eBike Shops in New York (2026): 147 Verified Stores

If you live outside New York City, the odds are eight in ten that your home is in a town rather than a city. The state's 933 towns hold 9,105,927 of its 19,867,248 residents in the Census Bureau's 2024 estimates, 2.9 million of them on Long Island.

A directory of cities alone would miss most of the state, so this one also counts the 21 towns of 50,000 or more and lists your nearest store under the community on its mailing address.

The cover shows Walkway Over the Hudson, the 1889 Poughkeepsie-Highland Railroad Bridge between Poughkeepsie and Highland. Its deck stands 212 feet above the river, and the state park that runs it opens the crossing to "pedestrians, hikers, joggers and bicyclists."

New York's eBike Map, City and Town

Every New York city, village and town of 50,000 or more residents in the Census Bureau's 2024 estimates, the verified storefronts inside each line, and the candidates that could not be cleared. Six cities are counted from their own pages. A town's row includes the villages inside it, so Hempstead village is part of the Town of Hempstead's row and the column is never added up.

Find your city or town in the first column; if your row shows a dash under Verified stores, the nearest verified store is measured further down.

Twenty-four of the 34 cities and towns carry at least one verified store. The ten that carry none are Babylon, Cheektowaga, Colonie and Irondequoit among the towns, the cities of Yonkers, Mount Vernon, Schenectady, Utica and White Plains, and the village of Hempstead. The nearest verified store for each is measured further down, and for seven of them it is under four miles away.

The coverage table shows you only a fraction of the state's shops, because it stops at the Census Bureau's 50,000-resident line. Of the 127 storefronts listed on this page, 31 sit inside one of the table's towns and cities and 96 sit in smaller places: Kingston, New Paltz, Saratoga Springs, Ithaca and dozens of hamlets whose names are on the mailing address and nowhere in the Census table.

Long Island shows the pattern most clearly. The Town of Hempstead holds 792,341 people and two verified e-bike floors, and the Town of Babylon, with 218,566, holds none. Brookhaven, Oyster Bay and North Hempstead carry three or four each, spread across places such as Stony Brook, Plainview and Carle Place.

New York eBike Law — 2026 Quick Reference

New York defines an e-bike in one section and regulates it in another, and both decide what a shop may sell you. Every rule below quotes the Vehicle and Traffic Law or the General Business Law as the New York State Senate publishes it, read on October 5 and 6, 2026.

• The definition is narrow on purpose. A bicycle with electric assist is one "no more than thirty-six inches wide" with "an electric motor of less than seven hundred fifty watts, equipped with operable pedals" (VTL § 102-c). A 750 W motor sits outside that line, because the law says less than, so check the wattage on any bike you order from out of state.
• Three classes, and the third is a New York City class. Class 1 assists only while you pedal and Class 2 can run on the motor alone, both stopping at 20 mph. Class 3 reaches 25 mph and exists "[s]olely within a city having a population of one million or more" (§ 102-c); riding one anywhere else "is prohibited" (§ 1242(10)).
• No license, no registration, no plate. Because Section 125 leaves bicycles with electric assist out of the motor-vehicle definition, you need no driver's license to ride one, and the DMV says one "does not qualify for registration as a motorcycle, limited-use motorcycle, moped, or ATV."
• Sixteen is the minimum age. "No person less than sixteen years of age shall operate a bicycle with electric assist" (§ 1242(2)). If you are buying for a teenager, check the age first.
• Streets posted 30 mph or less. Unless a local law says otherwise, your e-bike "may only be operated on highways with a posted speed limit of thirty miles per hour or less," bike lanes included (§ 1242(8)). Sidewalks are off limits to you "except as may be authorized by a local law or ordinance" (§ 1242(5)(a)).
• Your town can say more, or say no. Any city, town or village may "further regulate the time, place and manner" of e-bike use and may "prohibit entirely the use of bicycles with electric assist", provided signs are posted outside the banned area (§ 1242(3)(a)). In Nassau and Suffolk counties a city, town or village, and in Westchester County a town or village, may further regulate e-bike use, including speed, helmet and clothing rules, only after its county adopts a local law first (§ 1242(3)(b) and (c)); a ban with posted signs needs no county law.
• Helmets from age 1 to 13, and on every Class 3. Riders from one to 13 must wear a helmet on any bicycle (§ 1238(5)(b)), and on a Class 3 you need one at any age: no one may operate it "unless such person is wearing a helmet" (§ 1238(5-c)).
• Tickets are civil fines. If you break the age, sidewalk, speed or Class 3 rules, you face "a civil fine not to exceed fifty dollars" (§ 1242(12)).

What the law asks of the shop

Two rules bind the seller rather than you, and they are the ones to check at the counter. Since June 1, 2022 no business may sell or lease an e-bike unless a manufacturer's label is "permanently affixed thereto, in a prominent location," stating "the class, maximum motor-assisted speed, and motor wattage" (§ 1242(11)(a)).

The battery carries its own rule. General Business Law § 495-a bars selling a lithium-ion battery "either as part of or intended for use in a bicycle with electric assist" unless an accredited laboratory has certified it to a standard referenced in UL 2849, UL 2271 or EN 15194, with the certification shown "on packaging or documentation at the time of sale" and "directly on the product itself."

