This Week­end: Car-free and Care-free with Sum­mer Streets and Gov Island

Have a car-free and care-free Sat­ur­day with Sum­mer Streets and Gov­er­nors Island. Start­ing THIS SAT­UR­DAY (August 7)- from 7am – 1 pm and for the next two Sat­ur­days ( August 14 and 21) near­ly 7 miles of city streets are yours for play­ing, run­ning, walk­ing, bik­ing and just enjoy­ing! We’ve got: Free bike and skate rentals > Free fit­ness class­es > Dump­ster Pools for swim­ming > Frin­geNYC The­ater and work­shops for kids > Crafts and activ­i­ties for fam­i­lies > Free bicy­cle hel­met fit­tings > Local bike mak­ers show­case and lots more! Come out and join our friends at NYC­DOT from the Brook­lyn Bridge to Cen­tral Park via Lafayette > 4th Avenue > Park Avenue > 72nd Street. And then con­tin­ue on to Gov­er­nors Island to keep the fun going all after­noon. Vis­it www​.nyc​.gov/​s​u​m​m​e​r​s​t​reets for a full line-up of activ­i­ties and directions