New York City Mayor Eric Adams today unveiled the city’s largest-ever holiday season-specific Open Street program on Nov. 22, opening 11 blocks to pedestrians during December.
Starting Nov. 30 through mid-January, streets surrounding Rockefeller Center and Radio City Music Hall at West 49th Street and West 50th Street, between Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue, will only be open to pedestrians during the most congested hours, between 11 a.m. and 12 a.m. midnight every day, using movable barriers to partially or fully close streets to cars and alleviate foot traffic along sidewalks.
As a part of the plan, the Adams administration is launching two marketing campaigns encouraging New Yorkers and visitors to shop at local small businesses this holiday season. Thecampaign, run by the New York City Department of Small Business Services, is a marketing and social media initiative that encourages New Yorkers and visitors to support small businesses on Small Business Saturday, November 26.