Nail-biting video shows reckless NYC drivers go wrong way on highway to dodge Five Boro Bike Tour traffic
New York Post • • business
Key Points:
- A video captured Brooklyn drivers dangerously driving the wrong way on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway to avoid traffic caused by the annual TD Five Boro Bike Tour, which led to gridlock near the Wythe Avenue exit.
- The 40-mile bike ride, involving tens of thousands of cyclists including NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, prompted closures of major bridges and roadways across the city's boroughs.
- The event sparked mixed reactions on social media, with some users expressing frustration over the street closures and others viewing it as a brief, yearly inconvenience.
- During the event, Mayor Mamdani criticized US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as "cruel and inhumane," following a violent confrontation between anti-ICE protesters and police outside a Brooklyn hospital.
- Mamdani condemned ICE for not serving public safety, stating his opposition directly to the president.
