Trick-or-Streets

Trick-or-Streets returns for a fourth season in 2025! NYC DOT partners with Open Streets, plazas, and other corridors in October and on Halloween to add pedestrian space during one of the busiest nights of the year.

Trick-or-Streets logo featuring a jack-o-lantern in place of the O in Or.

This year, Trick-or-Streets will be a two-week long festival featuring Halloween- and harvest-themed events beginning on Friday, October 17 and continuing through Friday, October 31. NYC DOT will host car-free events for all ages and abilities across all five boroughs. Programming will include live music, fun activities, interactive performances, and more.

NYC DOT invites existing Open Streets partners, Plaza partners, and community-based organizations to express interest online to join Trick-or-Streets in 2025. The deadline to submit an expression of interest is Friday, August 29 at 5pm.

Día de Muertos is an annual event hosted by NYC DOT and the Mayor’s Office of Immigration Affairs (MOIA). As part of NYC DOT’s Open Streets program, this event is one of many taking place in the fall as part of the agency’s Trick-or-Streets celebration.

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NYC coordinates with local partners and other city agencies to make car-free spaces possible. Thanks to the NYC Street Activity Permit Office (SAPO), NYPD, and so many others.

  • A busy plaza with people watching dancers on a sunny fall day
    Kensington Plaza, Brooklyn
  • A crowd of people watches a circus performer on open street in Manhattan’s Chinatown
    Pell Street, Manhattan
  • A family in Halloween costumes poses for a photo with pumpkins on a street closed to traffic in the Bronx
    Decatur Avenue, Bronx
  • People walk and sit at tables and chairs with black, orange, red and yellow balloons setup on a street closed to traffic on Staten Island
    Castleton Avenue, Staten Island