Summer Streets is a series of special days in New York City when certain streets are completely closed to traffic. This allows people to use entire streets for biking, jogging and walking.
There are also many interesting events along the way such as live music, giveaways of food and clothing, and even dance and yoga classes.
These are scenes from the event that took place on August 10th, 2024 along the Manhattan route, which stretches from Harlem 125th street all the way to Foley Square (near the Brooklyn Bridge) primarily via Park Avenue.
If you do the route as a loop, you will cover about 20 miles or 32 kilometers.
Next Saturday, August 17th, 2024, will be the final Manhattan event of the series, so if you haven’t gotten a chance to go yet, be sure you show up to enjoy this amazing experience!
If you are a tourist planning a trip to New York City, and you enjoy biking or jogging, maybe you can consider planning your vacation so that you can experience Summer Streets too.
The video above was filmed with a GoPro Hero 11 Black, stabilized with Gyroflow on certain clips (shaky scenes were left shaky on purpose), and edited in DaVinci Resolve.
I deeply wish my city could to this. It every weekend for the whole summer?
No, sadly in total it’s only five Saturdays from 7am to 3pm. One Saturday for Queens & Staten Island, three Saturdays in Manhattan, and one Saturday in the Bronx & Brooklyn. Official NYC website link: https://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/pedestrians/summerstreets.shtml