The 25th annual New Hyde Park Street Fair will take place on Saturday, Sept. 17, beginning at 10 a.m.
The event will be held on Jericho Turnpike from New Hyde Park Road to Lakeville Road.
Attendees can expect village merchants and restaurants, children’s carnival rides in the Central boulevard parking lot and more than 150 vendors, local businesses and community service organizations to be on hand.
Deputy Mayor Madhvi Nijjar said the village is excited to return the fair to a sense of normalcy for the second year in a row.
“We recently had a meeting on the fair and are expecting a bigger turnout than last year,” Nijjar said. “It’s been a great effort between the village and Craft-A-Fair to put this on for the community.”
From 10 a.m. to noon, Ray McKnight will provide live music as the DJ, while the live band Birds in the Boneyard plays from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Mayor Christopher Devane said it has been a priority of the village to organize high-quality events that are fun for the whole family and that every event the village has are welcome to everyone, regardless of where they live, free of charge.
“It’s our village block party and a day where people come and catch up with their neighbors or friends that they haven’t seen in a while,” Devane said. “It’s a tradition here in New Hyde Park and something everyone looks forward to.”
Devane said the fair itself will be condensed by a few blocks compared to years past in order to make it easier to walk for attendees.
“We know there are events that people mark their calendars for,” Devane said. “We are working to make New Hyde Park’s events are something that people mark their calendars for, not just people in our community, but everyone.”
There is no set schedule for events, but attendees can expect to see an extrication display from the New Hyde Park Fire Department and martial arts and dance performances throughout the day.
Last year, the first responders simulated removing a victim from an automobile, using various tools, such as the jaws of life, as the crowd grew. Once the “victim” was saved, the department went ahead and transformed what was an SUV into a convertible.
The street fair returned in 2021 after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and LIRR construction in 2019, where it sold out each of the spots available for vendors.
The street fair is being organized in conjunction with Craft-A-Fair Long Island. The rain date is scheduled for Sept. 24.