Roosevelt Island Job Available With Bike New York, Maintain Bicycle Fleet At Sportspark And Operate Summer Pop Up Bike Shop - Volunteers Also Needed

Bike New York's Roosevelt Island Community Outreach Manager Caitlin Goodspeed reports:

We have a new position opening up for a Roosevelt Island bike mechanic. This person would maintain the bike fleet at Sportspark and operate the pop-up bike shop that we plan to have on the island every weekend this summer. We want to hire someone from Roosevelt Island.

We are also looking for RI-based volunteers and instructors.

Here's the Bike New York Roosevelt Island job announcement:

Bike New York seeks a qualified mechanic to help maintain our fleet of bicycles and assist in the upkeep of our Roosevelt Island Community Education Center for the purpose of on-bicycle education and programming. We are looking for someone who is a Roosevelt Island resident. This position is part-time, with up to 16 hours available per week. Please email Caitlin Goodspeed, Community Outreach Manager, at cgoodspeed@bikenewyork.org for more information about the position.

As reported last January 9:

Bike New York President Ken Prodziba and Roosevelt Island Community Outreach Manager Caitlin Goodspeed spoke during last night's Roosevelt Island Residents Association (RIRA) Public Session.. They described Bike New York's ideas to help make Roosevelt Island a more bike friendly community and are looking for input on what residents would like to happen with bicycles. According to Mr. Prodziba, Bike New York wants:

.... to do everything we can to make Roosevelt Island a more bike friendly place. What you want we will do what you don't want we won't do

We learned that there is not a bike shop on Roosevelt Island so we want to create our own pop up bike shop. Everything we do is free so the bike shop will be free, free maintenance, free repairs, all of our classes our free, our camp program is free, our after school program. We're here to serve Roosevelt Island....

Here's full remarks by Mr. Prodziba and Ms. Goodspeed.

Visit Bike New York for more info on the organization and here are some of their tips on buying a bicycle.