In Ozone Park, factory takes a ride with vets
Worksman Cycles builds bikes to benefit Wounded Warrior Project
In Ozone Park, factory takes a ride with vets 1
Worksman Cycles President Wayne Sosin, left, Army Sgt. Stephen Siwulec, Cpl. Timothy Strobel, Wounded Warrior Project cofounder Al Giordano and Bruce Weinreb, of Worksman Cycles, pose with the bicycles that an Ozone Park factory is making to benefit Wounded Warrior.
At Worksman Cycles, bikes for vets
Wayne Sosin, left, president of Worksman Cycles, explains how his company’s bikes are manufactured to retired Army Sgt. Stephen Siwulec, center, who served in Afghanistan, and retired Cpl. Timothy Strobel, who served in Iraq.
At Worksman Cycles, bikes for vets
Rajdai Ramhulas works on a tire rim.
At Worksman Cycles, bikes for vets
Roberto Combe stands by his work station, which is splashed with many of the bright colors he paints the bicycles.
At Worksman Cycles, bikes for vets
The Worksman Cycles factory is a maze of boxes of various bike parts, waiting to be shipped to places across the country.
At Worksman Cycles, bikes for vets
The Worksman Cycles factory is a maze of boxes of various bike parts, waiting to be shipped to places across the country.
At Worksman Cycles, bikes for vets
Rodgers Stephenson brazes a bicycle at Worksman Cycles, the country’s last bike manufacturer. The factory has been in Ozone Park since 1979, but has been in existence since 1898.
At Worksman Cycles, bikes for vets
Errol Barrett, who has been building bicycles for more than 40 years, brazes a bike frame at Worksman Cycles, which is housed in a building that once held a candle factory and is now solar powered.
At Worksman Cycles, bikes for vets
Bruce Weinreb, director of Worksman Cycles’ custom programs and special markets, shows off some of the bikes the company is selling to benefit the Wounded Warrior nonprofit.
At Worksman Cycles, bikes for vets
Worksman Cycles employees concentrate on their work at the Ozone Park factory.
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