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Eyes on the Street: Summer Streets Gallery #2

3:36 PM EDT on August 12, 2008

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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...

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

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

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

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

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

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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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