#BikeNYC Twitter Stars: Meet Shabazz from Brooklyn
Channel: Streetfilms®
Date: 2021-07-22

In our fancy new series looking at prolific #bikenyc Twitter residents, today takes us to Brooklyn to ride around with Shabazz the Founder and CEO of Oonee Pod.

I am particularly happy how we preserved against many obstacles to get this shot. Right after an hour of biking on my cargo bike to met up with Shabazz he noticed he had a flat. We took a hot constitutional to Bicycle Habitat on Vanderbilt who fixed up him up right quick, but then we endured nearly three hours out in the sweltering heat & humidity, which when we finished had hit an incredible 107 heat index. (I actually drank four water bottles in 20 minutes from a street vendor and relaxed under a tree along the Brooklyn Greenway until my legs gained enough strength to start riding again.)

Shabazz decided to go a slightly different route than his previous members in this series, picking out a few places in Brooklyn that he bikes but also mixing in some topics he has strong opinions about. You'll hear about his disdain for painted stripes on the road, how he survived being doored and also how when delivery trucks and large moving vehicles block them we really need to re-direct our anger at those who are being provided FREE car storage daily - that's 3 1/2 million spots in the city. 

He also brings us to look at:

- The New Brooklyn Bridge Bike Lane
- The Already Obsolete Flushing Ave Lane which is STILL not done!
- Dean & Bergen Streets 

Check back in the ensuing weeks for profiles from Manhattan and Staten Island!