5 More Blocks Of Park Slope's Fifth Ave Open For Outdoor Dining

PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN — Another five blocks of Park Slope's Fifth Avenue will transform into an al fresco dining destination, the city announced.

A stretch of Fifth Avenue from Fifth Street to Ninth Street is among four locations Mayor Bill de Blasio said Friday will be added to the city's Open Streets and Open Restaurants program.

The new section joins nearly 20 blocks along Fifth Avenue that have already joined the program through the Sunset Park and Park Slope Fifth Avenue business improvement districts.

The Open Streets: Restaurants program — started to help restaurants amid coronavirus restrictions — has so far brought car-free outdoor dining on a total of 89 streets citywide. Mayor Bill de Blasio recently announced that it would be made permanent and year-round.

“Outdoor dining has kept New Yorkers safe and healthy and supported the restaurants that keep our city vibrant," de Blasio said Friday. "The Open Streets: Restaurants program has reimagined our urban landscape and drawn on our greatest resources: creativity and resilience."

Here's details about all blocks that close on Fifth Avenue:

• Ninth to Fifth Street: Saturdays 12 p.m. to 11 p.m.

• 40th to 41st Street: Fridays 5 to 11 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays 2 p.m. to 11 p.m.

• President to Third Street: Saturdays 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

• 10th to 13th Street: Saturdays 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

• Dean Street to Park Place: Saturdays 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

• 45th to 47th Street: Fridays 5 p.m. to 11 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays 2 p.m. to 11 p.m.

• Sterling Place to Berkely Place: Saturdays 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.