Season 6 Week 10

Written By 31st Ave Open Street Collective, Inc.

A round of applause is in order…

Folks: we just want to say THANK YOU to everyone who came out to celebrate the completion of the 31st Ave ‘bike boulevard’ redesign—or, at least, Phase 1!—this last Saturday. And to our great guest speakers: Council Member Tiffany Cabán; State Senators Kristen Gonzalez and Michael Gianaris; Assembly Member Jessica González-Rojas; Families for Safe Streets’ Roz Gianutso, Ary Servedio and Jeff Y; TA’s Mae Francke; Open Plans’ Emily Chingay; Loveday Vintage’s Ivona Bilicic; UP-STAND’s  and, last but not least: Miser. It meant the world to see the support.

And a special shout-out to the people (all ~300-400 or so of you!) who stayed to watch Arachnaphobia alongside free food, courtesy of Tikkun BBQ and Astoria Horror Club. (And let’s not forget the folks who came back Sunday for even more Open Street goodness!)

It was a really special day for us here at the Collective. We mean what we said: we strive to show Astorians what’s possible by building a 31st Ave that’s safe, livable and joyous for all.

With this phase of the redesign basically over, we’ll take a pause on weekly updates—although we’ll have more soon, we’re sure—and jump right into the news and weekend schedule.

So without further ado:

News Clips

  • “31st Ave OS stan wins Democratic primary for NYC mayor.” (CBS News)

  • We didn’t say it, but it was said. (Streetsblog)

  • And we thought so, too :) (Astoria Post)

Weekend Plans

SATURDAY

  • Wild Tomorrow Fundraiser for Berlin Marathon: 12:30 PM - 4:00 PM

  • Queens Families for Palestine: Plants and Polish Mutual Aid Fundraiser: 12:30 PM - 5:00 PM

  • Queens Families for Palestine: Children’s Clothing Swap: 12:30 PM - 5:00 PM

  • Goods for Gaza: 12:30 PM - 5:00 PM

  • Astoria Cat Rescue: 12:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  • Indivisible Western Queens Tabling: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

  • NYCDOT 31st Ave Block Party: Info, Free Bike Mechanic + Guided Tours: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM (SIGN UP HERE TO RIDE)

  • Chess on 31st Ave: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

  • Astoria Food Pantry Tabling: 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM

  • Strolling Saturdays: An Open Streets Marketplace: 1:00 PM - 7:00 PM

  • STARS Rehabilitation Astoria Tabling: 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM

  • Tea & Milk Sip & Paint: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

SUNDAY

  • Children's Book Sale for Gaza: 12:30 PM - 4:00 PM

  • Jinjoo Yoo Trio: 12:30 PM - 4:00 PM

  • queer clothing swap: 12:30 PM - 4:30 PM

  • Goods for Gaza: 12:30 PM - 5:00 PM

  • Buttons and Beads for Palestine: 12:30 PM - 5:00 PM

  • Astoria Cat Rescue: 12:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  • ‘We’re Making a Book Y’all’: 12:30 PM - 8:00 PM

  • Indivisible Western Queens Tabling: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

  • Shut It Down for Palestine Tabling w/MECA Fundraising: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

  • Astoria Food Pantry Tabling: 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM

  • Zumba with Jessica: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

ALSO, MARK YOUR CALENDARS: The official ribbon-cutting ceremony for 31st Ave will take place next Thursday, July 3rd, at 10am. If you love the Open Street, come on out!

For information on each event, peek our events page, which stays more updated than this newsletter.

Upcoming Markets - June/July

If you’re interested in selling on the Open Street, read our FAQs first here and join our Markets WhatsApp group to get the latest news as markets are being planned. 

  • 6/28 - Strolling Saturdays: An Open Streets Marketplace by Rover Coffee

  • 7/5 - Made in America Market by Stoned and Crystallized

  • 7/13 - Astoria Farmers Market by Leigh Lotocki and Mike Cruz

  • 7/20 - Rover Coffee Company presents: Strolling Sundays An Open Streets Marketplace

  • 7/26 - 31OS Public Market

Join Your Neighbors!

Sign up for a setup, breakdown or tabling shift this weekend and join the 31OS crew!

All are welcome and no prior experience is required. The most help is needed 12pm-1pm and 7pm-8pm but shifts are available all day for anyone interested in keeping an eye on things, meeting neighbors, and talking with members of the community who may have questions. 

All are welcome!

For more info on the types of shifts, or to see what are available for signups check out our Volunteer page. 

If you want to help, but can’t make it to the street in person, there are lots of other tasks and projects we’re working on throughout the week. Fill out our Volunteer Interest Form to share what you like to do and we’ll reach out if we have something!

Stay Connected via WhatsApp

Want to stay in touch with 31OS and your neighbors even when the Open Street isn’t active? Use our invite link to join our WhatsApp Community today!

Share Your Feedback

We strive to make the Open Street a pleasant experience for all, so if you have any feedback that you’d like to share with the volunteers we’d love to hear it! Our Feedback form is available 24/7 for members of the community to send their thoughts directly to our team.

Support the Open Street

It takes a lot to run the 31st Ave Open Street, such as renting storage space, paying for insurance, or buying supplies like extra chairs, sidewalk chalk, and trash bags to keep our street clean. We list a few of the materials that we are in frequent need of on our donation page. As a 501(c)3 nonprofit, we also take tax-deductible donations via our Givebutter campaign for those who would like to contribute financially.

We also just launched a campaign to fundraise for this summer’s Community Cookout series.

Every bit helps and we appreciate your support in making 31st Ave a better place for all! Thank you!

31OSC

31st Ave Open Street Collective, Inc.
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