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Bikers, people on illegal mopeds spotted disrupting traffic in Manhattan and the Bronx

Bikers, illegal mopeds disrupt traffic in Manhattan and the Bronx
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NEW YORK -- Hundreds of bikers and people on illegal mopeds were seen disturbing traffic on the Upper West Side on Sunday afternoon.

Video shows them on Amsterdam Avenue at 98th Street, but CBS2 has learned they were spotted across the city, starting in Chelsea.

Police said the group also blocked traffic on the Willis Avenue Bridge in the Bronx.

People who work nearby described what they saw.

"They were stopping trucks, horses, pedestrians, walking," Avery Prince said. "There was a regular bike with one wheel. The front wheel was off. He was just wheeling it."

"They was not in the bike lane. They take the whole street. They take actually both way of the street. This is two-way street. The whole street was full of bike, so basically the car stopped until all these guys go by and it take them at least 10 minutes to go by," said Marcos Emad, manager at Chelsea Square Restaurant.

There were no reports of injuries or arrests.

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