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Playstreets Program
While awaiting the completion of New York City’s next batch of parks and playgrounds, the Departments of Health & Mental Hygiene, Transportation, and Parks have created Playstreets to help combat the childhood obesity epidemic in our cities. Playstreets allows communities to open up their streets to pedestrians for play on a recurrent basis. It is a quick and low-cost way to create active play space and is a health measure that directly targets our city’s most important at–risk population—children.
Bronx
Harvest Home Farmers Market
Forest Avenue, between Westchester Avenue and 156th Street
Wednesdays, June 26 – September 11
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Lyman Place
Lyman Place between Freeman and 169 Streets
Monday – Friday through August 31
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Nehemiak Park
Watkins Street between Livonia and Riverdale Avenues
Mondays & Tuesdays through August 22
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Brooklyn
Kaiser Park
Behind the Mark Twain Circle, between 26th and 27th Streets and Neptune Avenue
July 15, July 29, August 12, August 26, September 16
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Hattie Carthan Community Garden
Clifton Place between Marcy and Nostrand Avenues
July 23, August 6, August 20, September 10, September 17
10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
More Opportunites to Play on Your Street
Can’t make it to a Playstreet? Have your organization request a Mobile Recreation Van to bring fun and fitness to your next community activity.
Northeast Brooklyn Housing Development Corp.
Kosciusko Street between Tompkins and Throop Avenues
August 4, August 11, August 18, August 25
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Manhattan
Asociación de Mujeres Progresistas, Inc.
Pinehurst Ave between 179th and 180th Streets
Tuesdays, July 12 – August 26
11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Harvest Home 104th Street Farmers Market and Playstreet
104th Street between 2nd Avenue and 3rd Avenue
Thursdays, July 14 – July 25
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Inwood Community Services
Post Avenue, between Academy and 204th Streets
Mondays through Fridays; July 5 – August 26
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Queens
Pomonok Houses
Jewel Avenue between Kissena and Parsons Blvds.
Saturdays, July 9 – August 27
10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Travers Park
Jackson Heights — 78th Street Temporary Plaza
78th Street between 34th Avenue and Northern Boulevard
Daily, July 1 – September 30
24 hours/day
Related Links
Imagination Playground
Playground Associates
Youth Sports Programs