If the machine you are shown exceeds the class limits, it is not an e-bike at all. The Attorney General's consumer alert of July 31, 2026 warns that "marketing and selling vehicles to New Yorkers as 'e-bikes' or 'e-scooters' that exceed state speed or power limits for those vehicles is a violation of New York law," and that such machines "may be e-motos, mopeds, or motorcycles" with registration, licensing and insurance duties attached.

No state rebate, and the bill sits in committee

New York pays no e-bike rebate. The state's consumer EV rebate, NYSERDA's Drive Clean Rebate, is for new electric cars, "up to $2,000 off the purchase or lease of 60+ new EV models."

The Ride Clean Rebate bill, S.1047, passed the Senate on June 13, 2025, died in the Assembly, and has sat in the Senate Energy and Telecommunications Committee since it was referred back on January 7, 2026. Budget for the full price when you shop.

E-Bike Shops in New York, Region by Region

New York City, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Albany and Yonkers each have their own verified directory, and each is counted from its own page. Every other storefront is evidenced here, region by region and then by community, with the date and the grade of the check. The regions are the state's ten economic development regions, with New York City covered by its own page. Find your region below, then the community on your mailing address.

The Hudson Valley and Long Island hold 53 of the 127.

Long Island (22 listed across 21 communities)

Amagansett (1 verified)

• Amagansett Beach and Bicycle: 624 Montauk Hwy, 11930 · (631) 267-6325 · amagansettbeachco.com · site checked, 2026-10-06

Carle Place (1 verified)

• REI: 144 Glen Cove Rd, 11514 · (516) 873-8540 · Bosch dealer map, 2026-10-06

East Hampton (1 verified)

• Khanh Sports: 500 Pantigo Rd, 11937 · (631) 324-1077 · khanhsportseh.com · site checked, 2026-10-06

Eastport (1 verified)

• Kreb Cycle: 496 Montauk Highway, 11941 · (631) 801-6141 · krebcycle.com · chain site checked, 2026-10-06

Farmingdale (1 verified)

• Brickwell Cycling: 238 Main St, 11735 · (516) 586-6914 · brickwell.com · chain site checked, 2026-10-06

Greenvale (1 verified)

• Brickwell Cycling: 7 Northern Blvd, 11548 · (516) 439-5553 · brickwell.com · chain site checked, 2026-10-06

Huntington Station (2 verified)

• Cycle Fast USA: 643 East Jericho Tpke, 11746 · (631) 271-0800 · cyclefastusa.com · Bosch dealer map, 2026-10-06
• Raceline Cycle Works: 1922 New York Ave, 11746 · (631) 629-4158 · racelinecycleworks.com · site checked, 2026-10-06

Lake Grove (1 verified)

• Trek Bicycle: 129 Alexander Ave, 11755 · (631) 760-1815 · trekbikes.com, store page · site checked, 2026-10-06

Long Beach (1 verified)

• Long Beach Bicycles: 176 W Park Ave, 11561 · (516) 517-2453 · merrickcycles.com · chain site checked, 2026-10-06

Merrick (1 verified)

• Merrick Bicycles: 1829 Merrick Ave, 11566 · (516) 544-4770 · merrickcycles.com · chain site checked, 2026-10-06

Middle Island (1 verified)

• Carl Hart Bicycles: 620 Middle County Road, 11953 · (631) 924-5850 · carlhart.com · site checked, 2026-10-06

Miller Place (1 verified)

• Rocky Point Cycle: 669 NY-25A, 11778 · (631) 744-5372 · Velotric and Aventon dealer maps, 2026-10-06

Mineola (1 verified)

• Mineola Bicycle, Fitness & Mower: 475 Jericho Turnpike, 11501 · (516) 742-5253 · mineolabicycle.company.site · Velotric and Giant dealer maps, 2026-10-06

Montauk (1 verified)

• Montauk Cycle Company: 463 Westlake Drive, 11954 · (631) 668-8975 · montaukcyclecompany.com · Aventon dealer map, 2026-10-06

Plainview (1 verified)

• Trek Bicycle: 417-B South Oyster Bay Rd, 11803 · (347) 514-8735 · trekbikes.com, store page · site checked, 2026-10-06

Sag Harbor (1 verified)

• Sag Harbor Cycle: 34 Bay Street, 11963 · (631) 725-1110 · sagharborcycle.com · site checked, 2026-10-06

Southampton (1 verified)

• Rotations: 32 Windmill Ln, 11968 · (631) 283-2890 · rotationsbicyclecenter.com · site checked, 2026-10-06

Stony Brook (1 verified)

• Campus Bicycles: 1077 Route 25A, 11790 · (631) 689-1200 · Bosch and Velotric dealer maps, 2026-10-06

Syosset (1 verified)

• Jen's Cycles: 340 Robbins Lane, 11791 · (516) 364-4434 · jenscycles.com · chain site checked, 2026-10-06

Wantagh (1 verified)

• Brands Cycle and Fitness: 1966 Wantagh Avenue, 11793 · (516) 781-6100 · brandscycle.com · site checked, 2026-10-06

West Sayville (1 verified)

• Sayville Bike Works: 75 Main St, 11796 · (631) 589-0009 · Velotric, Bosch and Aventon dealer maps, 2026-10-06

The Hudson Valley (31 listed across 27 communities)

Armonk (1 verified)

• Hickory and Tweed Ski & Cycle: 410 Main Street, 10504 · (914) 273-3397 · hickoryandtweed.com · site checked, 2026-10-06

