🍃 NYC DOT is hosting an in-person open house tonight, May 30 from 5-7pm at the Variety Boys & Girls Club of Queens, 21-12 30th Rd. Astoria, NY 11102, to gather feedback on proposed cycling, pedestrian, and public space improvements along 31st Ave. in Astoria. Help shape a safer, more accessible, District 22!
🚴🏻♀️ Take 30 seconds to save a cyclist’s life. Email your legislators to support Idaho Stop, 3-Foot Safe Passing and Complete Streets Maintenance.
🌳 NYCDOT is collecting community feedback to help inform the future capital vision of the 34th Avenue Open Street, also known as Paseo Park.
😎 There’s something for everyone at the second weekend of North Brooklyn’s *newest* Open Street, the Memorial Gore OS on Maspeth Avenue between Humboldt Street and Woodpoint Road, this Saturday, June 1st from 10am-2pm. Don’t forget your sunblock and drop by to hangout and meet your neighbors at this reimagined public space.
🌼 Access Oasis Garden, Queens’ first NYC garden with accessibility built-in, is hosting their first summer gardening day at NW corner of 21st Street & Hoyt Ave North in Astoria this Saturday, June 1st. There will be plenty of low impact gardening activities such as crafting accessible plant markers, low impact weeding, and sheet mulching of ground beds. Learn how to meet your neighbors’ access needs and know about best communication practices to be a better ally to disabled neighbors.
🏰 Make slime, enjoy refreshing Italian ices, savor delicious pizza, and jump to your heart's content in the bouncy house at the PS84 3rd Annual Block Party on Berry Open Street (between 1st and 2nd St) on June 1st, Saturday from 11am-2pm.
🎨 Catch the Open Plans table at the PS125 Spring Fair this Saturday, June 1st from 12-4pm. Enjoy inflatables, face painting, activity stations, and food vendors in this annual gathering that unites hundreds of families and community members in the neighborhood.
🌈 Don't miss the Queens Pride Parade and Festival in Jackson Heights on Sunday, June 2nd! Starting at 89th St and marching down 37th Ave to 75th St, this vibrant celebration—New York City's second oldest and largest pride parade—culminates in a fantastic festival at the intersection of 37th Road and 75th St.
🏳️🌈 Celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community at the LaGuardia Community Greenway on Wednesday, June 5th. Meet campus groups, discover community resources, tie dye your own shirt, catch the Open Plans table, and more from 12-4pm.
💖 Join the LGBTQIA+ community at the 28th Annual Brooklyn Pride Multicultural Festival on Saturday June 8th, at 5th Ave between Union and 9th St! Celebrate pride all day with a 5K run and walk, an exciting multicultural festival, and the dazzling Brooklyn Pride Twilight Parade.
✨ On Sunday, June 9th, catch the Open Plans table from 12-3pm and the unveiling of a new art installation, Newkirk Plaza Path of Light: Illuminating the Urban Braid, at 6:30pm at the Newkirk Avenue Open Streets.
🏘️ Interested about learning the nuances and the impacts of the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity proposal? AIANY is hosting an event on Tuesday, June 11 at 8:30am with a presentation lead by DCP and panel directly after consisting of advocates, architects, developers, zoning experts, government officials, and community members to discuss the ins and outs and why it’s critical for the city to pass the proposal.
🚶🏾 Join your neighbors and CHEKPEDS in celebrating community, connection, and mobility at the Super Sidewalk Fest on 9th Avenue (between 54th and 56th St) on Saturday, June 15th from 12-4pm. There will be art activities, a stilt walker, a marching band, tape art courtesy of artist Kuki Go, one of our Public Space Awards honorees for 2024, and more!
🏛️ Fifth Ave turns into a pedestrian paradise as 8 museums open their doors on Tuesday, June 18th from 6-9pm for the annual Museum Mile Festival. From street musicians to art-related activities for children to food vendors, there will be many attractions to see in between museum-hopping.
