Open Streets: Car-Free Earth Day

A colorful poster for Car-Free Earth Day with illustrations of indigenous people, a cityscape, people playing in a park, trees, flowers, and the Staten Island Ferry.

Saturday, April 22, 2023

10 am to 3 pm

Open Streets: Car-Free Earth Day is an annual car-free event hosted by NYC DOT. Programming is presented at signature locations citywide, to promote activism and education surrounding climate change, sustainability, and other relevant topics.

Through the support of Lyft, Citi Bike will offer free unlimited 30-minute rides on a classic Citi Bike on Open Streets: Car-Free Earth Day. All riders may take advantage of the offer by using the promo code CARFREE23 in the Citi Bike app.

Map

Map Summary

Signature Locations

Willis Avenue

East 147 Street to East 148 Street, Bronx

With Third Avenue Business Improvement District

Activities, Workshops and Presentations

Salsa Stories

Silver Shoes Dance

Horticultural Society of New York

Orisha Wholeness

511 Rideshare

NYC DOT Bike Unit

Get Women Cycling

Performances

Troutman Street

St. Nicholas Avenue to Irving Avenue, Brooklyn

With Bushwick Foundation for Artists and Merchants

Activities, Workshops and Presentations

Carter Van Pelt

Duane Harriot

Ayanna Heaven

L Train Brass Band

Dream Factory

Parks Wildlife

511 Rideshare

Empire Clean Cities

Clean Bushwick Initiative

Horticultural Society of New York

Performances

Dyckman Street

Broadway to La Marina, Manhattan

With Dyckman Gardens

Activities, Workshops and Presentations

Bameso USA

Uptown Soccer

Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation

Hudson River Community Sailing

511 Rideshare

Creative Art Works

Lyft/Citi Bike

NYC DOT Safety Education Helmet Fitting (10 am to 3 pm)

Parks Canoe/Kayak Club

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Collectives 4 Arts, Music, & Dance

Row New York

Go! Sports NYC

Mexican Coalition

Performances

St. Nicholas Avenue

West 181 Street to West 190 Street, Manhattan

With Washington Heights Business Improvement District

Activities, Workshops and Presentations

Riverstone Senior Life Services

Bike New York Learn to Ride (10:30 am to 12:30 pm and 1 pm to 3 pm)

Washington Heights BID

Jazz Power Initiative

Van Cortlandt Titans Youth Football Program, Inc.

Citizens' Climate Lobby

NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) Fleet

NYC DOT Bike Unit

Armory Foundation

Empire Clean Cities

Marching Cobras

Lotus Music and Dance

Fogo Azul

Collectives for Arts, Music, & Dance

Margaret V. Fitness

Iconos Kids, Inc.

Times Square Alliance

NYC Department of City Planning

Performances

Broadway

East 17 Street to West 42 Street, Manhattan

With Times Square Alliance

34th Street Partnership

Flatiron NoMad Partnership

Union Square Partnership

Activities, Workshops and Presentations

34th Street Partnership offers

Bryant Park Jugglers (12 pm to 3 pm)

NYC Hoop Troupe (12 pm to 3 pm)

NY Cornhole

Flatiron NoMad Partnership and

SPIN New York Flatiron offers

Ping Pong on Flatiron South Plaza (12 pm to 3 pm)

SPIN Ping Pong Professionals (1 pm to 3 pm)

Union Square Partnership offers

Board game pop-up with Hex & Company and

Community art project with Yukiko Izumi and Ji Young Kim

NYC Department of Environmental Protection

New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

NYC DOT Facilities

NYC DOT Outreach

Performances

Times Square Alliance and

Broadway Green Alliance offers

free Broadway Earth Day Concert on Broadway at 46th Street (10 am to 3 pm)

Woodside Avenue

76 Street to 79 Street, Queens

With Thai Community USA

Activities, Workshops and Presentations

Horticultural Society of New York

Queensboro Dance

511 Rideshare

Zing! For Kids

Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs

NYC Commission on Human Rights

NYC DOT

MetroPlusHealth

Mayor's Office of Public Engagement

Civic Engagement Commission

DSNY Compost

Citizens’ Climate Lobby

Performances

Minthorne Street

Bay Street to Victory Boulevard, Staten Island

With Anguili Group and

Staten Island Chamber of Commerce

Activities, Workshops and Presentations

Kuki

Maker Park Radio

One Big Table (Street Lab with WNYC)

Get Women Cycling

Skyz The Limit

Performances

Open Street Locations

The Bronx

Jennings Open Street

Jennings Street from Prospect Avenue to Chisolm Street, Bronx

With Caldwell Enrichment Program, Inc.

