“Watts the Limit” Route Details (New York)
Released in October 2025 as part of the New York map expansion, “Watts the Limit” is sort of a sister to “Double Parked“. Both routes start in one park, travel to the other, then return. They share exactly the same roads between the two parks.
But Watts the Limit spends very little time in (or near) each of the parks, whereas Double Parked rides complete circuits of each. And Watts the Limit begins in Central Park, while Double Parked begins in Prospect.
Released in October 2025 as part of the New York map expansion, “Watts the Limit” is sort of a sister to “Double Parked“. Both routes start in one park, travel to the other, then return. They share exactly the same roads between the two parks.
But Watts the Limit spends very little time in (or near) each of the parks, whereas Double Parked rides complete circuits of each. And Watts the Limit begins in Central Park, while Double Parked begins in Prospect.
Route Basics
Length: 29.5 km (18.3 miles)
Elevation: 200m (656‘)
+1.5km (0.9 miles) lead-in with 19m (62‘) elevation
Map: New York
ZIMetrics
Rating: 14.9/100 🛈
Time Estimates 🛈
lead-in + first lap
4 W/kg: 44 minutes
3 W/kg: 49 minutes
2 W/kg: 59 minutes
Start & Finish
Events begin in the Central Park start pens with a lead-in to the NY Sprint arch. This is also the finish line.
Format: Loop
Ride Achievement Badge: 595 XP
Run Achievement Badge: none
Strava Segments
Route Description
Events begin in the Central Park start pens with a lead-in to the NY Sprint arch. You’ll quickly exit Central Park, taking the surface street to the first subway, which hosts a 5-second Power Segment in this direction.
Then it’s straight through Times Square and into the next subway, City Hall Station, with a 10-second Power Segment. Ride the escalator ramp up and out, then cross the East River via the Manhattan Bridge, which includes a sprint segment in both directions.
Exiting the bridge via the corkscrew road, you’ll enter the Brooklyn subway for a 20-second Power Segment before climbing out and onto Flatbush Avenue, which takes you up for a quick loop around Grand Army Plaza.
This is the route’s turnaround point. Now it’s time to retrace our steps!
Down Flatbush and into the Brooklyn subway for a 5-second Power Segment, across the river via the Manhattan Bridge, into City Hall Station for a 10-second Power Segment, through Times Square, and through our last subway, with a 20-second Power Segment. Almost there!
All that’s left is to re-enter Central Park and finish your short loop of the southern end of the park. (It’s the LaGuardia Loop, but you’ve done it in two parts.) The route ends at the NY Sprint arch.
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