Beacon (1 verified)

• Beacon Bikes: 332 Fishkill Ave, 12508 · (845) 863-9301 · beaconebikes.com · site checked, 2026-10-06

Cornwall (1 verified)

• Bryan's Bikes: 240 Main Street, 12518 · (845) 534-5230 · bryansbikes.com · Bosch dealer map, 2026-10-06

Croton-on-Hudson (1 verified)

• Croton E-Bikes: 364 S Riverside Ave, 10520 · (914) 873-8004 · crotonebikes.com · site checked, 2026-10-06

Dobbs Ferry (1 verified)

• Endless Trail Bikeworx: 56 Main Street, 10522 · (914) 674-8567 · endlesstrailbw.com · Bosch and Aventon dealer maps, 2026-10-06

Goshen (2 verified)

• Joe Fix Its: 20 W Main St, 10924 · (845) 294-7242 · joefixits.com · site checked, 2026-10-06
• Orange County Snowboards Ski & Bike: 1778 Route 17M, 10924 · (845) 294-7433 · ocsnowboards.com · site checked, 2026-10-06

Kingston (3 verified)

• Bike Brothers: 139 Boices Lane, 12401 · (845) 336-5581 · Giant dealer map, 2026-10-06
• Kingston Cyclery: 612 Ulster Ave, 12401 · (845) 383-1600 · kingstoncyclery.com · site checked, 2026-10-06
• Revolution Bicycles: 388 Hasbrouck Avenue, 12401 · (845) 853-8300 · revolutionbikesny.com · Bosch dealer map, 2026-10-06

Larchmont (1 verified)

• 10538 Bicycles: 146 Larchmont Avenue, 10538 · (914) 315-1009 · 10538bicycles.com · Giant dealer map, 2026-10-06

Mahopac (1 verified)

• Bikeway: 692 Route 6, 10541 · (845) 621-2800 · bikeway.com · chain site checked, 2026-10-06

Middletown (1 verified)

• Bikeway: 73 West Main Street, 10940 · (845) 381-1347 · bikeway.com · chain site checked, 2026-10-06

Mohegan Lake (1 verified)

• Danny's Cycles: 1922 East Main Street, 10547 · (914) 526-2600 · dannyscycles.com · chain site checked, 2026-10-06

Montgomery (1 verified)

• Bikeway: 628 NY 17K, 12549 · (845) 787-4082 · bikeway.com · chain site checked, 2026-10-06

Mount Kisco (1 verified)

• Danny's Cycles: 269 North Bedford Road, 10549 · (914) 400-1707 · dannyscycles.com · chain site checked, 2026-10-06

New Paltz (2 verified)

• Bicycle Depot: 15 Main Street, 12561 · (845) 255-3859 · bicycledepot.com · site checked, 2026-10-06
• Springtown Cycles: 220 Springtown Road, 12561 · (845) 633-8179 · springtowncycles.com · site checked, 2026-10-06

New Rochelle (1 verified)

• Pedro Sanchez Cycling: 52 Drake Avenue, 10805 · (914) 365-1600 · pedrosanchezcycling.com · Bosch dealer map, 2026-10-06

Pelham (1 verified)

• Danny's Cycles: 108 Wolfs Lane, 10803 · (914) 738-3338 · dannyscycles.com · chain site checked, 2026-10-06

Piermont (1 verified)

• Piermont Bicycle Connection: 215 Ash Street, 10968 · (845) 365-0900 · piermontbike.com · site checked, 2026-10-06

Pleasant Valley (1 verified)

• PV Bicycle Shop: 1557 Main Street, 12569 · (845) 635-3161 · pvbikeshop.com · Giant dealer map, 2026-10-06

Pleasantville (1 verified)

• Ride of Pleasantville: 351 Manville Road, 10570 · (203) 433-2780 · ride914.com · site checked, 2026-10-06

Pomona (1 verified)

• The Cyclery By Effy: 1581 Rt202 Suite 4, 10970 · (845) 513-0444 · Bosch dealer map, 2026-10-06

Port Jervis (1 verified)

• NeverLost Adventures: 37 Front St, 12771 · (845) 672-3300 · neverlostadventures.com · Aventon dealer map, 2026-10-06

Rhinebeck (1 verified)

• Rhinebeck Bicycle Shop: 10 Garden Street, 12572 · (845) 876-4025 · Giant dealer map, 2026-10-06

Rye Brook (1 verified)

• Danny's Cycles: 10 Bowman Ave, 10573 · (914) 939-1150 · dannyscycles.com · Aventon dealer map, 2026-10-06

Scarsdale (1 verified)

• Danny's Cycles: 644 Central Park Ave, 10583 · (914) 723-3408 · dannyscycles.com · chain site checked, 2026-10-06

Spring Valley (1 verified)

• Valley Cycle Shop: 139 NY-59, 10977 · (845) 356-3179 · Bosch dealer map, 2026-10-06

Wappingers Falls (1 verified)

• Bikeway: 1581 Route 376, 12590 · (845) 463-7433 · bikeway.com · chain site checked, 2026-10-06

Yorktown Heights (1 verified)

• Yorktown Cycles: 1899 Commerce Street, 10598 · (914) 245-5504 · yorktowncycles.com · Giant and Aventon dealer maps, 2026-10-06

The Capital Region (15 listed across 12 communities)

Ballston Spa (1 verified)

