NYC Summer Streets Is Back Tomorrow. Here's the Full List of No-Gos for Cars

New York City’s longstanding tradition of making some streets car-free for a number of weeks each summer is back.

It’s called Summer Streets and for those unfamiliar, we get to enjoy them for two more Saturdays, Aug. 13 and 20. On those days only, from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. you can ride your bicycle, with your entire family or no one in tow, from the Brooklyn Bridge all the way up to 109th Street in East Harlem without having to worry about Manhattan traffic impairing your ride or your person.

No, you can’t choose any uptown street. But you do have options — Lafayette Street and Park Avenue. It’s quite a sight to see the otherwise intensely busy 8-mile stretch of Manhattan turned into an 8-mile-long park for people to play, run, walk and bike, even if it’s only for half a day. Learn more about Summer Streets and see the full list of street closures below.

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Which Streets Close for Summer Streets in Manhattan?

Cars are banned here during the Summer Street hours:

• Centre Street between Brooklyn Bridge exit and Reade Street  
• Lafayette Street between Reade Street and East10^th Street
• Kenmare Street between Lafayette Street and Cleveland Place
• Cleveland Place between Kenmare Street and Lafayette Street
• Cooper Square between Astor Place and 4^th Avenue
• 4^th Avenue between Astor Place and East15^th Street
• Union Square East between East 15^th Street and East 17^th Street
• Park Avenue South between East 17^th Street and East 32^nd Street
• Park Avenue between East 32^nd Street and East 109^th Street
• Viaduct between East 40^th Street and East 46^thStreet

Rest stops:

• Centre Street between Reade Street and Worth Street
• Astor Place between Broadway and 4^th Avenue
• 4^th Avenue between Astor Place and 9^th Street
• East 8^th Street between Broadway and 4^th Avenue
• East 26^th Street between Madison Avenue and Lexington Avenue
• East 27^th Street between Madison Avenue and Lexington Avenue
• East 51^st Street between Madison Avenue and Lexington Avenue
• East 81^st Street between Madison Avenue and Lexington Avenue
• East 109^th Street between Madison Avenue and Lexington Avenue

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