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Summer Streets, When Park Avenue Earns Its Name, Starts Tomorrow

By Noah Kazis | Aug 5, 2011 | 1 Comment

Get ready to stretch out your legs, New York City. The fourth annual Summer Streets starts tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. — the first of three car-free Saturdays on Park Avenue. Last year’s dumpster pools are gone, replaced with a climbing wall, sand sculptures and New York City sports legends. Sure to remain are crowds […]

Jackson Heights Play Street Open Extra Month, Could Become Permanent

By Noah Kazis | Jul 14, 2011 | 2 Comments

Jackson Heights’ 78th Street Play Street, a summertime street closure won in last year’s best feel-good story of grassroots activism, has been expanded from two months of car-free space to three this year. If all goes well in September, when the school year has started, some sort of year-round street closure should be in the […]

Franco, Starks and Sadik-Khan Launch NYC’s Summer of Car-Free Streets

By Ben Fried | Jun 28, 2011 | 4 Comments

Clarence put together these highlights from the morning presser with former Mets southpaw John Franco, all-time Knicks overachiever John Starks, and DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan announcing the 2011 season of Summer Streets and Weekend Walks. Said Brooklyn native Franco: “Events like this bring the city closer and makes everybody one big happy family.” Clarence also […]

Summer Streets 2011: Play Ball

By Noah Kazis | Jun 28, 2011 | 8 Comments

This August, Park Avenue will again be closed to motor vehicles for three Saturday mornings as part of the fourth annual Summer Streets event. The details are largely the same as in years past: The route will run for seven miles from 72nd Street south to Foley Square from 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. When […]

Missing Details Prevent CB Vote for Bay Ridge Summer Streets, for Now

By Noah Kazis | Jun 10, 2011 | 4 Comments

The traffic and transportation committee of Brooklyn CB 10 endorsed the concept of a weekend street closure along Bay Ridge’s Third Avenue Wednesday night, but due to a large number of unknowns, they held off on voting for the actual proposal. The elected officials supporting the Bay Ridge Summer Streets plan — State Senator Marty […]

Tonight: Public Hearing for Bay Ridge Summer Streets

By Brad Aaron | Jun 8, 2011 | 1 Comment

A quick note from Brooklyn Community Board 10 regarding a meeting set for 7:00 tonight: [The CB 10] Traffic & Transportation Committee will host a public hearing to discuss our elected officials’ suggestion to create a “Summer Streets Pedestrian Mall” along 3rd Avenue between 82nd and 92nd Streets on Friday evenings from 6:00 p.m. to […]

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