• Serotta Design Studio (Best of Cycling): 20 Prospect St Bldg 2 Ste 212, 12020 · (518) 309-4159 · Bosch dealer map, 2026-10-06

Catskill (1 verified)

• Catskill Bicycle Supply Co.: 347 Main St., 12414 · (518) 291-4444 · catskillbike.com · site checked, 2026-10-06

Clifton Park (1 verified)

• Elevate Cycles: 215 Guideboard Road, 12065 · (518) 371-4641 · elevatecycles.com · site checked, 2026-10-06

Glenmont (1 verified)

• Steiner's Sports: 329 Glenmont Rd, 12077 · (518) 427-2406 · steinersskibike.com · chain site checked, 2026-10-06

Glens Falls (1 verified)

• Grey Ghost Bicycles: 76 Lawrence Street, 12801 · (518) 223-0148 · greyghostbicycles.com · chain site checked, 2026-10-06

Glenville (1 verified)

• Freemans Bridge Sports: 38 Freemans Bridge Road, 12302 · (518) 382-0593 · freemansbridgesports.com · site checked, 2026-10-06

Hudson (2 verified)

• Berkshire Bike And Board: 195 Healy Blvd, 12534 · (518) 660-7117 · berkshirebikeandboard.com · site checked, 2026-10-06
• Steiner's Sports: 301 Warren Street, 12534 · (518) 828-5063 · steinersskibike.com · chain site checked, 2026-10-06

Johnsonville (1 verified)

• Tomhannock Bicycles: 3149 State Route 7, 12094 · (518) 663-0083 · tomhannockbicycles.com · site checked, 2026-10-06

Queensbury (2 verified)

• Hometown Board Shop: 643 Upper Glen St, 12804 · (518) 321-9405 · hometownboardshop.com · site checked, 2026-10-06
• Rick's Bike Shop: 368 Ridge Road, 12804 · (518) 793-8986 · ricksbikeshop.com · site checked, 2026-10-06

Saratoga Springs (2 verified)

• Grey Ghost Bicycles: 60 West Avenue, 12866 · (518) 306-5004 · greyghostbicycles.com · chain site checked, 2026-10-06
• Trek Bicycle: 71 Church Street, 12866 · (518) 583-0600 · trekbikes.com, store page · site checked, 2026-10-06

Troy (1 verified)

• Upstate Bicycle Works: 501 Broadway, 12180 · (518) 238-3198 · upstatebicycleworks.com · site checked, 2026-10-06

Valatie (1 verified)

• Steiner's Sports: 3455 Highway 9, 12184 · (518) 784-3663 · steinersskibike.com · chain site checked, 2026-10-06

The North Country (6 listed across 6 communities)

Inlet (1 verified)

• Pedals & Petals: 176 State Route 28, 13360 · (315) 357-3281 · pedalsandpetals.com · site checked, 2026-10-06

Lake Placid (1 verified)

• Placid Planet Bicycles: 2242 Saranac Avenue, 12946 · (518) 523-4128 · placidplanet.com · site checked, 2026-10-06

Lowville (1 verified)

• Adirondacks E-Bikes: 5491 Bostwick St, 13367 · (315) 949-1668 · adkebike.com · site checked, 2026-10-06

Massena (1 verified)

• Northern Bicycles: 170 Highland Rd, 13662 · (315) 705-4007 · northernbicycles.com · Velotric dealer map, 2026-10-06

Saranac Lake (1 verified)

• Silver Birch Cycles: 77 Main Street, 12983 · (518) 354-8497 · silverbirchcycles.com · Velotric dealer map, 2026-10-06

Watertown (1 verified)

• ReCre's Bike Studio: 138 Court Street, 13601 · (315) 405-4582 · recresbikestudio.com · Velotric dealer map, 2026-10-06

The Mohawk Valley (8 listed across 7 communities)

Amsterdam (1 verified)

• Bike Barn Cycling and Fitness: 4360 NY-30, 12010 · (518) 238-2453 · bikebarncycles.com · site checked, 2026-10-06

Herkimer (1 verified)

• Dick's Wheel Shop: 411 Mohawk St, 13350 · (315) 866-5571 · Aventon dealer map, 2026-10-06

Milford (1 verified)

• Woodland Cycles: 24 South Main Street, 13807 · (607) 643-3848 · woodlandcycles.com · site checked, 2026-10-06

New Hartford (2 verified)

• Dick Sonne's Cycles, Fitness & Skis: 4465 Commercial Drive, 13413 · (315) 736-7106 · dicksonnes.com · site checked, 2026-10-06
• Trek Bicycle: 8411 Seneca Turnpike, 13413 · (315) 922-7013 · Bosch dealer map, 2026-10-06

Old Forge (1 verified)

• Mountainman Outdoor Supply Company: 2839 State Route 28, 13420 · (315) 226-4197 · mountainmanoutdoors.com · Velotric dealer map, 2026-10-06

Oneonta (1 verified)

• Otsego Bicycles: 74 Water Street, 13820 · (607) 432-1731 · otsegobicycles.com · Aventon dealer map, 2026-10-06

Rome (1 verified)

• Cycle Shack: 1205 Erie Blvd W, 13440 · (315) 339-1511 · cycleshackpolaris.com · Aventon dealer map, 2026-10-06

Central New York (8 listed across 8 communities)

Auburn (1 verified)

