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Eyes on the Street: NYC’s Car-Free Streets Season Gets Started

By Stephen Miller | Jun 17, 2013 | 6 Comments

On Saturday, ten blocks of the Bedford Avenue retail strip were closed to cars and open to people for Williamsburg Walks, one of the first neighborhood car-free events to partner with DOT’s Weekend Walks program. The street was full of people enjoying the sunny weather — at chairs and tables, listening to live music, playing games, […]

East Harlem Parks Report Recognizes Value of Livable Streets

By Stephen Miller | Nov 8, 2012 | 2 Comments

Because of its proximity to Central Park, you might be forgiven for assuming East Harlem has plenty of open space. But a new report from New Yorkers for Parks argues that the neighborhood is isolated from many of its parks by busy roads and other barriers. Streets and sidewalks, the group says, can play a crucial role […]

Trick or Treat in the Street

By Ben Fried | Nov 1, 2012 | 2 Comments

We interrupt our post-Sandy coverage to bring you these pictures from Halloween last night at the 78th Street Play Street in Jackson Heights. The Jackson Heights Green Alliance put on the event, “Trick or Treat in the Street,” and Streetfilms’ Clarence Eckerson sent over these photos. This is the kind of thing residents can do in the […]

Eyes on the Street: Summer Space Revisited

By Brad Aaron | Sep 26, 2012 | No Comments

Jeff Prant sent in this photo from last Sunday’s Summer Space, which just wrapped another season, on Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights. Click here for Jeff’s photos from the first day of the inaugural Summer Space, back in the summer of 2008. Were we ever so young?

Photos From Year Five of Summer Streets

By Ben Fried | Aug 6, 2012 | 6 Comments

Thanks to reader Jeff Prant for sending in these pics from the Midtown section of Saturday’s Summer Streets installment. I caught the tail end of the event, and turnout seemed as strong as ever. If the forecast holds, it looks like this Saturday will be less hot and muggy. Which is good, because I think […]

In Case You Missed It: Summer Streets Starts Tomorrow

By Brad Aaron | Aug 3, 2012 | 1 Comment

Remember way back in 2008, when New York’s inaugural Summer Streets dominated the news cycle? By the time August ’09 rolled around, even Fox was on board. With the first Saturday of its fifth season coming up tomorrow, Summer Streets is a lifestyle story — to the extent that it’s still considered news at all. […]

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