BID asking for neighbors’ help to bring Open Streets back
The Fifth Avenue Sunset Park Business Improvement District (BID) is looking to bring back the popular Open Streets program for the 2021 season and is looking for locals to help out by donating funds.
Last year, as part of a citywide effort, the city closed portions of Fifth Avenue on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evenings for 17 weekends to create safe havens for neighbors and visitors to enjoy and to help local restaurants, then hampered by restrictions on indoor dining.
At first, Sunset Park’s Open Streets turned Fifth Avenue between 45th and 47th streets into a car-free zone for open-air dining on Fridays from 5 to 11 p.m. and on Saturdays and Sundays from 2 to 11 p.m.