I had no idea that the walk would be so scary. When I planned the walk, I knew it would be new territory but not scary.
The walk was from Grand Central Terminal in NYC uptown to 59th Street. Then I crossed the 59th Street Bridge by foot to Queens. That was the scary part.
The pedestrian part of the bridge was shared with the bike lane. There was three feet for pedestrians and three feet for bikers. I knew it would be difficult when I saw a bike coming off the bridge going at a high speed.
The bikers were not able to pass each other without going into the pedestrian space I would watch the bikes veer towards me at high speed and at the last second miss me as they scooted past me. Bikes would overtake other slow bikes and just miss me.
Did the bikes ever slow down NO! It was the longest two miles of walking I ever had. Luckily, I did not get hit. At this point I would think long and hard about walking on the 59th Street Bridge.
Once I was off the bridge the walk was fine. I walked along Northern Blvd. Surprising it was mainly car dealers for a long time.
Okay, my scariest walk was when I was ten years old. I had just seen the movie “The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad” It was a scary movie. Two of the creatures were a cyclops and a mean dragon.
Stamford By Foot 