A History of Cycling in Brooklyn is an interactive video installation that explores the history of bicycle culture in Brooklyn from 1880 to today. To flesh out the contemporary part of the narrative, the public is invited to contribute Brooklyn-based bicycle related images, video, or text via brooklyncycling.com to be included in the piece.

The piece uses the Brooklyn Historical Society's east-facing windows as windows into different time periods of this historical narrative. The left-most window concerns itself with the beginnings of the historical narrative - the "Bicycle Craze" of the 1880s and 1890s. The middle window presents the period between 1920 and 1990, while the right-most window tries to capture what it is/means to be a cyclist living in Brooklyn today.

A History of Cycling in Brooklyn is part of the group show Brooklyn Utopias?, which took place at the Brooklyn Historical Society from October 1st, 2009 - January 24th, 2010. The piece could be seen from Clinton Street, in Brooklyn Heights, sundown to sunrise, according to this calendar. It measures roughly 36' x 14' and does not have a fixed duration.

See brooklyncycling.com for more information.