NYC summer open streets are back, with a route spanning Manhattan's length
July 24, 2025, 1:01 p.m.
The car-free program returns this Saturday for five consecutive weekends, with locations in all five boroughs.
New York City’s car-free summer streets program is back, and this time officials say it’s bigger than ever.
For five consecutive Saturdays starting this weekend, the city will ban cars from more than 22 miles of total roadway across the five boroughs — opening streets up for a host of recreational activities from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. The closures begin in Queens and on Staten Island this Saturday.
And for the first time in the program’s history, a car-less stretch will run uninterrupted along the length of Manhattan, from the Brooklyn Bridge to Inwood, according to the city Department of Transportation. Those closures kick off Aug. 2 for three Saturdays in a row.
Brooklyn and the Bronx will round out the season with their open streets on Aug. 23.
“Summer Streets reimagines our public space as a shared resource, turning city streets into corridors of movement, culture and creativity,” Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez said in a statement.
Free activities in this year’s lineup include run-and-walk events sponsored by New York Road Runners, group bike rides from one end of Manhattan to the other, and interactive public art installations. Lyft will provide free Citi Bike day passes with the promo code “LYFTSUMMER25” on the app, according to transportation officials.
The full schedule of open streets is:
- July 26: Queens and Staten Island
- Queens: Vernon Boulevard from 44th to 30th drives
- Staten Island: Forest Avenue, from Broadway to Bard Avenue
- Aug. 2, 9, 16: Manhattan
- From the Brooklyn Bridge to Dyckman Street, along Lafayette Street and Park Avenue to 110th Street, across 110th to Broadway, and up to Dyckman Street
- In Harlem, there will be a rest stop on Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard from 110th to 125th streets with performances, wellness activities and other events.
- Aug. 23: The Bronx and Brooklyn
- The Bronx: Grand Concourse from East Tremont Avenue to Mosholu Parkway
- Brooklyn: Eastern Parkway from Grand Army Plaza to Buffalo Avenue