Bay Ridge Merchants look to hold six Summer Stroll dates
The Fifth Annual Summer Stroll on 3rd will be spread across six nights, not four nights as in years past, if the event’s sponsor can successfully convince the Department of Transportation (DOT) to expand the popular street fair.
The Merchants of Third Avenue business group, which has been sponsoring the Summer Stroll on 3rd since 2012, plans to ask DOT to allow the outdoor event to be held on six Friday nights — July 15, 22 and 29, and Aug. 5, 12 and 19 — this year.
“We’re aiming for six dates. The permits have been submitted to the city. DOT has to approve it. It also has to go through other city agencies,” Event Coordinator Ilene Sacco told members at a Merchants meeting at the Cocoa Grinder, a restaurant on Third Avenue, on Feb. 22.