Shorter but just as sweet
In a change of plans, this years Summer Stroll on Third Avenue will be truncated, with the event held in two segments so that the 21-block stretch proposed for the event isnt shut to vehicular traffic all at once.
The pedestrian-friendly celebration that debuted last year — in which merchants and local arts groups take over the avenue with entertainment, sidewalk cafés, displays and the like — was originally proposed to extend from Bay Ridge Avenue to 90th Street, but concerns about closing the strip to traffic for that distance on four Friday nights have resulted in a change of plans.
Thus, instead of four long Summer Strolls on four Friday nights this summer, the new plan is to divide the strip into two segments, with the July 19 and 26 events planned for the stretch between 80th and 90th Street, and the August 9 and 16 events planned for the lower portion of the avenue, between Bay Ridge Avenue and 80th Street.