Full dock? Wait or ride on.
Live open docks and bikes at every Citi Bike station in NYC. Red: wait for a dock. Green: go to the next station. The more solid the dot, the surer the call.
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Tap a station on the map.
Rules of thumb
A dock only opens when somebody takes a bike out, so wait where people are leaving from: near home in the morning, near the office in the evening.
Too quiet to call. Not enough riders here at this hour.
The Citi Bike Data Files
The morning migration
One real Wednesday as a time-lapse: the city rides its bikes into Midtown, then rides them home.
Watch the time-lapse →The fastest riders in NYC
The median rider vs the record on the city's most popular long routes.
How it works
A year of real rides
Every Citi Bike trip from Oct 2025 to Sep 2026 shows how fast docks free up at each station, hour by hour.
Live docks
Find me checks Citi Bike's live feed for open docks and bikes around you.
One answer
How long you'd usually wait here, against how long it takes to go. The shorter one wins.
Ask Siri
At a full dock, say “Citi Bike, should I wait or should I go?” on your iPhone or Apple Watch.
Add to Siri“Go. West 20th Street and 7th Avenue has 12 open docks, 3 minutes away by bike.”
Citi Bike dock full? Questions riders ask
What do I do if a Citi Bike dock is full?
Tap your key or card at the station's kiosk and choose time credit: NYC 311 says that gives you 15 extra minutes, free, to reach another station. Then pick where to go: tap Find me on the map above and it shows how many docks are open at the stations around you right now, and whether waiting where you are usually beats riding on.
Where is the nearest Citi Bike dock with open spaces?
Tap Find me. The map finds the closest Citi Bike stations to you and shows the live count of open docks and bikes at each one, from Citi Bike’s own live feed.
Is there a live Citi Bike map of open docks in NYC?
Yes, this one. Every Citi Bike station in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Jersey City is on the map, and opening a station shows its open docks and bikes right now.
How long does a full Citi Bike dock take to free up?
It depends on the station and the hour. A dock only opens when someone takes a bike out, so busy stations where people are leaving free up fast, often within a minute or two, and quiet ones can take much longer. The map shows the usual wait at every station for every hour, worked out from a year of real Citi Bike trips.
Can I ask Siri if a Citi Bike dock is full?
Yes. Add the free shortcut, then say “Citi Bike, should I wait or should I go?” at a dock. Siri checks the live docks around you and tells you to wait or which station to ride to. It works on iPhone and Apple Watch.
Is this the official Citi Bike app?
No. Citi Bike Buddy is an independent, free tool built on Citi Bike’s public trip data and live station feed. It isn’t affiliated with Citi Bike, Lyft or Citi.