This year’s ‘Summer Streets’ will run length of Manhattan, with car-free corridor from Brooklyn Bridge to Inwood

More than 22 miles of car-free streets will open to New Yorkers for outdoor recreation and summer fun starting this month. On Tuesday, Mayor Eric Adams announced the city’s largest ever “Summer Streets” program, which will dedicate select roadways across all five boroughs to pedestrians and cyclists from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. on five consecutive Saturdays, from July 26 through August 23. Notably, for the first time, Summer Streets will run the length of Manhattan, offering car-free streets from the Brooklyn Bridge to Dyckman Street in Inwood.

“New York City’s largest public space is our streets, and when summer finally arrives, we want New Yorkers to be out in the streets — walking, biking, dancing, and connecting with our neighbors,” DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez said.

“Summer Streets captures that excitement by activating our streets and transforming them into public spaces that reflect the energy and diversity of our communities. The Adams administration continues to deliver Summer Streets each year because accessible public spaces are essential for everyone.”

Last year’s Summer Streets returned with expanded hours, extending street closures by two hours, from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. It also marked the first time Grand Central Terminal participated in the program, hosting “The Grand Lawn” at 40th Street and Park Avenue on August 10 and 17.

The 2023 program doubled in size compared to the year before, offering about 20 miles of car-free streets in all five boroughs. In 2022, the program extended to East Harlem for the first time, reaching East 109th Street. In 2023, it extended further to West 25th Street.

This year’s program will also feature two free community races, hosted in partnership with New York Road Runners (NYRR). Part of NYRR’s new Start Line Series and designed for beginner athletes, the pilot events will debut in Queens and Brooklyn on July 26 and August 23. Registration opens later this month.

In addition to the races, Summer Streets will feature a variety of public art installations presented along the car-free corridors. Earlier this year, the DOT’s Art program issued an open call and selected two projects to appear as one-day activations at rest stops along the route.

“Friends and Follies” by Mookntaka—playful inflatable sculptures that promote interaction and movement—will appear in the Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island. In Manhattan, “Collective Bloom” by Acrylicize, an interactive sculpture, aims to “harness human energy to initiate change.”

DOT has also selected two additional artists—Yuke Li and Tou Yia Xiong—through a separate open call to design this year’s NYC Art Stop Letters, which will be installed at rest stops in all five boroughs.

Through a partnership with Lyft and Citi, Citi Bike will offer free 24-hour day passes for classic bikes using the code LYFTSUMMER25 in the Daypass tab of the Citi Bike app.

WABC-TV will be the official media sponsor of Summer Streets, along with ALOHA Protein Bars, Brooklyn FC, C4 Performance Energy, Chamber of Mothers, Coca-Cola, Grand Central Terminal, MUSH, Remitly, RYZE, siggis, Stonyfield, and Yerba Madre, according to a press release.

The 2025 Summer Streets will operate from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the following locations:

Saturday, July 26

Queens: Vernon Boulevard, from 44th Drive to 30th Road.

Staten Island: Forest Avenue, from Broadway to Bard Avenue—a brand-new route.

Saturday, August 2, 9, and 16

Manhattan: From the Brooklyn Bridge to Dyckman Street in Inwood. The route will travel along Lafayette Street and Park Avenue up to 110th Street, then continue west on 110th to Broadway and head north to Dyckman Street. A special rest stop in Harlem will be located on Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard between 110th and 125th Streets.

Saturday, August 23

Bronx: Grand Concourse, from East Tremont Avenue to Mosholu Parkway.

Brooklyn: Eastern Parkway, from Grand Army Plaza to Buffalo Avenue.

Summer Streets is part of Adams’ “We Outside Summer” initiative, which aims to offer New Yorkers a safe and fun summer season through events, investments, and new city-wide programming.

“This summer, ‘We Outside,’ and we’re bringing everyone with us. From the Brooklyn Bridge to Inwood — and across all five boroughs — New Yorkers will have more space than ever to walk, bike, run, and connect with their neighbors in their communities at our Summer Streets events,” Adams said.

“Our administration is working every day to improve quality of life in the city, expand access to public spaces, and to give New Yorkers the safe and enjoyable summer they want and deserve. We’re not just opening streets this summer, we’re opening opportunities for a more vibrant, inclusive, and active city on 22 miles of car-free streets.”

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