On April 10, dozens of friends, family and co-workers of Megan Charlop gathered with their bicycles in front of the Bronx Museum of History (Valentine-Varian House) on Bainbridge Avenue. The group cycled with a police escort to Crotona Avenue at the corner of East Tremont Avenue where Charlop was killed by a bus while riding her bike on March 17.

A white “ghost bike” (pictured) was dedicated to Charlop and it was chained to a pole near the site of the accident. Several people spoke briefly and emotionally about Charlop, a beloved Norwood resident and mother of four who made children’s health her life’s work. She was director of community health at Montefiore’s School Health Program at the time of her death. Later, many of those gathered, including her children, placed flowers in the wheel spokes, handlebars and other parts of the bike. To close the event, riders lifted their bicycles over their heads — a tradition known as a “bike lift” — in tribute.

The memorial event was organized by the cycling and pedestrian advocacy group Transportation Alternatives and Montefiore’s School Health Program.