August 7, 2010
Summer Streets closes 6.9-mile stretch to cars for 3 days
Saturday Summer Streets begins today, with nearly 6.9 miles of streets from the Brooklyn Bridge to Central Park closing to traffic to make way for dumpster swimming pools, biking, jogging, street theater and other free events.
Expect to press the repeat button on Aug. 14 and 21.
The streets will open for the free-for-all from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The urban swimming pools — “clean, stylized Dumpster-style containers” donated by Macro-Sea — will be set up near the Grand Central Viaduct.
Resources: Architectural Highlights Along New York’s Summer Streets (Walking Off the Big Apple)
Weekend street closures list (NYC Dept of Transportation)
Map source: NYC DOT
Update: The schedule for Aug. 14 and 21 has been posted at the DOT.
August 7, 2010 4:15 AM in Cheap Stuff, Downtown, Midtown, Sports, Upper West Side
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