Photo Credit: NYC Dept. of Transportation  
From the Department of Transportation (DOT:

 Over the last two years DOT assisted businesses and community groups in all five boorugh to host temporary pedestrian streets, by closing streets to motor vehicles on weekend days and opening them to people and local businesses.  To see photos and learn about the 2009 Weekend Walks program please visit http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/weekendwalks/html/home/home.shtml.  DOT has identified good practices and guiding principles that we will use to select new sites and assist with the development of new temporary pedestrian streets.T

The Temporary Pedestrian Street program is a community-based initiative.  If your site is selected, DOT wil assist with securing a street closure and provide technical assistance to navigate relevant City permitting processes.  DOT dos not provide an event planner for these events.  It is DOT’s intention that these events will be conceived of, planned, organized and executed by BIDS, local mercahnts associations and/or community-based groups.

We thought this would be a great idea for Crown Heights!  What do others think?  Maybe a weekly art crawl, an extension of the Franklin Flea, or maybe even a recurring hair show? 

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