Park Avenue Closed on Three Saturdays in August for Summer Streets

Park Avenue is about to get really fun for pedestrians and a headache and a half for drivers.

On three Saturdays this August — the 6th, 13th and 20th — the city will close 6.9 miles of Park Avenue to car traffic for pedestrians, bikers, food, fairs and fun. Park Avenue will be closed from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. on those Saturdays from the Brooklyn Bridge to Central Park.

The city recommends for businesses working near or along the route to reschedule deliveries and pick-ups on Friday at or after 2 p.m. on the Summer Street days. And plan ahead for parking: There'll be no parking allowed along the route beginning at 11 p.m. the night before each event through 2 p.m during the day of the event. Parking garages on side streets will be open, though.

Here's the traffic information:

Streets that will remain open to cars throughout Summer Streets:
• Chambers St.
• Reade St.
• Worth St.
• Leonard St.
• Canal St.
• Broome St.
• Houston St.
• East 8th St.
• East 9th St.
• 14th St.
• 23rd St.
• 30th St.
• 34th St.
• 35th St.
• 36th St.
• 37th St.
• 41st St.
• 42nd St.
• 45th St.
• 49th St.
• 50th St.
• 54th St.
• 57th St.
• 59th St.
• 60th St.
• 65th St.
• 66th St.
• 72nd St. (Westbound Only)

Avenues crossing 72nd Street to remain open to cars:

Park Avenue (north of 72nd Street), Madison Avenue, 5th Avenue

Brooklyn Bridge Traffic Changes
• Vehicles going to Manhattan: Motorists will be diverted from Centre Street Exit to either FDR drive or the
Park Row South Exits.
• Vehicles going to Brooklyn: All entrances to the Brooklyn Bridge will be accessible including Chambers
Street, Park Row North, Pearl Street and the FDR Drive.

Transit Changes

• Buses will be rerouted along the Summer Streets route, which will be posted to mta.info.

Here's the city's map:

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