Brooklyn by Bike

The weather is starting to look up here in NYC which means it’s time to dust off your bike if you haven’t already done so. Transportation Alternatives has planned a whole slew of events for the month of May. Some of our favorite Brooklyn centric events include…

May 20 – Bike Night at Brooklyn Brewery – Bikes, beer…what’s more to love (safely of course:)?

May 25 – Greenwood Cemetery Historic Ride – The cemetery itself is unfortunately off limits to bicycles, but riding to it isn’t and it’s a great place to visit.

May 26 – Drawing the Bicycle with Taliah Lempert – It’s something a little different to get your creative juices moving. Plus, we love Taliah’s work so much, we posted about it.

This past weekend we dragged ourselves out in the 30 degree weather to The Brooklyn Flea for the second time and were pleasently surprised with some of the art venders there…braving frozen toes and all. For those of you who are curious, the Flea takes place every Sunday from 10am to 5pm in Fort Greene Brooklyn and features vendors of “vintage furniture, clothing, collectibles and antiques, as well as new jewelry, art and crafts by local artisans, plus delicious food.”

I found Taliah Lempert’s Bicycle Paintings stand in the very back next to the mobile pizza oven. (I really wish I had a camera on me that day.) Taliah was selling some unique paintings, t-shirts and other good stuff. Her cargo bicyle was off the hook and reminded us of this one we saw in Treehugger.

I purchased the painting you see at the very top. Check out her site for more good stuff. She’ll even paint a custom portait of your bicyle. We love her stuff.