Season 6 Week 34 (Season Finale!)
All good things must come to an end…
At least temporarily.
It’s time for our annual hibernation, when everyone who makes the Open Street special — our volunteers, city partners, programmers, vendors, and more — takes some time off to reflect and recharge after another successful season. This year was transformative for us; no, literally: the Avenue actually did transform in front of our eyes. And we couldn’t be more grateful to all of your support in making this community space happen.
We’ll have a Open Street Wrapped message soon, but in the meantime, it’s talk to last bits:
The Clips
There is only one news bit we want to talk about this week:
Last Friday, a judge made what we believe to be a misguided decision when they decided to side with fiction, not fact, on the 31st Street safety redesign, which we’ve advocated for this year. And we said exactly that at a rally on Tuesday calling for the city to appeal. We feel confident that justice will prevail, and you can guarantee we’ll be fighting to make sure of it.
Weekend Plans
SATURDAY
New York Love manga project: 12:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Indivisible Western Queens: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Paper Shredding Event hosted by the Office of Assemblymember Mamdani: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Queer Holiday Market by Dave's Lesbian Bar: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
SUNDAY
New York Love manga project: 12:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Indivisible Western Queens: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
For information on each event, peek our events page, which stays more updated than this newsletter.
Upcoming Markets
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.
We’ll have our 2026 calendar up soon!
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.
For more info on the types of shifts, or to see what sign-ups are available, 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.
Every bit helps and we appreciate your support in making 31st Ave a better place for all! Thank you!
