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The Tour de Bronx is an annual bicycle tour of the borough of the Bronx in New York City.

History
The first Tour de Bronx was held in 1994, founded by Borough President Fernando Ferrer, with this first tour having only a few hundred riders. Ridership peaked before the Covid pandemic at over 10,000. In 2020, Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. noted that the Tour was "the largest free cycling event in the country" and in 2021 called it "one of my favorite events of the year." Routes have varied somewhat over the years, but have traditionally started near the Bronx County Courthouse on the Grand Concourse, looped through the South Bronx, Soundview, and Pelham Bay for a 25 mi route and added City Island and Riverdale for a 40 mi route, with both routes ending at the New York Botanical Garden

, the Woodlawn Cemetery, where bicycle traffic is normally forbidden, is open to bikes for the single day of the Tour.