Time's Up! - Rides & Events

Custom Sustainable Outdoor Tours

All custom tours are run through our partner, the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space (MoRUS) which is at 155 Ave C, New York City. Time’s Up! Environmental Organization has been creating sustainable environmental change for over 35 years. On these customer tours you will walk through the physical locations in the East Village where through… read more
FREE OUTDOOR BICYCLE REPAIR CLASS EVERY THURSDAY

Come learn how to fix bikes, do simple maintenance and tune-ups at the bike mechanic repair classes.Subjects are covered in a four-week rotation beginning the first week of every month:1st Thursday, 6:30pm – Basics for Beginners2nd Thursday, 6:30pm – Brakes and Gears3rd Thursday, 6:30pm – Cups, Cones, and Bearings4th Thursday, 6:30pm – Wheels and SpokesPlease… read more
East River Park Compost Yard Tour w/ LES Ecology Center

East River Park Compost Yard East River Park Compost Yard, New York, NY 10002 Thursday, August 15, 2019 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM EDT Join us for a compost site tour and learn how we turn your banana peels into nutrient rich compost. Please wear close-toe shoes. The East River Compost Yard is located within… read more
Honey Bee Workshop | Saturday, August 17th @ 2:30 pm

HONEY BEE WORKSHOP Come learn the basics of beekeeping–from pollination to making ensuring good tasting honey–for city honey bees and their importance to the urban environment. Class taught by bee expert Dan Rothschild of City Bees and Peas. When: Saturday, August 17th at 2:30 Where: 9th Street Community Garden at the corner of 9th and… read more
Clearwater 2019: June 15th-16th!

Clearwater Music Festival Saturday-Sunday June 15th- 16th Croton Point Park, Gates open at 9am Time’s Up! will be valet parking bikes at the Clearwater Music Festival. So ride your bike up to the front entrance and we’ll take it from there and secure your bike for as long as you’ll like. The Clearwater Music Festival… read more
Future Positive New Year’s Eve Party- Monday, December 31st, 8pm

Future Positive New Year’s Eve Dance PartyMonday, December 31st 8pm-1amMuseum of Reclaimed Urban Space 155 Avenue C, Lower East Side Time’s Up bike rides CANCELLED! Facebook inviteEventbrite Invite This Future Positive New Year’s celebration is brought to you by two amazing all volunteer non-profit groups that have been partnering for several years and are celebrating together.… read more
PEACE RIDE to Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art

SPECIAL PEACE BIKE RIDE to Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art on Staten Island. Sunday October 21st, 2018. 10:30am meet up in Manhattan for 11 AM ferry at BICYCLE BOARDING SECTION of Whitehall terminal. Staten Island meet up 11:30am at BICYCLE BOARDING SECTION of St. George Terminal. This is Peaceful Ride through Staten Island… read more
Street Art Bike Ride: Jersey City Edition

Street Art Bike Ride- Jersey City Edition Sunday, August 19th, 12 noon Grove Street PATH train station, Jersey City Our gallery is on the streets, and we want to share it, pointing out famous and hidden spots. This Jersey City edition of the Street Art Bike ride is in collaboration with CANVS, a streetart/mural app.… read more
Fix Your Own Bike Workshops

Come to a bike repair workshop every Wednesday and Sunday at the Time’s Up’s space (626 E 14th St.) starting at 4/4:30 PM. You can bring your own bicycle and work on it yourself with the aid of Time’s Up mechanics. You can use our tools and we have recycled bike parts available for sale.… read more
Time’s Up’s Waterfront Ice Cream Bike Ride

Waterfront Ice Cream Bike Ride Saturday, April 28 at 4 PM 626 E 14th St, NYC Join us for our Waterfront Ice Cream Bike Ride. Explore some beautiful parks along the East River, learn about the marine ecosystems swimming inside, and eat lots of ice cream! The ride is free and open to the public… read more
Time’s Up’s EARTH DAY POLAR BEAR BIKE RIDE

Earth Day Polar Bear Bike Ride EARTH DAY- Sunday, April 22nd, 4pm Meet at the Northern side of Union Square Park, Manhattan, NYC Come celebrate Earth Day on your bicycle dressed up in white as a polar bear with Time’s Up! One day it is hot, the next day it is cold. Climate change is… read more
Outdoor Bike Repair Classes & Workshops

Outdoor Bike Repair classes in La Plaza Cultural de Armando Perez Community Garden (SW corner of 9th Street and Avenue C, Manhattan, NYC) every Tuesday now starting at 7:00pm until October 31st, 2018. Read more about our bike repair classes and workshops here and see our full calendar of events here. All of our classes… read more
181 Stanton Street Garden Action

