Hundreds of Bronx residents took advantage of Saturday\u2019s beautiful weather and gathered outside for the city\u2019s largest-ever Summer Streets program.<\/p>\n
The festivities were part of 22 miles of car-free streets across the five boroughs.<\/p>\n
There was something for everyone to enjoy along the Grand Concourse between East Tremont Avenue and Mosholu Parkway, from music and art to walking and biking. The city\u2019s Department of Transportation partnered with local groups to offer free programs throughout the morning and early afternoon.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnytime Bronxites can get out and go into our own neighborhood and have fun, close streets, it\u2019s safe,\u201d said Shelly Wilson, founder and vice president of Orisha Wholeness. \u201cWe have great activities and vendors here. It\u2019s always a great day in The Bronx.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBeing able to skate, being able to walk, being able to ride their bike, families out here, music, arts and crafts,\u201d said Victor Callendar, founder of Let\u2019s Roll NYC. \u201cCome on, can\u2019t beat it!\u201d<\/p>\n
The Summer Streets program started in July and ran for five Saturdays, with Aug. 23 marking the end of this year\u2019s event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hundreds of Bronx residents took advantage of Saturday\u2019s beautiful weather and gathered outside for the city\u2019s largest-ever Summer…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":170345,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,8471,5497,97389,97388,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,1176,26588,5305,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-170344","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-bronx","10":"tag-concerts","11":"tag-free-summer-concerts","12":"tag-grand-concourse","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-city","15":"tag-newyork","16":"tag-newyorkcity","17":"tag-ny","18":"tag-nyc","19":"tag-summer","20":"tag-summer-streets","21":"tag-the-bronx","22":"tag-united-states","23":"tag-united-states-of-america","24":"tag-unitedstates","25":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","26":"tag-us","27":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115080757568486320","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}