Car-Free Streets

Eyes on the Street: Summer Streets Gallery #2

Welcome to the second installment of our Summer Streets photo tour. This pic comes courtesy of BicyclesOnly, who says Park Avenue South is "one of the more dangerous roadways to bicycle on in Manhattan. Without the cars, it's a playground for these two."

By Ben Fried

3:36 PM EDT on August 12, 2008

Welcome to the second installment of our Summer Streets photo tour. This pic comes courtesy of BicyclesOnly, who says Park Avenue South is “one of the more dangerous roadways to bicycle on in Manhattan. Without the cars, it’s a playground for these two.”

More pics after the jump…

Hopscotch action on one of the stub streets. Photo: yyoyoni/Flickr

Bike clowns entertain at Astor Place. Photo: BicyclesOnly/Flickr

The approach to Grand Central Terminal has quickly become one of the iconic sights of Summer Streets…

…as has the passage through the Helmsley Building. Top and bottom photos: yyoyoni/Flickr

One side of Park Avenue North, looking south toward Midtown. Photo: doddnyc/Flickr

Ben Fried

Ben Fried started as a Streetsblog reporter in 2008 and led the site as editor-in-chief from 2010 to 2018. He lives in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, with his wife.

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