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Sunday, August 3, 2025
Image: Wikimedia Commons/SWinxy.
On Saturday in Manhattan, miles of roadway were blocked off from car and vehicle traffic for Summer Streets, an annual program by the New York City Department of Transportation. For the first time, it was a continuous stretch of road from the Brooklyn Bridge to Washington Heights.
It was a vibrant display of the summertime city. Tens of thousands of New Yorkers came out throughout the day to parts of the route where programming was set up. At intervals along the trail were side streets also devoid of cars, each having something to do to encourage residents to socialize and hang out. Some had stages with live music and performances, and many others had arts and crafts tables. Some places along the route had water bottle refilling stations.
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On 144th St., in Hamilton Heights, a local banquet hall set up a softball batting cage. This reporter hit a majority of the balls thrown, an accomplishment for him. In Mitchel Square Park on 167th St., a Brooklyn game store set up Settlers of Catan, a game this reporter almost won. At the northern end of the path, in Anne Loftus Playground, part of Fort Tryon Park, bands with HONK NYC performed while children played in the wading pool.
New Yorkers cycled and ran parts of the route, and some others rollerbladed, scooted, or used other more niche forms of travel. It was a perfect day for it, too: the weather was in the mid-70s, not too windy, and the right amount of sun. Citizens seemed to be enjoying themselves.
Summer Streets will return along the same path on August 9 and 16, and to two small routes in Brooklyn and the Bronx on August 23.
