people looking to be offended.

Apparently, you didn't understand my comment. You wouldn't use "the" in reference to Chinese people and the expression has nothing to do with the Chinese. You'd have to be both stupid and looking to be offended to make something out of that.

The expression is "a chink in the armor."

You wouldn't say "the armor."

The expression "a chink in the armor" has nothing to do with Asians, just as "to call a spade a spade" has nothing to do with Blacks.

You need to go to a soup kitchen or a food bank. Hospitals usually aren't in the business of feeding people who aren't patients. Why don't you contact your school and ask for emergency help?

Shorewalkers is a NYC-based walking group. Its signature walk is The Great Saunter, a day-long walk around Manhattan.

https://shorewalkers.org/