Car-Free Streets

Here They Are — Your Car-Free Street Scenes From Marathon Day

If you can get to the course early enough, marathon Sunday lets you roam freely, for one morning, on some of New York's most atrocious traffic sewers. Here's a look at how some people made the most of the car-free time.

By Ben Fried

2:59 PM EST on November 3, 2014

If you can get to the course early enough, marathon Sunday lets you roam freely, for one morning, on some of New York’s most atrocious traffic sewers. Here’s a look at how some people made the most of the car-free time.

#marathonfunday Kids riding on Flatbush! pic.twitter.com/RSUtGAFJNr
— Hilda Cohen (@HildaBikes) November 2, 2014

Fourth Avenue football! #marathonfunday pic.twitter.com/VY84rPtGVX
— Aaron Naparstek (@Naparstek) November 2, 2014

LIC Queens: car-free oasis #marathonfunday Photo: Bancha Srikacha @JimmyVanBramer @transalt #bikenyc @StreetsblogNYC pic.twitter.com/9KgoDZ1LgP
— Streetfilms (@Streetfilms) November 2, 2014

This kid owns the road. #marathonfunday pic.twitter.com/FB50kEWzdp
— Brooklyn Spoke (@BrooklynSpoke) November 2, 2014

If you can’t make it to the course by dawn, in the wake of the marathoners there’s still some time to experience these streets without the stress of traffic:

On Lafayette Avenue, post-marathon but still car-free. #marathonfunday pic.twitter.com/7hsu0tbGXw
— Mike Lydon (@MikeLydon) November 2, 2014

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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