If you’re trying to drive down Broadway through the West 60s this Sunday, you may want a new plan. If you’re on foot, you’re in luck.
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Street fair season officially arrives on the Upper West Side this weekend: Broadway will close from West 65th to West 72nd Streets this Sunday, June 7, for the first of six street fairs scheduled in the district this year, according to Council Member Gale Brewer’s office.It’s the opening act of a season-long lineup. The full 2026 calendar for the district, per Brewer’s office:
- Sunday, June 7 — Broadway, 65th to 72nd.
- Sunday, June 14 — Amsterdam Avenue, 79th to 86th.
- Sunday, August 16 — Broadway, 86th to 93rd.
- Sunday, September 20 — Broadway, 86th to 96th.
- Sunday, October 4 — Columbus Avenue, 66th to 72nd.
- Sunday, October 11 — Broadway, 72nd to 82nd.
Brewer’s office will have a table at each one — this Sunday’s sits between 68th and 69th Streets — and the fairs are run by Clearview Festival Productions, the operator behind most of Manhattan’s avenue fairs.
The street fair isn’t the only neighborhood freebie on the June calendar from the council member’s office. On Sunday, June 14, a “Bike Bonanza” lands at PS 87/Tecumseh Playground (Amsterdam Avenue at West 77th Street) from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., with a bike helmet giveaway, a kids’ bike swap and free riding lessons.
And on Sunday, June 21, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Pier i in Riverside Park (at West 70th Street) hosts a free Make Music New York concert co-hosted with the Riverside Park Conservancy, featuring performers from Lincoln Center and Symphony Space — plus free Delicioso Coco Helado ices, followed by Summer on the Hudson’s Sunday Salsa at 6 p.m.
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