The completed rollout adds more than 3,700 docks in the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens, while another round of stations targets crowded parts of the network.

NEW YORK CITY, Oct. 16, 2026. Citi Bike has finished a seven-neighborhood expansion that brings the bike-share network to more of the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens. The rollout added more than 230 stations and 3,700 docks, according to an October 15 announcement from Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani’s office. This marks a significant achievement in the Citi Bike expansion initiative.

The newly served neighborhoods are Norwood and Riverdale in the Bronx; Bay Ridge, Brownsville, East New York and Kensington in Brooklyn; and Forest Hills in Queens. The city said the rollout started in Bay Ridge and ended in East New York.

As part of the ongoing efforts in the Citi Bike expansion, these neighborhoods will benefit from improved access to sustainable transportation options.

For residents of those neighborhoods, the announcement marks the completion of an expansion already underway, rather than the start of a construction plan. The city said Bay Ridge riders have taken more than 75,000 trips since its first stations opened in September 2025.

A larger network, with room still to grow

The expansion added roughly 10 square miles to the system’s coverage. Citi Bike’s total service area now spans 86.5 square miles, and 62% of New Yorkers live within that area, the Mayor’s Office said.

Those figures describe the reach of the network. They do not mean 62% of residents use Citi Bike, or that every resident inside the service area has a station on the same block. The announcement did not provide a station-by-station count for each new neighborhood.

All of the new stations use Lyft’s Pillar dock design. The city described the equipment as modular, allowing it to fit different street locations. NYC’s Department of Transportation works with communities to choose station sites, while Lyft installs, operates and maintains the stations.

Mamdani framed the expansion as another way to reach jobs, schools, appointments and cultural events. Transportation Commissioner Mike Flynn said the city and Lyft would keep working to extend access to bike share.

Reduced fares are a large share of Norwood trips

One of the most notable figures in the announcement came from Citi Bike General Manager Patrick Knoth. He said more than half of the trips at Norwood’s new stations were taken through the Reduced Fare program.

That is a share of trips at those stations, not a count of individual riders. The release did not give the total number of Norwood trips or the period covered by the figure. Still, it offers an early look at how the discounted program is being used in one of the newly served neighborhoods.

Citi Bike’s current Reduced Fare program page lists $5 monthly memberships for eligible SNAP recipients and residents of the New York City, Jersey City and Hoboken housing authorities. Qualifying members of selected community development credit unions can also receive the reduced rate.

Members must be at least 16 and provide a credit, debit or prepaid card. The plan includes unlimited classic-bike trips of up to 45 minutes, with a 27-cent-per-minute charge after that limit. E-bike trips cost 14 cents per minute. Membership renews monthly unless canceled, so the $5 membership price is not the full cost of every type of ride.

The operator’s page explains the proof of eligibility needed to enroll and says bike keys can be provided to members who do not have smartphones. Riders should check the linked terms and rates before signing up.

More docks are also coming inside the existing service area

The completed expansion is one part of the system’s growth. The city also said Lyft would add hundreds of docks this fall in neighborhoods already served by Citi Bike, including Midtown, Chelsea, Williamsburg, Greenpoint and Gowanus.

NYC DOT calls that second effort “infill.” Expansion brings the network into a new area; infill adds stations or dock capacity inside its current footprint. The distinction matters for riders who already have a nearby station but need more places to pick up or return a bike.

The department’s infill project page lists planned locations in several community board districts. They include Berry Street between North 4th and North 5th streets in Williamsburg, Butler Street between Nevins Street and Third Avenue in Gowanus, and East 59th Street between Lexington and Park avenues in Midtown.

The page also includes sites in Harlem, Greenwich Village, Hudson Square and the Lower East Side. It explains that the work is intended to increase capacity where ridership is high. Riders and neighbors can use that page to review the locations and find the department’s feedback contact.

Community leaders welcome access, while raising affordability

Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso said the completion of what he called Phase 3.5 formally brings Bay Ridge, Brownsville, Kensington and East New York into the network. Council Member Kayla Santosuosso pointed to Bay Ridge’s early use and said she wants the system to reach more of her district.

Supporters also highlighted the work still ahead. Transportation Alternatives Executive Director Ben Furnas welcomed the expansion while calling for more affordable service. Bike New York CEO Ken Podziba said the new stations were particularly important for neighborhoods where residents have fewer transportation choices.

The October 15 announcement did not set a timetable for serving every city neighborhood. For now, its concrete change is a completed seven-neighborhood rollout, paired with a separate plan to add capacity in busy areas of the existing network.

Sources: NYC Mayor’s Office, NYC DOT Bike Share and Citi Bike. Figures and program details were checked on October 16, 2026.