Sunday August 19, 2012: a group of neighbors came together with local organizations, 596 Acres, Green Map NYC & Time’s Up! Environmental Group and helped claim an abandoned lot at 181 Stanton Street for a community space and garden. This wasn’t the 1970’s; it was 2012. In mid-July 2012, a group of diverse Lower East Side neighbors… read more
The Battle of the Bike Ban

Bicycle Uprisings Past and Present On July 22, 1987, Mayor Koch stood on the steps of City Hall flanked by his police and transportation commissioners and declared that bicycling would be banned on Fifth, Park, and Madison from 31st to 59th Streets, Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm, starting in September. The ban was a clear attack on bike… read more
Love Your Lane Valentine’s Ride & After Party 2012

Time’s Up! Valentine’s Dance Party Friday, February 10, 2012, 10:00 PMThe Living Theater 21 Clinton Street between Houston & Stanton Streets Lower East Side, Manhattan New 2012 photos!!! Bring your friends, make-up with your enemies, kiss your lovers and dedicate this dance to your big time love – your bicycle. Get ready to spread the… read more
Shut Down Indian Point Action

Check out the video capturing their journey via bicycle, train & boat READ about it on the Gothamist blog and CLICK here for photos On Tuesday, August 9, 2011, Time’s Up!, New York City’s Direct Action Environmental Group, executed a three part action to shut down Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant from the streets of… read more
“Token of Love” Ticketing

On January 31, 2011, members of Time’s Up!, dressed in Valentine’s red and as officers of the New York Peace Department (N.Y.P.D.), gathered on the Williamsburg and Manhattan Bridges to give cyclists “Token Tickets of Love” for braving both the weather and antagonistic conditions to ride their bikes to and from work. While the NYPD… read more
Summer Streets 2010

CELEBRATE SUMMER STREETS Time’s Up! Style AUGUST 7 & 21, 2010 FREE BICYCLE DECORATING & BIKE REPAIR Saturday, 8/7 & 8/21 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. at the Astor Cube (Lafayette & 8th Street) **Free** For the third annual Summer Streets extravaganza, seven miles of Manhattan streets will be free… read more
Summer Streets 2009

CELEBRATE SUMMER STREETSTime’s Up! Style AUGUST 8,15 & 22, 2009 FREE BICYCLE DECORATING & BIKE REPAIR Saturday, 8/8, 8/15 & 8/22 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. at the Astor Cube (Lafayette & 8th Street) **Free** SPECIAL TIME’S UP! EVENTS: 8/8 – Dance Ride, leaving Astor Place at 11:30 a.m. 8/22 –… read more
Unique and Utilitarian Bike Showcase

Saturday, May 24th, 2008. A show and tell of human powered vehicles for every need and curiosity. Come see (and bring) commuter bikes, cargo bikes, trailers, Dutch kid-carriers, velomobiles, upright semi-recumbents, and innovative components, accessories, and clothes that demonstrate how cycling is real transportation. Check back soon for more information. Contact Aaron if you are… read more
BNC Bike Lending Library

The bike lending library is an attempt by TIME’S UP! to provide at least a few more bikes for the many people that will be coming to New York City for the Republican National Convention. We are hoping that by providing bikes for those who come to the city without them, we can encourage more… read more
BNC Calendar

BNC Provisional Calendar The Bike National Convention is over a week of bicycle-related events, some of which are regular TIME’S UP! events, some have proven themselves during Bike Summer 2003 in New York City , and some of which are first run, unique events. We are also open to anyone who wishes to plan bike-related… read more
Movies Nights and Educational Presentations

From the very first movie screenings flyer, August 2004. All events are free, but donations gladly accepted. read more
Puppet Making

COSTUME AND PUPPET MAKING Sunday, Aug 22, 2004, 2:00 p.m. 49 East Houston, between Mott and Mulberry. Come and transform your bike into a horse, for Paula Revere’s Ride (Aug 24th). Sunday, May 23, 2004, Noon-5:00 p.m. Norfolk Street parking lot (east side) between Delancey and Rivington. Come join us the garden-themed costume, puppet, and… read more
Clearwater Hudson River Revival

Valet Bike Parking at the Clearwater Festival Time’s Up! works with the Clearwater Environmental Organization to promote cleaner air and water and cultivate the idea of Valet Bike Parking. Valet bike parking, which was pioneered by Time’s Up, spread to hundreds of events in NYC and can now be seen on a global scale. Time’s Up!… read more
BikeSummer

Time’s Up! leads the coordination of Bike Summer, a month-long celebration of bike culture in NYC. Consisting of more than 100 well-attended events from June to July, Bike Summer marks the first major collaboration among the city’s numerous bike groups, contributing to an increased number of commuter cyclists and galvanizes an identity for the bicycle… read more