NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- The Department of Transportation announced Friday that they added over 20 streets to its Open Streets program across the five boroughs.
The city will expand the program by 21 blocks with over eighty of the partners operating or having car-free programming in place starting during this weekend’s vehicle-free Earth Day celebrations.
There will be 18 additional blocks added in Manhattan and Brooklyn to this year’s program. The majority of the new streets covered in Manhattan are in lower-income neighborhoods like East Harlem and Inwood.
The program was first launched in April 2020 during the height of the COVID pandemic as a way to make the city’s streets car-free.
“Open Streets was one of the few bright spots of the pandemic, and I am proud that we have found a way to support more streets in more diverse communities in every borough that can be part of this incredible and permanent program,” said Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez.
Streets added to the Open Streets program:
Manhattan:
- West 158th Street: Broadway to Amsterdam Avenue
- Forsyth Street: East Broadway to Division Street
- West 188th Street: Amsterdam Avenue to Audubon Avenue
- West 115th Street: St Nicholas Avenue to Lenox Avenue
- East 115th Street: Park Avenue to Park Avenue (5/28)*
- La Salle Street: Broadway to Claremont Avenue (4/28)
- West 196th Street: Broadway to Ellwood Street (4/25)
- East 115th Street: Pleasant Avenue to 1st Avenue (9/10)
-Brooklyn:
- Watkins Street: Street End to Belmont Avenue
- North 15 Street: Nassau Avenue to Banker Street
- South 1 Street: Berry Street to Wythe Avenue
- Buffalo Avenue: St Marks Avenue to Bergen Street (6/18)
- West 12 Street: Surf Avenue to Street End (5/21)
- Lewis Avenue: Fulton to Hancock Street (6/4)
- Graham Avenue: Scholes Street to Montrose Avenue (4/29)
- Chauncey Street: Howard Avenue to Saratoga Avenue (7/2)
- Benson Avenue: Bay 19 Street to 18th Avenue (7/11)
- Duffield St: Metrotech Center to Willoughby St (4/25)
Queens:
- Murdock Avenue: 180th Street to Street End
Bronx:
- Longfellow Avenue: Freeman Street to Jennings Street
- Kelly Street: East 163rd Street to Intervale Avenue (7/11)
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