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PSA: Tomorrow is the first of three Summer Streets days in Manhattan. From the Brooklyn Bridge to 72nd street, Park Avenue and Lafayette Street is closed to automobiles, making them a giant roadway for runners, bikers, skaters, and walkers. This is perhaps my favorite public event in NYC. If you’re not into exercising, there’s plenty of other activities and free food to partake in. Here’s a bunch of photos I took last year.
Summer Streets on Flickr.
8 Spruce Street, Gehry’s new tower on Flickr.
Union Square Farmers Market on Flickr.
Bicycling across Brooklyn Bridge on Flickr.
Park Avenue around Grand Central; Summer Streets on Flickr.
It’ll probably rain, but Summer Streets is happening one more time this Saturday
I don’t what it costs to close off 5 miles of Manhattan streets to vehicle traffic and staff every corner with what looked like at least 5 NYPD officers. But it was worth it for anyone who got up on Saturday and took part in the New York Summer Streets on this perfect weather weekend. Really, it was probably the best one-day public event I’ve ever attended in the city – no lines, free, beautiful views – and I don’t even like running that much.
Summer Streets happens one more weekend: August 20. Look at the route map on the official site.
Here are some photos from this past Saturday, starting from the Brooklyn Bridge and going north until 72nd Street. You can see my entire photo set on Flickr.
Some joggers and bikers started the route on the Brooklyn Bridge
There were other workout stations scattered throughout the route, including this yoga lesson near the federal courthouse.
Not everything was workout related, including this sand sculpture station near the courthouse.
Near Foley Square
Canal and Lafayette Streets, one of the few intersections in which east-west traffic is allowed to cross.
Houston and Lafayette Streets
Astor Place
Near the Union Square Farmers Market
City Picnic on 24th Street; Whole Foods and other sponsors gave out free smoothie, apple sauce, and sorbet samples.
Near 34th Street, facing south. I guess growing up in New York means learning how to bike by putting on the training wheels on Park Avenue.
I don’t think this bridge over Pershing Square facing Grand Central normally has pedestrian access, so this was especially cool.
Park Avenue splits around Grand Central; again, doesn’t seem like there’s pedestrian access here normally.
Park Ave. past Grand Central
Leaving Grand Central
53rd Street
Midtown, facing south
This is where the route ends at 72nd St. and loops back to the south. For those of us who can’t get into the NYC Marathon through the usual means, this gave us a little taste of what it’s like to run through a wide avenue of Manhattan, sans the cheering.
Summer Streets happens one more weekend: August 20. Look at the route map on the official site.
You can see my entire photo set on Flickr.
Training Wheels down Park Ave and Midtown on Flickr.
I’ve always thought it’d be crazy to learn how to drive in NYC; some kids get to learn how to bike on Park Avenue
I took these photos of Park Avenue being emptied for the Summer Streets program while running with my Canon 5D2.
