The city is once again turning its streets into festive, car-free spaces for the Halloween season.
The fourth annual “Trick-or-Streets” initiative will return with a record 137 events planned across all five boroughs, the city’s Department of Transportation announced Monday.
This year, the program will run from Oct. 17 through Oct. 31, featuring live performances, Halloween- and harvest-themed activities and family-friendly fun in pedestrian plazas and Open Streets.
DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez made the announcement at a ribbon-cutting for a new pedestrian plaza at LaGuardia Community College on 29th Street, between Skillman and 47th avenues, in Hunters Point, Queens.
The space will be among the dozens of locations hosting “Trick-or-Streets” events.
This year’s festivities will a