CITYWIDE – MAYOR ZOHRAN MAMDANI on Monday officially launched the city’s new “Soccer Streets” program, a traveling series of field days visiting 50 public schools across the city ahead of the World Cup, which starts in June.
Streets will be transformed into soccer pitches, art stations and block parties. Students will play pickup matches, run drills, paint team flags and celebrate the world’s biggest sporting event.
The events began May 1 and will continue through the last day of school on June 26, the city said in a press release. The city has not yet released a full schedule or list of participating schools.
Schools interested in participating can contact Street Lab to learn more and get involved. Soccer Streets is a part of the city Department of Transportation’s Open Streets for Schools program, which allows schools to close an adjacent street to traffic for recess, outdoor learning and safer pickup and drop-off.
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