It is the opportunity to enjoy some streets, normally used by cars, to walk, jog, ride a bicycle and play on them.
Summer Streets, organized by the Mayor’s Office and its Transportation Department, held its second day, this time in Manhattan, with various activities for everyone.
“Dedicated miles, cultural, educational diversity, opportunities for cyclists to ride their bikes. CITI Bike free, it was Saturday, it is today and it would also be the other three Saturdays we have left. Today is Manhattan, and we come to tell the residents of Manhattan, of New York, the visitors that what Summer Streets used to be from the Brooklyn Bridge to 79, today we reached the heart of Harlem at 125 a.m. Clayton Powell Jr.,” says Ydanis Rodríguez, the city’s Transportation Commissioner.
Summer Streets Saturdays run through August 26 and are from 7am to 1pm.
This initiative was created since 2008, this time around 20 miles free of cars.
Another novelty is that the program is present in the 5 boroughs of New York, the first weekend began in Staten Island and Queens, this and the following two weekends are here in Manhattan and the last two Saturdays of Summer Streets will be in Brooklyn and the Bronx, respectively.
All activities are free and include sports such as volleyball, contests, water and food stations, among others.
Arismeidy Ureña Díaz, volleyball player indicates:
“It means a lot because we come here to have fun between teams.”
Yvonne Ortega adds:
“When you come to New York, it’s on the run. There are many people walking, watching the traffic, and sometimes you want to stop to take a picture, you can’t, the cars are waiting, you have to cross. This is the opportunity to take the time to see what is around you that no one normally takes.”
“One now, when you reach this age when you are using medicines and going to the doctor and all that and the first thing the doctor tells you is that you do walk or exercise and when I go for a walk or ride a bike I stay in shape” adds Ortega.
The program has been so well received that there are those who want to see it in their own neighborhood:
“We truly know that this New York community needs this type of recreation, which is Summer Streets. You have to take it to Washington Heights too!” exclaims Ramón Rodríguez, a resident of the area.
2023-08-05 23:40:00
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