Summer Streets | |
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![]() Cyclists, runners and walkers on Park Avenue South during the 2017 Summer Streets event. | |
Status | active |
Genre | Open streets |
Frequency | annual |
Location(s) | New York City |
Coordinates | 40°45′23″N 73°58′28″W / 40.75639°N 73.97444°W |
Country | United States |
Years active | 16[1] |
Inaugurated | August 9, 2008[1] |
Attendance | 300,000[2] |
Organised by | New York City Department of Transportation |
Website | Official website ![]() |
Summer Streets is an annual event organized during the month of August in the streets of New York City since 2008.[3] During the mornings of the first three Saturdays in August, 20 miles (32.2 km) of streets (including Park Avenue and Lafayette Street in Manhattan between 109th Street and Brooklyn Bridge) are open for walkers, runners, and cyclists and closed for motor vehicles.[3] The event attracted 300,000 people in 2022.[2]
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