• LB Lightning Cyclery: 37 Market St., 13021 · (315) 282-7383 · lblightning.com · Aventon and Giant dealer maps, 2026-10-06

Baldwinsville (1 verified)

• The Bikery: 7556 Van Buren Rd, 13027 · (315) 638-2161 · thebikery.com · Velotric and Bosch dealer maps, 2026-10-06

Clay (1 verified)

• Bert's Bikes & Fitness: 4132 Route 31, 13041 · (315) 944-3022 · bertsbikes.com · chain site checked, 2026-10-06

Cortland (1 verified)

• Cortland Bike Co.: 11 Clinton Ave, 13045 · (607) 250-7467 · cortlandbike.com · site checked, 2026-10-06

DeWitt (1 verified)

• Bert's Bikes & Fitness: 3196 Erie Boulevard East, 13214 · (315) 214-8618 · bertsbikes.com, store page · site checked, 2026-10-06

Fayetteville (1 verified)

• Resource Cycling: 128 West Genesee Street, 13066 · (315) 632-4916 · resourcecycling.com · site checked, 2026-10-06

North Syracuse (1 verified)

• Bike Loft: 717 S Bay Rd, 13212 · (315) 458-5260 · bikeloft.com · Aventon dealer map, 2026-10-06

Oswego (1 verified)

• Murdock's Bicycles & Sports: 177 West 1st Street, 13126 · (315) 342-6848 · murdockssports.com · Bosch dealer map, 2026-10-06

The Finger Lakes (15 listed across 13 communities)

Canandaigua (1 verified)

• RV&E Bike and Skate: 168 South Main Street, 14424 · (585) 393-5680 · rvebike.com · chain site checked, 2026-10-06

Dundee (1 verified)

• Martin's Bicycle: 4762 State Route 14A, 14837 · (607) 243-7150 · martinsbicycleny.com · site checked, 2026-10-06

Fairport (2 verified)

• Rochester Bicycle + Fitness: 7374 Pittsford Palmyra Road, 14450 · (585) 218-4110 · rochesterfitnessequipment.com · chain site checked, 2026-10-06
• RV&E Bike and Skate: 40 N Main St, 14450 · (585) 388-1350 · rvebike.com · chain site checked, 2026-10-06

Geneva (1 verified)

• Trek Bicycle: 489 Exchange St, 14456 · (315) 789-5922 · trekbikes.com, store page · site checked, 2026-10-06

Greece (2 verified)

• Bert's Bikes & Fitness: 250 Elmridge Center Dr, 14626 · (585) 270-5816 · bertsbikes.com · chain site checked, 2026-10-06
• The Bike Zone: 2100 West Ridge Road, 14626 · (585) 225-7960 · Velotric and Bosch dealer maps, 2026-10-06

Henrietta (1 verified)

• Bert's Bikes & Fitness: 100 Jay Scutti Boulevard, 14623 · (585) 424-2777 · bertsbikes.com · chain site checked, 2026-10-06

Mount Morris (1 verified)

• Jereko Gear: 4 O'Connell Ave, 14510 · (585) 566-4062 · jerekogear.com · Bosch and Aventon dealer maps, 2026-10-06

Newark (1 verified)

• eBike315: 210 N Main St, 14513 · (315) 332-8776 · ebike315.com · site checked, 2026-10-06

Penn Yan (1 verified)

• Weaver's Bicycle Shop: 338 NY-14A, 14527 · (315) 536-3012 · weaversbicycleshop.com · Aventon dealer map, 2026-10-06

Pittsford (1 verified)

• Towpath Bike: 21 Schoen Pl, 14534 · (585) 381-2808 · towpathbike.com · site checked, 2026-10-06

Sodus Point (1 verified)

• Sodus Bay Bike & Adventure Co.: 8116 Margaretta Road, 14555 · (315) 584-5726 · sodusbaybike.com · Aventon dealer map, 2026-10-06

Victor (1 verified)

• Tom's Pro Bike: 300 High Street, 14564 · (585) 398-8154 · tomsprobike.com · chain site checked, 2026-10-06

Webster (1 verified)

• Bert's Bikes & Fitness: 1217 Bay Rd, 14580 · (585) 446-0199 · bertsbikes.com · chain site checked, 2026-10-06

The Southern Tier (7 listed across 5 communities)

Bath (1 verified)

• Wheels Unlimited: 34 Liberty St Ste 101, 14810 · (607) 776-6609 · wheelsu.com · Bosch dealer map, 2026-10-06

Binghamton (2 verified)

• Chenango Point Cycles: 125 Park Avenue, 13903 · (607) 724-7481 · chenangopoint.com · site checked, 2026-10-06
• THS Cycling: 1146 Upper Front St, 13905 · (607) 724-8075 · Velotric and Giant dealer maps, 2026-10-06

Elmira (1 verified)

• Glider City PowerSports: 1741 Cedar St, 14904 · (607) 734-1223 · glidercitypowersports.com · Aventon dealer map, 2026-10-06

Endicott (1 verified)

• Babcock Bicycles: 110 W Main St, 13760 · (607) 754-0886 · babcockbikes.com · Bosch dealer map, 2026-10-06

Ithaca (2 verified)

• Cayuga Ski & Cyclery: 624 West State Street, 14850 · (607) 277-6821 · cayugaskiandcyclery.com · Velotric and Giant dealer maps, 2026-10-06
• Gorges Cycles: 2255 North Triphammer Road, 14850 · (607) 339-0032 · gorgescycles.com · Aventon dealer map, 2026-10-06

