Overview
- The program, announced Monday, has been running since May 1 and will continue at school-adjacent blocks through the last day of public school on June 26.
- Street Lab is producing the events with sponsor Chobani under DOT’s Open Streets for Schools, with pickup games, drills, and flag-painting for students.
- Schools are not enrolled by default, and those with existing Open Streets are invited to contact Street Lab as detailed schedules and participating sites roll out.
- Officials frame the effort as a no-cost alternative to pricey stadium plans, with tickets scarce and NJ Transit setting a $105 roundtrip World Cup fare to MetLife.
- DOT counts about 68 school streets citywide, and the city is using Soccer Streets to grow year-round participation, with 2026–27 Open Streets for Schools applications now open.