Season 6 Week 11
Start spreading the news…
It’s press release official now: the first phase of the 31st Ave ‘bike boulevard’ is complete. (And here’s an article about it, too.) 26,000 spankin’ new square feet of public space, folks. How fun!
And that’s not all—we got $25,000 from NYC SBS to bring a bunch of art to the Open Street! You can read the whole press release here, but the short of it is this: we’re teaming up with Talisa Amonte to bring five projects from local artists to the block in the coming year. About to be colorful out here!
Now, let’s see what folks are talking about:
News Clips
Astoria Cook Club, you’ve got the invite. (Astoria Post)
Summer Streets, Western Queens waterfront, July 26th, see you there. (NYCDOT)
We’ll take more Queens buses, thank you very much. (NY State)
Weekend Plans
SATURDAY
Goods for Gaza: 12:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Astoria Cat Rescue: 12:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Children's Book Sale for Gaza: 12:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Astoria Food Pantry Tabling: 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM
31OS Community Market: 1:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Made in America Market: 1:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Astoria Reading Party: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
SUNDAY
MTG Astoria: Vintage Cube: 12:30 PM - 4:00 PM
QFFP Celebrating Indigenous Resistance & Resilience Fundraiser: 12:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Goods for Gaza: 12:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Astoria Cat Rescue: 12:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Children's Book Sale for Gaza: 12:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Street Fair Astoria/Anti-4th of July: 12:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Art Swap!: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Shut It Down for Palestine Tabling/MECA Fundraiser: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Astoria Food Pantry Tabling: 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Astoria Puzzle Swap: 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
The Rolling Library’s Queer Book Club: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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.
7/5 - Made in America Market by stoned and crystallized
7/5 - 31OS Community Market
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 Street 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!
Saturday 7/5
Sunday 7/6
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!
