Those include neighbors in areas of Manhattan that have not been traditional hotbeds of bicycling, such as the area around Dag Hammarskjold Plaza in Manhattan's Turtle Bay neighborhood.

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"This city is a small city, " said Anwar Sheikh, 56 years old, a livery cabdriver, who was parked on a recent weekday along Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, within sight of the U.N. building.

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"To install two big bike-share stations here and outsize stations elsewhere in our community is a recipe for trouble, " said Bruce Silberblatt, part of a group hostile to depots around Dag Hammarskjold Plaza at East 47th Street.

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