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After a successful first year, the Vanderbilt Avenue open street is back! On weekends beginning Friday, April 2, join your friends and neighbors for outdoor dining, relaxation and socially-distant fun on Prospect Heights’ Vanderbilt Avenue (between Atlantic Avenue and Park Place). Vanderbilt Avenue will be opened for pedestrian and cyclist use only Fridays 5PM to 10PM; and Saturdays, Sundays and holidays 12PM to 10PM. The street will close to traffic one hour before for setup and remain closed one hour after for breakdown.

Based upon volunteer resource constraints, the following updates are announced for Open Streets on Carlton Avenue and Underhill Avenue:

• The Carlton Avenue Open Street will be decommissioned after Friday, September 25.
• The northern extent for the Underhill Avenue Open Street is now St. Mark's Avenue. PHNDC's Livable Streets Committee will review the level of volunteer resources again on October 5 to ensure the Open Street continues to maintained consistently and safely. Those interested in helping to maintain the Open Street on Underhill Avenue can volunteer here.

On Monday, August 24, PHNDC hosted a virtual town hall meeting with representatives from the New York City Department of Transportation to discuss Open Streets initiatives on Carlton Avenue, Underhill Avenue and Vanderbilt Avenue.

This weekend’s realignment of Open Streets has raised concern among community members. PHNDC would like to offer some context:

Open Streets on Carlton Avenue and Underhill Avenue has been a boon in tough times. Although the program is authorized by DOT and uses barricades supplied by NYPD, the daily management of the barricades now relies solely on volunteer labor supplied by a small number of community members donating their free time. As barricades have deteriorated, no replacements have been provided.

Vanderbilt Avenue will be closed to traffic, and open for dining and socially distant recreation as part of New York City’s Open Streets: Restaurants program.
The program will begin Friday, August 7, and is currently authorized through October 31. During this time, Vanderbilt Avenue will be closed to traffic from Pacific Street to Park Place, and parking not allowed, on the following days:

• Fridays, 4PM – 11PM
• Saturdays, 11AM – 11PM
• Sundays, 11AM – 11PM

During these hours, the B69 bus will be rerouted along Washington Avenue.

Participating restaurants include:

• Alta Calidad
• Amorina, Cucina Rustica
• Beer Street South
• BierWax
• Bilt Bar
• Branded Saloon
• Cataldo’s
• Chuko
• Ciao, Gloria
• Faun
• Gran Caffe de Martini
• LaLou
• Maison Yaki
• Maya Taqueria
• Milk Bar
• Nourish Thai
• Olmsted
• Poké Tiky Bar
• R&D Foods
• Weather Up
• White Tiger 

Open Streets: Restaurants is a great opportunity to enjoy stretching out on Prospect Heights’ “main street” while supporting local businesses. We hope you enjoy outdoor dining and relaxation on Vanderbilt Avenue responsibly, observing safe social distancing practice.

You can help! If you are interested in volunteering as a community marshal during the program, we encourage you to sign up here .

If your business has not yet signed up to participate in Open Streets: Restaurants, but would like to, please complete this form.

You are welcome to send comments and questions to streets@phndc.org.

Thanks very much for your support for local business and your commitment to the Prospect Heights community!