Western New York (15 listed across 11 communities)

Alfred Station (1 verified)

• Bicycle Man: 6393 State Highway 21, 14803 · (607) 587-8835 · bicycleman.com · site checked, 2026-10-06

Amherst (1 verified)

• Bert's Bikes & Fitness: 7510 Transit Road, 14221 · (716) 634-4882 · bertsbikes.com · chain site checked, 2026-10-06

East Aurora (1 verified)

• Kickstand Culture: 654 Main St, 14052 · (716) 249-2453 · kickstandculture.com · site checked, 2026-10-06

Fredonia (1 verified)

• Fredonia Cycling: 8 Park Place, 14063 · (716) 680-8199 · fredoniacycling.com · Aventon dealer map, 2026-10-06

Hamburg (2 verified)

• Bert's Bikes & Fitness: 4050 Southwestern Blvd, 14127 · (716) 646-0028 · bertsbikes.com · chain site checked, 2026-10-06
• Freewheel Mobile Bike Shop: 485 Sunset Dr, 14075 · (716) 997-0139 · freewheelbikeshop.biz · Aventon dealer map, 2026-10-06

Jamestown (2 verified)

• Jamestown Cycle Shop: 10 Harrison St, 14701 · (716) 664-4112 · jamestowncycleshop.com · site checked, 2026-10-06
• Pearl City Cycle: 600 Fairmount Ave, 14701 · (716) 201-0885 · Bosch dealer map, 2026-10-06

Lakewood (1 verified)

• Upstate Cycles: 135 E Fairmount Ave, 14750 · (716) 708-7433 · upstatecycles.net · site checked, 2026-10-06

Lancaster (2 verified)

• Bert's Bikes & Fitness: 4871 Transit Rd, 14043 · (716) 771-3002 · bertsbikes.com · chain site checked, 2026-10-06
• Tom's Pro Bike: 3684 Walden Avenue, 14086 · (716) 651-9995 · tomsprobike.com · chain site checked, 2026-10-06

Niagara Falls (1 verified)

• Beeton's Cyclery: 1219 Main St, 14301 · (716) 282-3220 · beetonsbikes.com · Aventon dealer map, 2026-10-06

Orchard Park (1 verified)

• Tom's Pro Bike: 3144 Orchard Park Road Ste 106, 14127 · (716) 599-1599 · tomsprobike.com · chain site checked, 2026-10-06

Tonawanda (2 verified)

• Bert's Bikes & Fitness: 1550 Niagara Falls Boulevard, 14150 · (716) 837-4882 · bertsbikes.com · chain site checked, 2026-10-06
• Dick's Bicycle Shop: 781 Niagara Street, 14150 · (716) 694-9232 · dicksbikeshop.com · Velotric dealer map, 2026-10-06

If your town has none: the nearest verified store

Ten of the 34 places checked have no verified e-bike store inside their own line. If you live in one of them, below is the nearest verified storefront, measured straight-line from the Census Bureau's 2024 Gazetteer point for the place. Your road trip is always longer.

Nine of the ten have a verified floor within five miles of the Gazetteer point. Babylon is the real gap: a town of more than 200,000 on the South Shore whose closest verified e-bike counter is in Farmingdale, nine miles from the town's center point, and the one lead inside the town is a shop whose own site names no e-bike.

Mount Vernon's nearest store is 1.0 mile away, in Pelham; Babylon's is 9.3, in Farmingdale.

Buying online vs buying in a New York shop

A New York shop earns its price on three things: the test ride, the assembly, and a mechanic who sees the bike again when a spoke goes or a brake needs bleeding. If any of those matters to you, the drive is worth making, and the listings above save the wasted trips.

The counter also settles the paperwork the law puts on the seller: the class label under § 1242(11)(a) and the battery certification under § 495-a. Ask to see both before you pay, wherever you buy.

Online wins on choice and on terms you can read in advance. Return windows, warranty length and freight vary more between sellers than prices do. Redtail's commuter and city e-bikes and the full range ship free within the contiguous United States, so if your nearest floor is a long drive, you can compare the terms before deciding.

Why buy from Redtail if no shop is close? Every bike ships free within the contiguous United States, you get US support by phone or email before and after you buy, and at checkout you can pay by card, PayPal or Shop Pay, which offers installments on eligible orders.

If you will ride through an upstate winter, settle that before you shop. The winter e-bike guide sorts bikes for plowed-road commutes and for snow and ice, and measures how far a battery goes in the cold.

Frequently Asked Questions — New York eBike Shops

Where can you buy an e-bike in New York State?

You can buy one at any of 147 verified storefronts as of October 6, 2026: the 127 listed on this page and 20 on the city pages for New York City, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Albany. Most sit in small towns and hamlets rather than in the big cities, so search the regional listings by the community on your mailing address.

Are e-bikes legal in New York State?

Yes. VTL § 102-c recognizes three classes with a motor of less than 750 watts and operable pedals. You may ride a Class 1 or 2 bike statewide, subject to local rules, and a Class 3 only inside a city of one million or more, which today means New York City (§ 1242(10)).

Do you need a license for an electric bike in New York?

No. A bicycle with electric assist is left out of the motor-vehicle definition in VTL § 125, so you need no driver's license. You must be 16 or older to ride one (§ 1242(2)).

