MAYOR DE BLASIO SURPASSES OPEN STREETS TARGET, ANNOUNCES 13 MORE MILES OF STREETS TO BE OPENED BY MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND

New York City offers most open streets of any American city; exceeds 40-mile target by end of May

Open Streets will be visible on Google Maps

  Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today that New York City will open 13 more miles of streets to pedestrians and cyclists for the Memorial Day weekend starting tomorrow, May 23rd. The new locations bring New York City's total to 43 miles of open streets since the program was first announced in April, surpassing its original target of 40 miles by the end of May.

Google has added the previous 30 miles of Open Streets into Google Maps, allowing drivers using online navigation to steer clear of these streets; today’s new Open Streets will be added to Google Maps in the coming days.

New York City now has more miles of open streets than any other city in America.

“New Yorkers deserve space to safely enjoy the outdoors in their own neighborhoods,” said Mayor Bill de Blasio. “Thanks to hard work from a host of City agencies, we’ve beaten our Open Streets goal for this month – and made our city a national leader in expanding public space as we fight COVID-19.”

“As we reach a pivotal milestone in our Open Streets program, it has been heartening to see the positive responses from communities and New Yorkers across the City as they enjoy these open spaces safely,” said Deputy Mayor Laura Anglin. “We will continue to work with our local partners, elected officials, BIDS, and countless City agencies, to further identify streets and neighborhoods to help New Yorkers get outside while maintaining social distancing.”

Nearly nine miles of the new Open Streets will be placed in neighborhoods across the city and managed by local precincts; 1.8 miles will be managed by local partners; and another 2.7 miles will be adjacent to parks.

Local Partner Management

Partner                     Boro  Street      From             To    Mileage

Red Hook Initiative  BK   9th St    Henry St   Hicks St      0.08  

 9a-6p Sat

Village Alliance      MN University Pl. 13th St - 4th St     0.41

8:30a-1:30p Sun

Village Alliance    MN  MacDougal     4th St - 8th St      0.15

8:30a-1:30p Sun

Hudson Sq BID   MN Greenwich St   Canal - Spring      0.08

10a-4p all days

Alliance for 

Downtown NY   MN  Pearl St         State St - Cedar St  0.46

11a-3p all days

Chinatown District MN Doyers St  Pell St - Bowery     0.05

10a-7p all days

Alliance for 

Kips Bay       MN 2nd Ave Service Rd 33rd - 30th St   0.13

8a-8p all days

Bedford Stuyvesant 

Gateway BID  BK  Arlington Pl  Macon - Fulton St   0.07

Thurs 10-2p

Times Square 

Alliance      MN   Broadway      47th St -  53rd St      0.30

8a-8p all days

Times Square 

Alliance     MN   Broadway     42nd St - 41st St        0.05

8a-8p all days

Total mileage                     1.78

Local Precinct Management

Neighborhood  Boro     Street         From          To        Mileage

Bed-Stuy	BK	Somers St	Rockaway Ave	Fulton St	0.11
Williamsburg	BK	S 9th St	Berry St	Driggs Ave	0.17
Williamsburg	BK	Grand St	Roebling St	Marcy Ave	0.16
Prospect Heights	BK	Underhill Ave	St. Johns Pl	Bergen St	0.32
Prospect Heights	BK	Carlton Ave	Park Pl	Bergen St	0.18
South  Richmond Hill	QN	120th St	94th Ave	Liberty Ave	0.53
Greenwich Village	MN	Jones St	Bleecker St	W 4th St	0.09
East Village	MN	Ave B	6th St	14th St	0.39
Manhattan Valley	MN	103rd St	Broadway	Riverside Dr	0.16
Chelsea	MN	22nd St	8th Ave	7th Ave	0.16
Gramercy	MN	Irving Place	16th St	20th St	0.18
Kensington	BK	Chester Ave	Ft. Hamilton Parkway	Church Ave	0.32
Fort Greene	BK	Willoughby Ave	Washington Park St	Hall St	0.41
Crown  Heights	BK	Park Pl	New York Ave	Kingston Ave	0.29
Crown  Heights	BK	Troy Ave	St. Johns Pl	Eastern Parkway	0.10
Rego Park	QN	99th St	Horace Harding	66th Ave	0.52
Sunnyside	QN	50th Ave	48th St	44th St	0.19
Forest Hills	QN	66th Rd	110th St	Grand Central Pkwy	0.15
Prospect  Heights	BK	Lincoln Pl	Washington St	Bedford Ave	0.41
Bed-Stuy	BK	Macon St	Arlington Pl	Tompkins Ave	0.40
Boerum Hill	BK	State St	3rd Ave	Smith St	0.50
Homecrest	BK	16th St	Ave R	Moore Pl	0.11
		Moore Pl	16th St	17th St
Brooklyn  Heights	BK	Willow St	Middagh St	Pierrepont St	0.33
Seaport	MN	Front St	Beekman St	Peck Slip	0.08
Harlem	MN	117th	Morningside Ave	5th Ave	0.70

