Summer Streets

Summer Streets
Cyclists, runners and walkers on Park Avenue South during the 2017 Summer Streets event.
Statusactive
GenreOpen streets
Frequencyannual
Location(s)New York City
Coordinates40°45′23″N 73°58′28″W / 40.75639°N 73.97444°W / 40.75639; -73.97444
CountryUnited States
Years active15[1]
InauguratedAugust 9, 2008 (2008-08-09)[1]
Attendance300,000[2]
Organised byNew York City Department of Transportation
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata

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]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference NYT - On 3 Days in August, City Will Try No-Car Zone was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Hurubie Meko (August 4, 2022). "New York's Summer Streets Is Back. Here's What's Happening". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Wikidata Q123864129. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
  3. ^ a b Reed Albergotti (June 18, 2008). "Where the Streets Have No Cars". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Wikidata Q123863022. Retrieved December 16, 2023.

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