Activities, Workshops and Presentations

Performances

Brooklyn

Bankers Anchor

North 15 Street from Banker Street to Nassau Avenue, Brooklyn

With North Brooklyn Open Streets Community Coalition

Activities, Workshops and Presentations

Performances

Bedford Slip Open Street

Bedford Avenue from Lorimer Street to Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn

With North Brooklyn Open Streets Community Coalition

Activities, Workshops and Presentations

Performances

Berry Open Street

Berry Street from Broadway to North 12 Street, Brooklyn

With North Brooklyn Open Streets Community Coalition

Activities, Workshops and Presentations

Performances

Beverly Road Open Street

Beverly Road from East 2 Street to Church Avenue, Brooklyn

With NYC DOT

Activities, Workshops and Presentations

Performances

Graham Avenue South Open Street

Graham Avenue from Scholes Street to Meserole Street, Brooklyn

With Pizzette LLC

Activities, Workshops and Presentations

Performances

Knickerbocker Plaza

Myrtle Avenue from Knickerbocker Avenue to Greene Avenue, Brooklyn

With The Horticultural Society of New York

Activities, Workshops and Presentations

Performances

Myrtle Wyckoff Plaza

Wyckoff Avenue from Myrtle Avenue to Gates Avenue, Brooklyn

With The Horticultural Society of New York

Activities, Workshops and Presentations

Performances

Underhill Plaza

Underhill Avenue from Pacific Street to Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn

With Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council

Activities, Workshops and Presentations

Performances

Vanderbilt Avenue Open Street

Vanderbilt Avenue from Atlantic Avenue to Park Place, Brooklyn

With Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council

Activities, Workshops and Presentations

Performances

Manhattan

115th Street Open Street (at Park Avenue)

115 Street at Park Avenue, Manhattan

With Uptown Grand Central

Activities, Workshops and Presentations

Performances

120th Street Open Street

120 Street from Malcolm X Boulevard to Mount Morris Park West, Manhattan

With 120 Marcus Meets Malcolm, Inc.

Activities, Workshops and Presentations

Performances

Avenue B Open Street

Avenue B from East 7 Street to East 9 Street, Manhattan

With Loisaida Open Streets Community Coalition

Activities, Workshops and Presentations

Performances

Cooper Square Plaza (at Cooper Square)

Bowery at Cooper Square, Manhattan

With Grace Church School

Activities, Workshops and Presentations

Performances

Forsyth Street Open Street

Forsyth Street from Division Street to East Broadway, Manhattan

With Chinatown BID

Activities, Workshops and Presentations

Performances

Johnny Hartman Plaza

Hamilton Place from 143 Street to Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan

With The Brotherhood Sister Sol

Activities, Workshops and Presentations

Performances

Queens

141st Street Open Street

141 Street from 109 Avenue to Lakewood Avenue, Queens

With Chae Corp

Activities, Workshops and Presentations

Performances

31st Ave Open Street

31 Avenue from 33 Street to 35 Street, Queens

With 31st Avenue Open Street Collective

Activities, Workshops and Presentations

Performances

34th Avenue Open Street

34 Avenue from 92 Street to 93 Street, Queens

With 34 Avenue Open Streets Coalition

Activities, Workshops and Presentations

Performances

34th Avenue Open Street

34 Avenue from 73 Street to 74 Street, Queens

With 34th Ave Linear Park

Activities, Workshops and Presentations

Performances

Beach 21st Street Plaza

Beach 21 Street from Mott Avenue to Cornaga Avenue, Queens

With REMA 4 US, INC.

Activities, Workshops and Presentations

Performances

Bliss Plaza (at 46 Street)

Queens Boulevard at 46 Street, Queens

With Sunnyside Shines BID

Activities, Workshops and Presentations

Performances

Lowery Plaza (at 40 Street)

Queens Boulevard at 40 Street, Queens

With Sunnyside Shines BID

Activities, Workshops and Presentations

Performances

Rockaway Beach Boulevard

On Rockaway Beach Boulevard from Beach 59 Street to Beach 56 Place, Queens

With RISE Rockaway Bike Bonanza (10 am to 2:30 pm)

Activities, Workshops and Presentations

Performances

History

First launched in 2016, Open Streets: Car-Free Earth Day originally converted select Manhattan streets into public plazas and car-free streets for pedestrians, cyclists, and local businesses.

Open Streets Car-Free Earth Day has expanded to locations throughout the five boroughs – connecting Open Streets, plazas, and accessing over 1,000 miles of NYC's Bike Network! Environmental programming is offered by City agencies and community organizations along the routes to promote activism and education surrounding climate change, sustainability and other relevant topics. NYC DOT is proud to partner with local artists to bring exciting performances to the event.

People gather on a street closed to traffic for a workout class on a warm spring day in NYC.

Visit NYC DOT’s Flickr for images of past Car-Free Earth Day events, flickr.com/nycstreets.

Get Involved

Do you love New York City? Are you passionate about the environment, health and fitness, or arts and culture? If you answer yes to any of these questions, consider partnering with us on future events and help make the streets come alive with exciting programming and activities!

Brand Sponsors

Corporate entities may submit ideas for event sponsorship of Car-Free Earth Day at varying levels. All event sponsorship inquiries may be emailed to sponsorship@dot.nyc.gov.