Do e-bikes need to be registered in New York?

No, you do not register one. The DMV states that a bicycle with electric assist "does not qualify for registration as a motorcycle, limited-use motorcycle, moped, or ATV." If you buy a two-wheeler faster than the legal limits, it is a different vehicle that may need registration, licensing and insurance, as the Attorney General warned on July 31, 2026.

Why are e-bikes banned in New York?

They are not banned statewide. You can ride a Class 1 or 2 across the state, and Class 3 is prohibited outside New York City (§ 1242(10)). What a city, town or village may do is ban e-bikes in specified areas or entirely, provided signs are posted outside the banned area (§ 1242(3)(a)), so check your town's rules on the New York e-bike law guide.

Are e-bikes legal on Long Island?

You may ride a Class 1 or 2 there but not a Class 3, because Nassau and Suffolk are outside New York City (§ 1242(10)). Cities, towns and villages there may add speed, helmet or clothing rules only after their county adopts a local law first, though any of them may ban e-bikes in specified areas or entirely, with signs posted outside the banned area (§ 1242(3)(b)). Check your town's rules before you ride.

Where are the e-bike shops on Long Island?

Twenty-two verified storefronts across 21 Long Island communities are listed above, from Montauk and Sag Harbor on the East End to Merrick and Long Beach in Nassau. The Town of Brookhaven carries the most among the island's big towns, four, and the Town of Babylon has none inside its line. If you live there, the nearest is Brickwell Cycling in Farmingdale, 9.3 miles from the town's center point.

Where are the bike shops in the Hudson Valley that sell e-bikes?

Thirty-one verified storefronts across 27 Hudson Valley communities, the most of any region on this page. Westchester County holds 12 of them, so if you live there you have the widest choice in the valley. Kingston carries three, and New Paltz and Goshen two each, with the rest spread across Orange, Ulster, Dutchess, Rockland and Putnam counties.

Is there a New York State e-bike rebate?

No, so you pay the full price. The bill that would create one, S.1047, passed the Senate on June 13, 2025 and has been in the Senate Energy and Telecommunications Committee since January 7, 2026. The state's consumer EV rebate, NYSERDA's Drive Clean Rebate, is for new electric cars.

The Bottom Line

New York's e-bike shops follow its towns. Twenty-four of the 34 cities and towns of 50,000 or more carry a verified store, and 96 of the 127 listed on this page sit in villages and hamlets too small for that table.

Go local if a test ride, a proper assembly and a mechanic close to home matter to you. Even if your town is one of the ten with no store inside its line, nine of the ten have a verified floor within five miles.

Buy online if the nearest counter is a long drive, as it is from Babylon, or the model you want is not stocked nearby. Compare return windows and warranty terms before price. When you're ready to compare, the buying guide walks you through classes, cost and battery certification first.

Either way, read the class label (§ 1242(11)(a)) and the battery mark (GBL § 495-a) before you pay, keep a Class 3 inside New York City, and put a helmet on any rider 13 or younger.

Run a shop that belongs here, or spotted an error? Email sales@redtailebikes.com. Verified corrections are published and additions are welcome. Last verified October 6, 2026.

More from the U.S. eBike Directory

Pick your next page by what you need: another state's shops, the law where you ride, or help choosing the bike.

Sources, limitations and how this page was verified

How the count was reached

One number per city. For New York City, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Albany and Yonkers the count is the one each city's own page publishes, 20 in all. Every other storefront is listed here once, after merging the same shop's map entry and roster entries by phone, website and street address: 147 verified storefronts statewide, 127 of them listed on this page.

The candidate pool was 299 bicycle shops mapped in OpenStreetMap, 133 of them with a website, and 283 storefront rows from six makers' dealer locators: Trek, Bosch, Giant, Specialized, Velotric and Aventon. Merged, they made 426 storefronts statewide, 229 of them outside the six cities with their own pages.

How to read the listings

Each listing carries one of three evidence grades.

Site checked covers 46 of the 127: the shop's own website, read on October 6, 2026, names e-bikes in its own words.

Chain site checked covers 33: one website serves several storefronts, so it proves the business sells e-bikes and the listing shows where the branch is. Bert's Bikes & Fitness has eight such storefronts here, Bikeway and Danny's Cycles four each, and Steiner's Sports and Tom's Pro Bike three each.

A maker's dealer map covers 48: a brand dealer roster where the maker itself tags the store as an e-bike seller. Each such grade links to that maker's own dealer locator, or for Bosch to the dealer's own page there. The shop's own site was read too and did not name e-bikes, or could not be read.

One grade per listing, printed at the end of every entry.

Phone numbers were read from the shop's sources and Google Maps. Where two sources disagreed, the number on the shop's own website is printed; that settled all eight such conflicts. Whatever the grade, call before you make a long drive.

Why the map is thin where it is thin

OpenStreetMap carries 54 of the 127 storefronts listed here, and on Long Island only 4 of 22. The makers' locators fill most of the gap: 48 of the 127 are on a maker's dealer map and on no page of their own that names e-bikes, among them six of the seven in the Southern Tier and five of the eight in the Mohawk Valley.

Google Maps did the opposite job. Its listings marked 16 storefronts that the maps and rosters still carry as permanently closed, among them Crank Cycles in Millwood and Trek Bicycle Massapequa, and five as temporarily closed, including Kreb Cycle in Bellport and Tom's Pro Bike on Jay Scutti Boulevard. A sixth, Overlook's Woodstock shop, says on its own site that it is closed for renovation. None of those is counted.

