History and Locations
Located at Saint Mary's Church (40th and Locust Walk), on the University of Pennsylvania campus, NBW started in 1996 as Youth Cycle & Recycle, a program of The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia. It became a separate non-profit in July 1999. A shop in the Haddington neighborhood at 60th and Vine opened in 2003, and a shop in North Philadelphia at 1426 W. Susquehanna Avenue, near Temple University opened in 2009. NBW's South Philadelphia shop, called The Bikery, at 508 S. 5th St. opened in 2010.
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