📋 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.
📋 Gowanus Canal Public Space Survey | Open now
NYC Parks is beginning the design process for new public open spaces at the Bond Street End and Gowanus Esplanade (9th Street Bridge) sites, fulfilling commitments from the Gowanus Neighborhood Plan to expand waterfront access and strengthen neighborhood connections. Share your feedback with the Gowanus Oversight Task Force to help shape what these new spaces along the canal will look like.
🎬 Movies Under the Stars | Multiple Dates
Pack up the picnic chair and catch a flick in the great outdoors! The Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment and NYC Parks bring more than 150 free film screenings to parks and playgrounds throughout the five boroughs, from great new movies to all-time classics.
🏀 NY Knicks Championship Parade | Thu, Jun 18 | 10 AM
New York City celebrates the Knicks' first-ever ticker-tape parade along Lower Manhattan's historic "Canyon of Heroes"! The parade starts near Bowling Green and travels north along Broadway to City Hall—viewing is free and open to everyone, so get there early as crowds will form quickly.
🤎 6th Annual Juneteenth Celebration | Fri, Jun 19 | 11 AM-6 PM
Join Marcus Meets Malcolm on West 120th St for a full day honoring freedom, culture, community, and legacy, marking the historical impact of June 19, 1865. Enjoy a libation ceremony, voter registration drive, live poetry, performances, food, and intergenerational activities all day!
🎺 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.
🎨 Let's Celebrate Public Space | Sat, Jun 20 | 3 PM
Join 31st Ave Open Street to celebrate the completion of 5 murals and the evolution of public space in Western Queens! Hear from local electeds and the artists who designed the murals, then stay for the first Tikkun BBQ Community Cookout of the season.
🌊 Creatures of the Canal: Bioluminescent Block Party | Sat, Jun 20 | 4-10 PM
Celebrate the reopening of the Carroll Street Bridge with a bioluminescent block party spanning the Gowanus Canal! Head to 420 Carroll St and Gowanus Dredgers Boathouse for costume-making, canoeing, a floating art installation, food, drinks, music, and more.
🏳️🌈 Pride is best celebrated in the streets — and NYC has no shortage of ways to do that this month. From marches and festivals to walking tours and park parties, here's what's happening across the boroughs:
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Queer History Walking Tours | Fri, Jun 19 | 6 PM; Sun, Jun 21 | 4 PM; Fri, Jun 26 | 6 PM; Sun, Jun 28 | 4 PM
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Big Onion Walking Tour: Social Justice in the Villages | Fri, Jun 27
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Brooklyn Pride Festival & Parade | Fri, Jun 20
- Youth Pride | Fri, Jun 27
- Harlem Pride | Fri, Jun 27 | Twelfth Ave. at 133rd St.
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NYC Dyke March | Fri, Jun 27 | Bryant Park
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NYC Pride March | Sat, Jun 28 | Starts 25th St. & Fifth Ave.
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PrideFest Street Fair | Sat, Jun 28 | Greenwich Village
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Queer Liberation March | Sat, Jun 28 | NYC AIDS Memorial Park, W. 12th St. & 7th Ave.
⚽ The World Cup is here, and NYC's streets are all-in on the celebration! From car-free block parties in neighborhoods across the five boroughs to a free pitch in Central Park, there are plenty of ways to catch the World Cup spirit without a ticket:
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Soccer Streets on Prospect Heights | Sat, Jun 20 | 12:30–6:30 PM | Vanderbilt Ave
Prospect Heights Open Streets brings World Cup fever to Vanderbilt Avenue with street soccer, art stations, face painting, and foosball from Hive Public Space, plus a HONK crafting table with capes, hats, and kazoos! Enjoy live music from the Bill Malchow Trio and Fam Band, a World Cup-inspired performance from MORE Opera, and an evening salsa class and social with Salsa Salsa NYC. -
Soccer Streets on 31st Ave | Sun, Jun 21 | 12:30–5 PM | 31st Avenue Open Street
31st Avenue Open Street hosts a car-free day of family fun with Kuki Tape Art, Fogo Azul drumming performances, and the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus. Bring the whole family to play and enjoy performances on the closed streets! -
More ways to enjoy the World Cup in public space across the city here.
