bikeway on Park Avenue Wilmington (apartments, to rent, crime)

[MistyDoo]

How is the Empie Park area safe wise?
Anyone ride there bike on Park ave? is it safe?
Can you ride it all the way to the beach?
Thanks kindly..

[le roi]

re: riding bikes to the beach

plenty of people do it. however, it's not something i think is very safe. don't take my word for it:

http://www.wmpo.org/PDF/2005-01_Wrig...icyclePlan.pdf

Crossing the drawbridge on a bicycle is a
dangerous venture. Automobile traffic is heavy and
fast moving. As soon as riders get on to the beach
they face a confusing choice of roads that are poorly
equipped to handle bike traffic.

[MistyDoo]

they make it sound like a dream come true for bikers, is that Empie park area a fairly safe to rent a apartment? . I have never seen so many tennis courts in a park area before.

[le roi]

Originally Posted by MistyDoo

they make it sound like a dream come true for bikers

who is they?

is that Empie park area a fairly safe to rent a apartment? . I have never seen so many tennis courts in a park area before.

it's in the middle. it is not "Crime free" by any means -- but if you could find something really cheap there, maybe its worth it. the single-family neighborhoods around there are pretty good, but the apartments tend to be sketchy.

[MistyDoo]

Thanks.. River to the Sea Bikeway web page, just read the reviews on the site and it does sound a bit scary riding on a bike.

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