Third Street between 6th and 7th Avenue is having its first block party ever. EVER.

Finally, after all these years, one of the newer residents decided to organize one and she did a great job.

She put together a planning committee, she got a permit from the city to close the street, she organized activities for children and, best of all, rented one of those spacewalks.

Bernette Rudoph, an elderly and talented artist, is doing a wood sculpture activity with the kids.

What’s really fun is that the street is closed to traffic and the kids can ride their biks and scooters up and down the streets. Also, there’s fire hydrant sprinkler, a time honored way for city kids to cool off.