Open Streets in Your Neighborhood is kicking off with Ward 8’s Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE! The event will close 0.3 miles of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE to cars and open them to people to ride, bike, walk, socialize, and participate in exciting programming! The main stage will feature music, entertainment, and demonstrations, with one activation zone along the Open Streets route providing opportunities to join a fitness class.
Other anticipated activations include Double Dutch jump rope, a traffic garden, rollerblading, bike demonstrations, a photo booth, a protected bike lane that connects the route to the Anacostia Park trail, and much more!
No cars, just people.
Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE Open Streets Route/ Map
Featured Programming
Children’s Traffic Garden
Double Dutch
Curb Extension Mural and Parklet
Transportation Oasis
Urban Forestry’s Tools of the Trade
eBike Demonstration
Live Art
AND MORE!
Featured Talent
Positive Chalk
Porch Fest DC
Rollo
RaCStylez
BlackChickThatCooks
TheCreativeSchool
Darksquadentertainment
RunwayGirlz
Social Assistant
Tai-Chi Haingi & Bagua
Dog Grooming
Olivia Henderson
Spoken word to Go-Go Champion
Zumba
KAZAXE
Bela Dona Band
Go-Go Band
DC Strings
We Fit Nation
Schedule of Events
How Do I Get Here?
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Do You Have a Business Located on the Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE Route?
If you are a business on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE, located between Good Hope Road and Morris Road, click our link to apply and activate the public right-of-way in front of your store!
All applications are due on Sunday, May 1st.