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NYC Adds 40 New Open Streets For Outdoor Dining, Extends Open Restaurants To October
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Ben Yakas
Published Jul 17, 2020
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Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Friday that 40 more streets in New York City will be converted into open streets for the city's Open Restaurants program. In addition, he also announced that the Open Restaurants initiative will be extended through October 31st.
"It's been such a great success... The Open Restaurants program has worked: it has brought back jobs, it has been safe, and we will extend this initiative," he said this morning. "We're now announcing 40 more blocks of Open Streets that will have dining Friday, Saturday and Sunday... starting immediately, this weekend."
The selected streets will be operational on Friday from 5-11 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from noon to 11 p.m. The 26 new locations, which include Chinatown, Forest Hills, Park Slope and more, bringing the citywide total to 47 participating streets. Earlier this month, the city launched the combination Open Restaurants/Open Streets initiative, saying it was a chance to "give maximum options to our restaurants" while indoor dining remains on hold. (Indoor dining will not return in Phase 4 next week, the mayor also confirmed today.)
So far, NYC has opened up over 67 miles of open streets in the last two months, the most in the country. The most recent expansion of the Open Streets program came in late June, when Mayor de Blasio announced that the city would restrict motorists from 23 more miles of open streets, including nine miles of temporary protected bike lanes.
Close to 7,000 restaurants have applied for permits to use sidewalk and curbside space for dining during the pandemic since the city announced that they could use outdoor space to reopen.
You can see the full list of new Open Restaurant streets, and who is managing them, below.
Open Restaurant Streets
The Bronx
Cedar Street: From W Fordham Road To Landing Rod (Organizer: Salsa Con Fuego) (Note: this location will open July 24th)
Brooklyn
Graham Ave: From Skillman Avenue to Conselyea Street (Organizer Concord Hill)
5th Ave: From 40th Street to 41st Street (Organizer Sunset Park BID)
5th Ave: From President Street to 3rd Street (Organizer Park Slope 5th Ave BID)
5th Ave: From 10th Street to 13th Street (Organizer Park Slope 5th Ave BID)
Manhattan
Jones Street: From Bleecker Street to W 4th Street (Organizer Blind Tiger)
Bleecker Street: From Mott Street to Bowery (Organizer Von Design Ltd)
MacDougal Street: W 8th Street to W 3rd Street (Organizer MacDougal Merchants Association)
Dyckman Street: From Broadway to Seaman Avenue (Organizer Sushi Vida)
Spring Street: From 6th Avenue to Thompson Street (Organizer St Tropez Soho, LLC)
W 8th Street: From 5th Avenue to 6th Avenue (Organizer Village Alliance)
E 32nd Street: From 5th Avenue to Madison Avenue (Organizer Hangawi Restaurant)
Pearl Street: From Broad Street to Hanover Square (Organizer Alliance for Downtown NY)
Pine Street: From William Street to Pearl Street (Organizer Alliance for Downtown NY)
E 20th Street: From Park Avenue to Broadway (Organizer Rezdora)
Rivington Street: From Essex Street to Norfolk Street (Organizer Rivington East Merchants Association)
Lafayette Street: From Spring Street to Kenmare Street (Organizer Osteria Morini)
E 7th Street: From Avenue A to 1st Avenue (Organizer Derossi Global)
St Marks Place: From 3rd Avenue to 2nd Avenue (Organizer Village Alliance)
Avenue B: From E 2nd Street to E 3rd Street (Organizer The Hairy Lemon)
W 22nd Street: From 5th Avenue to 6th Avenue (Organizer Flatiron 23rd St Partnership)
Canal Street: From Orchard Street to Essex Street (Organizer Cervo's)
Christopher Street: From Waverly Place to 7th Avenue South (Organizer Kettle of Fish)
Queens
70th Road: From Austin Street to Queens Boulevard (Organizer Forest Hills Chamber of Commerce)
Austin Street: From 72nd Avenue to 72nd Road (Organizer Forest Hills Chamber of Commerce)
Woodside Avenue: From 76th Street to 78th Street (Organizer Thai Community USA)
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Ben Yakas
Ben Yakas is a former Gothamist reporter.
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