New York Daily News

GRIDLOCK SAM

Fri. Jul. 30th-Sun. Aug. 1st ALTERNATE SIDE PARKING RULES ARE IN EFFECT FRIDAY AND SATURDAY

- SAM SCHWARTZ

It’ll be another weekend filled with fairs, festivals, food, and fun on Big Apple streets! On Friday, the East Side Craft Food Fair will run from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on 52nd St. between 3rd Ave. and Lexington Ave. #FunonFifth will be held on 5th Ave. between 72nd St. and 85th St. in Bay Ridge from 5 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

TIMES SQUARE ALERT : On Saturday, the Times Square West Spectacula­r takes over 8th Ave. from 42nd to 54th St., from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Down on Carmine St. between Bleecker St. and 6th Ave., the Pompeii Festival will be on from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Queens County Farm Museum will host Pride on the Farm from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., which may affect Little Neck Pkwy. near 74th Ave.

At St. Albans Park, the Bankra Caribbean Culture Festival will run from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m., with impacts possible to Merrick Blvd., Sayres Ave., and Linden Blvd. From 2 p.m. to 7 p.m., the Hot Summer Community Day will take place at Roy Wilkins Park, possibly impacting Merrick Blvd. and Baisley Blvd.

Commodore Barry Park will host the COVID Relief Dance Festival from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.; watch for potential slowdowns on Park Ave., Flushing Ave., and Navy St. The BRIC

Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival kicks off at 7:30 p.m. at the Prospect Park Bandshell, which may cause traffic to be sluggish along Prospect Park W. around 9th St.

On Sunday, the Lexington Avenue Summerfest will run from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., on Lexington Ave. from 42nd St. to 57th St.

The Austin Street Festival will be on from 12:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Austin St. at 83rd Ave in Kew Gardens. The Darkness RISING: Live 4 Block Party will take place on N. 6th St. between Bedford Ave. and Wythe Ave. from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Cincinnati will play the Mets in Queens on Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m., and on Sunday at 1 p.m.

Saturday at 3:45 a.m. to Sunday at 10 p.m., there will be no J service between Crescent St. and Jamaica Center. Free shuttle buses will make stops between Crescent St. and 121st St. and connect with the E train at Jamaica-Van Wyck.

For the next three Saturdays, 5:45 a.m. to 9:45 p.m., and next three Sundays, 7:45 a.m. to 9:45 p.m., Manhattan-bound 5 trains will run express from E 180th St. to 3rd Ave.-149th St.

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