📋 Summer Streets Survey | Open now
Summer Streets prove New Yorkers will take over car-free streets the moment you give them the chance. The program is now in all five boroughs, but there's still huge potential for longer routes, more weekends, longer hours, and even cross-borough connections. Share your ideas in this survey to help shape what Summer Streets becomes next.
🌈 Queer Urbanists NYC Happy Hour | Thu, May 21 | 6 PM onwards
Join Queer Urbanists NYC at Nowhere Bar to connect with fellow urbanists, meet new faces, and raise a glass to creating more inclusive, equitable cities together.
🌙 Sunnyside Night Market | Fri, May 22 | 4–9 PM
Hosted by Queensboro Dance Festival and Sunnyside Shines BID, this beloved night market returns to 40th Street-Lowery Plaza under the train, celebrating AAPI Heritage Month with food, local vendors, and AAPI performances. Bring a friend and enjoy!
🏮 Historic Chinatown Parks and Monuments | Sat, May 23 | 1–2:30 PM
Celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with NYC Parks as Urban Park Rangers guide you through Chinatown's parks, highlighting the significant events and commemorations that shaped the neighborhood's rich history. Free and open to all!
🎉 The 2026 Loisaida Festival | Sun, May 24
Celebrate the Lower East Side's largest ethnic community pride event on Loisaida Ave (Avenue C) from 5th to 12th Street! Join thousands for this historic street fair featuring live music, street theater, artistic exhibitions, independent merchants, local and international artisans, and cultural activations that honor the neighborhood's vibrant heritage.
🎤 Not In My Backyard! Political Comedy Roundtable | Thu, May 28 | 7 PM
NYC's funniest political roundtable returns to UCB Comedy Theater, where hosts Cody Lindquist and Charlie Todd dig into how this insane city actually works — from congestion pricing and outdoor dining to rats and dog poop. Expect comedians, journalists (Streetsblog's Gersh Kuntzman will be there!), and elected officials, plus a quiz on your NYC knowledge!
🌇 Manhattanhenge | Multiple Dates
Twice each year, the setting sun aligns perfectly with Manhattan's street grid for a stunning natural spectacle — viewable along 14th, 23rd, 34th, 42nd, and 57th streets. Here are this year's dates and times:
- May 28 at 8:14 PM: Half Sun on the Grid
- May 29 at 8:13 PM: Full Sun on the Grid
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July 11 at 8:20 PM: Full Sun on the Grid
- July 12 at 8:21 PM: Half Sun on the Grid
🌳 McCarren Park Block Party & Car-Free Parks Rally | Sat, May 30 | 10-2 PM Driggs Avenue closes to cars for the day so McCarren Park can finally connect. NY4P is hosting a block party with bike wash, ping pong, game swap, and trash cleanup, plus an 11 AM rally launching the citywide Car-Free Parks campaign.
🌸 LIC Springs! 2026 | Sat, May 30 | 12–5 PM
Long Island City's beloved annual street festival is back with live performances, interactive lessons, art, fitness classes, outdoor dining, and pop-up activities! Organized by Long Island City Partnership and programmed by hundreds of local businesses, this free community celebration is open to all.
🎬 Changing Lanes: A Documentary Film Screening | Thu, Jun 4 | 5:45–7:30 PM
Watch this local documentary about the grassroots fight to redesign Brooklyn's notoriously dangerous McGuinness Blvd into a safer street with protected bike lanes — then hear from filmmaker Ben Wolf and panelists Bronwyn Breitner and Andrew Epstein. Featuring interviews with David Byrne, Janette Sadik-Khan, politicians, activists, and urban planners.
🎺 Latin Jazz in the Heights 2026 | Sat, Jun 20 | 2–7 PM
Head to Plaza de las Américas at 175th & Broadway for a free afternoon of Latin jazz, brought to you by Community League of the Heights and Jazz Power Initiative! Come early at 3 PM for salsa dance lessons with Junior Belone, then catch Boba's Latin Jazz Ensemble at 5 PM blending merengue, bachata, salsa, Afro-Caribbean rhythms, and jazz in celebration of the vibrant Dominican community.
