Summer Streets 2025 Car-Free Zone in Manhattan Extended to Inwood

Since the launch of New York City’s Summer Streets program in 2008 under former Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the program that originally offered pedestrians and cyclists a car-free zone in Manhattan on the first three Saturdays in August was expanded to include all five boroughs by operating on five consecutive Saturdays between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. from July 26 through August 23. Queens and Staten Island will kick off the season on July 26, followed by Manhattan over the next three Saturdays of August 2,9 and 16, while the Bronx and Brooklyn will close out the season on August 23. The original 6.9-mile route in Manhattan has been extended in recent years, and this year it will offer more than 22 miles that spans the entire length of borough from the Brooklyn Bridge in Manhattan to Dykman Street in Inwood. The New York City Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Art program will be coordinating public art installations along the route. Further efforts by the city to improve the quality of life is reflected in the May 2025 opening of the completed reconfiguration of the Queensboro Bridge which has improved pedestrian and cyclist access. The 11-foot-wide north outer roadway is now a dedicated bike lane, and the limited-use vehicle lane along the bridge’s south outer roadway was permanently converted to a pedestrian path, eliminating the formerly shared use path by pedestrians and cyclists — similar to upgrades made to the Brooklyn Bridge in 2021 and the George Washington Bridge in 2024. Over 10,000 users on foot or bike traverse the bridge on a daily basis – making it the second busiest East River bridge, resulting in increased congestion along the narrow pathway and safety concerns. The project is part of the city’s broader Vision Zero initiative to eliminate traffic fatalities.

Source:    https://www.6sqft.com/nyc-summer-streets-2025/

Source: https://qns.com/2025/05/queensboro-bridge-pedestrian-path-opens/