Largest Ever Summer Streets, Unveils More Than 22 Miles of Car-Free Streets This Summer

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Record route with more than 22 miles of car free streets across
all 5 boroughs in July and August.
For first time New Yorkers can travel length of Manhattan from
Brooklyn Bridge to Inwood on a car free route.
Free local running and walking events debuting at Summer
Streets, the city's largest eversummer streets featuring more

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than 22 miles of car free streets and two free community
races in partnership with the nonprofit New York Rd.
Runners, NYRR was announced today.
For the first time ever, New Yorkers will also be able to
travel the length of Manhattan from the Brooklyn Bridge to
Inwood on a car free route with the largest ever expansion.

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Summer Streets will also return to the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens
and Staten Island, including a brand new route along Forest
Ave. on Staten Island. This year, over 22 miles of
Summer Streets corridors will beopen to pedestrians and cyclists
from 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM for fiveconsecutive Saturdays from July

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26th through August 23rd. As part of this year S expanded
programming, Dodd is partnering with NYRR to launch the NYRR
Start Line Series, a new initiative bringing free
community based run and walk events to summer streets geared
toward beginner athletes. The pilot series will debut with

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events in Queens and Brooklyn onSaturday, July 26th and on
Saturday, August 23rd. Registration for the NYRR Start
Line Series will open later thismonth.
In addition to the new races, Summer Streets will showcase a
range of engaging public art installations that activate the
corridors and celebrate the cityS creative spirit. dot Art

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released an open call earlier this year and selected 2
installations to be presented asone day activations at rest
stops along the Summer Streets routes.
Look and Take a S Friends and Follies Inflatable sculptures
will inspire spontaneous play inthe Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and
on Staten Island, and acrylicizeS new interactive sculpture

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Collective Bloom will harness human energy to initiate change
in Manhattan. 2 illustrators Yukli and Tio Yuyius Yong from a
separate open Call were commissioned to design this year
S NYC Art Stop Letters, which celebrate the vibrant
activations and fun of summer streets on display at rest stops

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in all boroughs through the support of Lift and City.
City Bike will offer free day passes for all riders on a
classic city bike for 24 hours. Riders can take advantage of the
offer by using the promo code Lift SUMMER 25 on the day pass
tab of the City Bike up. Saturday, July 26th.

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Queens and Staten Island Queens summer streets will run along
Vernon Blvd. from 44th Drive to 30th.
The program will allow users to enjoy the entire Queens
waterfront in Long Island City and Astoria.
Staten Island Summer Streets will run along Forest Ave. from

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Broadway to Bard Ave. marking a brand new route on Staten
Island. Saturday, August 2nd, August 9th
and August 16th. Manhattan.
Manhattan summer streets will run from the Brooklyn Bridge all
the way to Dickman Street and Inwood, marking the longest
Manhattan route in the program Shistory.

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The route will travel along Lafayette St. and Park Ave. up
to 110th St. continue West on 110th St. to Broadway and head
north to Dickman Street. A special Harlem rest stop will
activate Adam Clayton Powell Junior Blvd. from 110th St. to
125th St. offering programming and community engagement in the

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heart of Harlem. Saturday, August 23rd Bronx and
Brooklyn Bronx summer streets will run along Grand Concourse
from E Tremont Ave. to Marshall Loo Parkway.
This program will open a major car free corridor to people from
the West Bronx to the North Bronx.

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Brooklyn summer streets will runalong Eastern Parkway from Grand
Army Plaza to Buffalo Ave. It will connect Prospect Heights
and Brownsville along the same route as the Labor Day Caribbean
Day Parade, one of the city's most popular annual events.
WABCTV will serve as the official media sponsor of Summer

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Streets, along with sponsors Aloha Protein Bars, Brooklyn,
FCC 4, Performance Energy, Registered Chamber of Mothers,
Coca-Cola Grand Central TerminalRegistered Mush, Remitli, Ryze,
Sigis Stonyfield and Yerba Madre.