NY cycling

[flydhest]

Considering moving to NY. Office would be in midtown. Don't want a commute much past 1/2 hour, hopefully less. Negotiations will ensure that housing in that radius is affordable. The question is, within that radius, where to live to have best cycling.

Brooklyn on a subway line could do it, but would I be relegated to laps in Prospect Park?

Chelsea or Union Square, up the west side to go out 9W?

Please, discuss. Cycling matters but not enough to have a 45 to 90 minute commute and lose family time.

Thoughts?