Season 6 Week 14

Written By 31st Ave Open Street Collective, Inc.

Photo by Meline Rosales

Last weekend of July incoming…

And you know what that means? It’s time for ‘Summer Streets.’

This Saturday (07/26), the nation’s largest-ever car-free event returns to New York City—or, more importantly, Queens. (And Staten Island, too.) Our county gets first dibs (ofc), when all of Vernon Boulevard between 44th Drive and 30th Road shuts to traffic, 7am to 3pm. All sorts of stuff takes its place.

And of course, you know where to go after:

News Clips

  • Last week saw >4 million subway riders three days straight for the first time since 2019. (6sqft)

  • We’re big fans of the new upgrade for the Ave B Open Street. (NYCDOT)

  • Third Ave in Sunset Park could be so much safer. (Gothamist)

Weekend Plans

SATURDAY

  • SIX on Broadway Zumba: 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

  • Queens Families for Palestine: Tarot Table: 12:30 PM - 4:30 PM

  • Break the Siege Tees for One Gaza Family: 12:30 PM - 4:30 PM

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

  • House of SpeakEasy BookMobile Visit: 12:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  • Astoria cat rescue: 12:30 PM - 5:30 PM

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

  • 31OS Community Market: 1:00 PM - 7:00 PM

  • Astoria Fiber Collective: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM

  • Free Screenings with SOMA Physical and Occupational Therapy: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM

  • United in Our Expression: 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM  

SUNDAY

  • art & kufiyas for gaza aid: 12:30 PM - 4:30 PM

  • Plant Fundraiser & Repotting Service for Gaza: 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 - 6:00 PM

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

  • Playful Hearts Project: 1:00pm - 6:30 PM

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

  • Astoria Reading Party: 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

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

Upcoming Markets - July / August

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. 

  • 7/26 - 31OS Community Market

  • 8/10 - Astoria Farmers Market

  • 8/16 - Rover Coffee Company presents Strolling Saturdays: An Open Streets Market

  • 8/30 - 31OS Community 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 launched a campaign to fundraise for this summer’s Community Cookout series! Two more movies and barbecues left, folks — let’s make them happen.

Also: did someone say new merch?

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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