Chelsea	MN	21st St	9th Ave	10th Ave	0.16
Hells Kitchen	MN	51st St	9th Ave	10th Ave	0.16
Harlem	MN	138th	Lenox Ave	Adam Clayton Powell Blvd	0.15
Williamsburg	BK	N. 3rd St	Kent Ave	Metropolitan Ave	0.32
Brownsville	BK	Williams Ave	Liberty Ave	Atlantic Ave	0.11
Castle Hill	BX	Pugsley	Bruckner Blvd	Turnbull Ave	0.20
Maspeth	QN	60th Street	Laurel Hill Blvd	47th Ave	0.12
Forest Hills	QN	Ascan Ave	Queens Blvd	Austin St	0.07
Park Slope	BK	Butler St	Gregory Pl	4th Ave	0.14
		Gregory Pl	Baltic St	Butler St
Bay Ridge	BK	Colonial Rd	86th St	83rd St	0.16
Jamaica	QN	107th Ave	159th St	160th St	0.03
Jamaica	QN	108th Ave	159th St	160th St	0.03
Jamaica	QN	159th St	108th Ave	109th Ave	0.12
Jamaic	QN	109th Ave	159th St	160th St	0.03

Total mileage

8.76

Adjacent Park Roads Park Boro Street From To Mileage Hunters Pt QN Center Blvd 57th Ave Borden Ave 0.23 Green Central Knoll Park BK Noll St Evergreen Ave Central Ave 0.09 Plaut Triangle QN 169th St Northern Blvd 43rd Ave 0.03 Gorman Playground QN 85th Street 25th Ave 30th Ave 0.13 Nicholas Naquan Heyward Park BK Wyckoff St Bond St Hoyt St 0.12 Charles Young Playground MN 143rd St Malcolm X Blvd 5th Ave 0.16 Stuyvesant Sq Park MN Rutherford Pl 15th St 17th St 0.09 16th Street 3rd Ave Rutherford Pl 0.08 Morningside Park MN Morningside Ave Manhattan Ave 116th 0.16 Yellowstone Park QN 68th Rd 108th St Yellowstone Blvd 0.10 Painter's Playground QN Dieterle Crescent Alderton St 65th Dr 0.13 Carroll Park BK Carroll St Court St Smith St 0.10 McGolrick Park BK Russell St Nassau Ave Driggs Ave 0.17 Betsy Head Park BK Dumont Ave Thomas Boyland St Strauss St 0.14 Baisley Pond Park QN Barron St 116th Ave  Foch Blvd 0.13 Lakeview Blvd E 118th Ave 122nd Ave 0.34 155th St 119th Ave 125th Ave 0.32 Lakeview lane 122nd Ave Baisley Blvd 0.12 122nd Ave Lakeview Blvd E Lakeview Ln 0.08 Total mileage 2.72

In April, the Mayor and Council Speaker Corey Johnson announced that 40 miles of streets citywide would be opened by the end of May to allow greater social distancing, with a plan to expand to a total of 100 miles in the weeks and months ahead.

Under Open Streets, pedestrians and cyclists can use the roadbed of each street. No through traffic is permitted, with remaining vehicle traffic limited to local deliveries, pick-ups/drop-offs, necessary city service, utility, and emergency vehicles only. Such drivers are alerted to be hyper-vigilant and to drive at 5 MPH along these routes. Open streets hours will be from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM but may vary slightly depending on staff availability.

The City has also begun installing 9 miles of additional temporary dedicated cycling space, building on this March's addition of lanes on a section of Manhattan's 2nd Avenue and on Smith Street in Brooklyn. This week, crews began work on lower Broadway in Manhattan, 38th and 39th Streets in Manhattan, Crescent Street in Queens and Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn. These temporary projects, which use barrels, signage, and other barriers, may be phased into permanent bike lanes as city resources come back online and as DOT gathers additional feedback from affected community boards and elected officials.

“As the beautiful spring weather arrives, we invite New Yorkers to now safely enjoy over 40 miles of Open Streets and new bike lanes in neighborhoods across the city, including Brownsville, Brooklyn, Jamaica, Queens, and Castle Hill in the Bronx,” said NYC DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg. “We thank the NYPD and our sister agencies, BIDs and community groups as well as elected officials who have together helped us reach this point. We have more miles to come and continue to call on other neighborhoods that want an Open Street to let us know, even if you don’t have a formal community partner.”