Check Out This Year's List of Open Streets in Upper Manhattan
- 11 hours ago
- 2 min read

New York City's latest list of Open Streets, a program now in its seventh year, includes more than 15 car-free blocks in Upper Manhattan.
The Open Streets are the result of partnerships between the Department of Transportation and community organizations (such as block associations), educational institutions and merchant groups that apply each year to manage their locations.
Each Open Street has its own schedule, so be sure to check your nearest location's specific days and hours below.
From south to north:
East Harlem
E 100th Street: Third Avenue to Lexington Avenue
Fridays 6pm-9pm, weekends 12pm-9pm
E 113th Street: Dead End to Second Avenue
Tuesdays & Wednesdays recess from 9:30am-12:30pm
E 115th Street: Pleasant Avenue to First Avenue
Saturdays 5pm-9pm
E 115th Street: Park Avenue to Madison Avenue
Fridays 10am-3:30pm
E 115th Street: Park Avenue to Park Avenue (Uptown Grand Central)
Weekends 11am-5pm
E 123rd Street: Second Avenue to Third Avenue
Fridays 9am-6pm
Morningside Heights
Amsterdam Avenue: Cathedral Parkway to W 111th Street
Saturdays 11am-7pm
La Salle Street: Broadway to Claremont Avenue
Thursdays 5pm-8pm
Central Harlem
St. Nicholas Avenue: W 111th Street to Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard
Saturdays 10am-6pm
St. Nicholas Avenue: W 116th Street to W 118th Street
Saturdays 12pm-8pm, Sundays 12pm-6pm
W 120th Street: Mt. Morris Park West to Lenox Avenue
Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays 10am-8pm; Fridays 10am-10pm; Saturdays 10am-10pm
W 128th Street: Frederick Douglass Boulevard to St. Nicholas Avenue
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays 10am-5pm
West Harlem
W 142nd Street: Amsterdam Avenue to Hamilton Place
Sundays 11am-7:30pm
Washington Heights
W 158th Street: Amsterdam Ave Avenue to Broadway
School days recess 11:30am-2pm
W 159th Street: Amsterdam Ave Avenue to Broadway
Weekdays 8am-4pm
W 164th Street: Edgecombe to Amsterdam Avenues
Weekdays 8am-4pm
Wadsworth Avenue: W 182nd to W 183rd Streets
School days recess 9am-2pm
Wadsworth Avenue: W 182nd to W 183rd Streets
Weekdays 9am-11am
Wadsworth Avenue: W 182nd to W 183rd Streets
Saturdays 1pm-3pm
Audubon Avenue: W 189th to W 190th Streets
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays 9am to 5pm


Hopefully private cars are banned in Manhattan within 10 years.