Summer Streets NYC is an annual celebration of the best part of New York City ~ the streets of New York. It opens over 400 blocks of car-free streets across all five boroughs on various Saturdays in July and August. There are art installations, plus family entertainment, food, and crafts at rest stops along the routes. It’s rain or shine.
Summer Streets NYC 2025
Queens
Summer Streets Queens is a pedestrian street fair on Vernon Blvd, from 44th Drive to 30th Drive, with rest stops at 30th Drive and 41st Avenue; in Long Island City and Astoria, Queens; on Saturday, July 26, 2025, from 7am – 3pm. FREE 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇲🇽 🇵🇷🗽
There are performances and programming by:
- Manhattan Samba, Brazilian samba 🇧🇷
- Fogo Azul, Brazilian women’s drum line 🇧🇷
- Grupo Nacional de Colombia, crafts and cumbia 🇨🇴
- Teatro SEA, Puerto Rican and Pan-Latin puppet making and show 🇵🇷
- Viva Vallenato!, Colombian vallenato 🇨🇴
Staten Island
Summer Streets Staten Island is a pedestrian street fair on Forest Avenue, from Broadway to Bard Ave, with a rest stop at Elizabeth Street; on Saturday, July 26, 2025, from 7am – 3pm. FREE 🗽
There are performances and programming by:
- Ballet Guadalupano, Mexican ballet 🇲🇽
- Staten Island Puerto Rican Neighbors, Boricua dance 🇵🇷
- La Tractiva, Mexican banda 🇲🇽
Manhattan
Summer Streets Manhattan is a pedestrian street fair from the Brooklyn Bridge to Dyckman Street, along Lafayette Street and Park Avenue to 110th Street, across 110th to Broadway, and up to Dyckman. The Harlem rest stop features performances and activities on Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd, from 110th to 125th St. It’s on Saturdays, August 2, 9, and 16, 2025, from 7am – 3pm. FREE 🗽
The Bronx
Summer Streets The Bronx is a pedestrian street fair on Grand Concourse, from East Tremont Ave to Mosholu Parkway; on Saturday, August 23, 2025, from 7am – 3pm. FREE 🗽
Brooklyn
Summer Streets Brooklyn is a pedestrian street fair on Eastern Parkway, from Grand Army Plaza to Buffalo Ave; on Saturday, August 23, 2025, from 7am – 3pm. FREE 🗽
Summer Streets NYC
Summer Streets NYC started in 2008. It was inspired by Bogotá, Colombia’s Ciclovía street festival that started in 1974.
Even if you’ve driven or walked the sidewalks on those streets, you get a very different perspective walking down the middle of the street. And the quiet is spectacular. The family activities and entertainment at rest stops on the routes are wonderful too.