Photo by myself at Park Avenue and 23rd Street, in the Flatiron District.
Is this a bike race about to start?
No, it's an event called 'Summer Streets' on select Saturdays this month. On August 6th, 13th and 20th, Park Avenue is closed through Manhattan, all the way to the Brooklyn Bridge. This is the fourth year of the event.
The result? Tons of people were running and cycling up and down Manhattan. The equivalent of 7 miles of roads were free of car traffic. We were lucky to have a gloriously sunny day.
Park Avenue is very wide, with traffic divided by a planted median strip. On Summer Street days, you can ride or run from East 72nd Street all the way to the Brooklyn Bridge. Above, cyclists waited patiently for pedestrians to cross.
For more about Summer Streets, click here.
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Sunday, August 7, 2011
Summer Streets, on Park Avenue South
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3 comments:
Great idea!
It's a great program. I'm going to check it out on the 20th.
I've always believed there is such a thing as a patient New Yorker! & here you have captured a bunch of them all together.
Seriously though, I wish I were riding my bike there too!
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