June 30, 2009
Car-free Summer Streets to return Aug. 8, 15 and 22
Almost 7 miles of Manhattan roads will be closed to traffic again this summer as Summer Streets will return August 8, 15 and 22 from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The 6.9-mile route will give way to bikers, skaters, walkers and others from the Brooklyn Bridge, up Lafayette/Centre Streets, along 4th Avenue and Park Avenue up to 72nd streets, map.
However, main cross-town streets will remain open to vehicles crossing the car-free zone.
“This is only its second year, but Summer Streets is already a New York tradition,” Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan said at the news conference announcing the dates.
In addition the city has creating 13 extra car-free street events in other neighborhoods in all five boroughs, ranging from one to seven blocks long. Here are the dates of the remaining dates for those events:
Image source: NYC Summer Streets website
Brooklyn
Williamsburg Walks – Bedford Avenue between North 4th and North 9th Streets
Saturday July 4 and 11th, noon to 9 p.m.
Summer Plazas, 5th Avenue between 48th and 52nd Streets
Sunday July 19, 26 and August 2, 11 a.m.to 6 p.m.
The Sunday Scene on Knickerbocker – Knickerbocker Avenue between Suydam and Starr streets
Sunday July 19, 26 and August 2, 11 a.m.to 5 p.m.
Pitkin Saturday Plazas – Pitkin Avenue between Strauss and Thomas Boyland streets
Saturday Sept. 12, 19, and 26, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Move About Myrtle – Myrtle Avenue between Clinton Street and Emerson Place
Sunday Sept. 6, 13, 20, and 27, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Montague Summer Space – Montague Street between Hicks and Clinton streets
Sunday Sept. 13, 20, and 27, 10 a.m.to 6 p.m.
Manhattan
Stanton Street Summer Sundays – Stanton Street between Allen and Orchard streets
Sunday Aug. 23 and 30 and Sept. 6 and 13, 1 p.m.to 6:30 p.m.
Queens
46th Street Weekend Walks – 46th Street between Queens Boulevard and Greenpoint Avenue, Saturdays in August, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Astoria Water Walk – Shore Boulevard between Astoria Park South and Ditmars Boulevard, Sunday Aug. 9, 16, and 23, 11 a.m.to 4 p.m.
Bronx
Bronx Summer Walks – 167th Street between Gerard and Cromwell Avenues
Saturday July 11, noon to 4 p.m.
Staten Island
Van Duzer Days – Van Duzer Street between Wright and Beach streets
Saturday Aug. 1, 8, 15 and 22, noon to 8 p.m.
June 30, 2009 12:17 PM in Cheap Stuff, Downtown, Kids, Maps, Midtown, Out of Manhattan, Sports, Transportology
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