Limitations

1. New York City's count is its page's count. The New York City page lists the eight storefronts it verified one by one in August 2026 and states that eight is a verified count rather than a census. This statewide sweep found many more candidates inside the five boroughs; they are not listed here, because the city's own page is the place that counts them.
2. Sixty-nine candidates outside the six cities remain unresolved. Forty-nine load and never mention e-bikes for sale, 19 publish no working website, and one could not be read at all: Valley Stream Bicycle in Lynbrook, whose server refused every route tried (plain fetch, our own browser, a reader proxy and the Wayback Machine). None is counted as an absence; each is a lead for a phone call.
3. Named and not counted: 16 permanently and 6 temporarily closed storefronts, 2 that moved, 1 rental-only and 1 service-only business, 1 store whose site refuses e-bike work, 1 duplicate, 1 business that is not a bicycle store, 1 maker listing with no storefront found, and 2 junk entries from the map data.
4. One conflict is held out. Hamptons Adventure Company in Amagansett carries a "Sales" tag on Velotric's dealer map, but its own site offers only e-bike tours and rentals. It is not counted until it says it sells.
5. Distances are straight-line from the Census Bureau's 2024 Gazetteer point for each place, never driving distance.
6. Eleven listings take their street from a second source, because the map or roster entry carried none or a broken one. Eight come from the Google Maps listing matched to the store by phone or street number; Tom's Pro Bike in Victor, PV Bicycle Shop and Bert's Bikes & Fitness in Hamburg come from their own websites. RV&E Bike and Skate in Canandaigua takes only its ZIP code from its Google Maps listing.
7. Demand evidence. The questions this page answers come from Google and Bing autocomplete, the headings of eight directory pages that AI engines cite for New York shop searches, and 40 answers from three AI engines, read logged out and saved raw. Google's results page and its AI Mode answered with a traffic check and could not be read.
8. No search-volume figure appears on this page. No keyword pricing was run for this topic.
9. The cover is a generated scene. The bridge was checked against public-domain photographs and the National Park Service's engineering record before generation; see the image credit below.
10. The publisher sells electric bikes. Redtail sells online and has no commercial relationship with any shop listed. The listings carry no ranking, no sponsored placement and no preference for brands Redtail stocks.

When this page expires. It is re-checked, and its numbers can change, when any of these happen: a listed shop closes, moves or stops selling e-bikes; the Legislature amends VTL § 102-c, § 1242 or § 1238 or General Business Law § 495-a; S.1047 or another rebate bill passes; one of the six city pages changes its count; or the Census Bureau publishes a new vintage of estimates. If you spot one of those first, email sales@redtailebikes.com.

Source register

No T4 source is relied on for any statement of rule, and no T5 source appears on this page.

Primary sources

1. New York State Senate, Vehicle and Traffic Law § 102-c, Bicycle with electric assist — nysenate.gov. Retrieved October 5, 2026.
2. New York State Senate, Vehicle and Traffic Law § 125, Motor vehicles — nysenate.gov. Retrieved October 5, 2026.
3. New York State Senate, Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1238 — nysenate.gov. Retrieved October 5, 2026.
4. New York State Senate, Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1242, Additional provisions applicable to bicycles with electric assist — nysenate.gov. Retrieved October 5, 2026.
5. New York State Senate, General Business Law § 495-a, Sale of lithium-ion batteries — nysenate.gov. Retrieved October 6, 2026.
6. New York State Senate, S.1047 (2025-2026), the Ride Clean Rebate — nysenate.gov. Retrieved October 6, 2026.
7. NYSERDA, Drive Clean Rebate for Electric Cars — archived copy of September 11, 2026; the live page could not be read on October 6, 2026. Retrieved October 6, 2026.
8. New York State DMV, Electric scooters and bicycles and other unregistered vehicles — dmv.ny.gov. Retrieved October 5, 2026.
9. Office of the New York State Attorney General, Consumer alert on e-bike and e-scooter safety requirements, July 31, 2026 — ag.ny.gov. Retrieved October 5, 2026.
10. U.S. Census Bureau, City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2024 (SUB-EST2024) — census.gov, and the 2024 Gazetteer files. Retrieved October 5 and 6, 2026.
11. New York State, Regional Economic Development Councils, the ten regions and their counties — regionalcouncils.ny.gov. Retrieved October 6, 2026.
12. New York State Parks, Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park — parks.ny.gov. Retrieved October 6, 2026.
13. OpenStreetMap contributors, bicycle shops within New York State, via the Overpass API. Retrieved October 6, 2026. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
14. Makers' dealer locators, read whole for New York on October 6, 2026: Aventon, Bosch, Giant, Specialized, Trek and Velotric.
15. Google Maps listings, 197 read on October 6, 2026 for open, temporarily closed or permanently closed status.
16. Individual shop websites, one per entry; each URL, retrieval date and the sentence that evidences it are recorded in content/articles/ebike-shops-new-york/citations.csv.

Image credit: the cover scene was generated with Nano Banana Pro on Playcut. Walkway Over the Hudson was checked against Jack E. Boucher's 1978 photograph for the Historic American Engineering Record (public domain), the engineering record's data pages, and two public-domain 2009 photographs of the walkway deck on Wikimedia Commons.