Prospect Heights

Vanderbilt Avenue

Location: Vanderbilt Avenue between Atlantic Avenue and Park Place
Hours of operation: Fridays 5PM–10PM; Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays 12PM–10PM

During its operating season, Vanderbilt Avenue is fully closed to traffic on weekends to create over four acres of temporary public open space for outdoor dining, programming and events, passive and active recreation, and picnicking. Vanderbilt Avenue operates under DOT’s Open Streets program as a Full Closure street. It is one of the largest such volunteer-led Open Streets in New York City, and currently the only one in Brooklyn.

Tell elected officials: Keep Prospect Heights streets for people

Street safety and public space initiatives on Underhill and Vanderbilt Avenues serve thousands of New Yorkers each week, creating safer streets for cyclists and pedestrians, offering several acres of new temporary and permanent open space, and providing a venue for more than a hundred free events each year.

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Salsa dancing on Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt Open Streets and Salsa Salsa Dance Studio host a monthly Salsa Social—one of the most popular events on the Open Street—courtesy of PHNDC. On the 3rd Saturday of each month, the programming kicks off at 5PM with a free salsa lesson followed by social dancing until 9pm.

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Tell elected officials: Keep Prospect Heights streets for people

Street safety and public space initiatives on Underhill and Vanderbilt Avenues serve thousands of New Yorkers each week, creating safer streets for cyclists and pedestrians, offering several acres of new temporary and permanent open space, and providing a venue for more than a hundred free events each year.

Read More »

Salsa dancing on Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt Open Streets and Salsa Salsa Dance Studio host a monthly Salsa Social—one of the most popular events on the Open Street—courtesy of PHNDC. On the 3rd Saturday of each month, the programming kicks off at 5PM with a free salsa lesson followed by social dancing until 9pm.

Read More »
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