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This past Earth Day weekend, city officials unveiled the list of 2023 Open Streets, 160 locations that equal nearly 300 blocks in the fiv...

Since the spring of 2020 , the Avenue B Open Street has hosted a variety of free events, including art shows, musical performances, theate...

A scene from the Car Free Earth Day activities on Avenue B today... photo by Derek Berg ...

Several community groups and artists are coming together today for the Avenue B Winter Fest (which, given the temps in the high 50s today, m...

A scene from the LES Culture & Community Day on Avenue B today ... photo by Derek Berg ...

On the Open Streets of Avenue B today, featuring a Charlie Parker tribute and chalk art for kids ... photo by Derek Berg ...

On Thursday, City Council voted (39-8) to make the Open Streets program permanent — even after the pandemic.  The bill has moved on for appr...

Tomorrow (Saturday!), several community groups and artists are coming together for Open Culture, an afternoon "to lounge, listen to ...

Photos by Stacie Joy   On Sunday afternoon, more than two dozen local artists, designers and merchants came together for the Ave B Eco-Fr...

Local merchants and designers are teaming up today for the Ave B Eco-Friendly Fashion Show... it starts at 12:30 on Avenue B between 10th ...

The Loisaida Open Streets Community Coalition  is hosting two Zumba sessions this afternoon on Avenue B between Ninth Street and 10th Street...

Open Restaurants and Open Streets, two programs the city introduced last year during the pandemic, are the subject of a virtual town hal...

A moment from today's free zumba class on Avenue B courtesy of the Loisaida Open Streets Community Coalition   ... photo by Derek Ber...

And in news you likely read about yesterday,  Mayor de Blasio announced that the City's  Open Restaurants   program will be extended yea...

Mayor de Blasio announced yesterday that 40 city streets participating in the Open Restaurants program on weekends can now operate during ...

St. Mark's Place between Avenue A and First Avenue has been added to the list of the city streets closed off for dining on the weeken...

[ Photo last weekend by Vinny & O ] In an effort to improve access for the FDNY along Avenue B, the Loisaida Open Streets Community ...

[ Photo via @astorplacenyc ] As you may have seen, Mayor de Blasio yesterday extended the Open Restaurants program until the end of Octob...

Readers continue to note the sad state of the Open Street concept on Avenue B between Sixth Street and 14th Street. Since the last post on...

Since late May , Avenue B has been closed to through traffic from Sixth Street to 14th Street (from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.) ... as part of the c...