An electric vehicle race will take over Brooklyn this weekend

A large swath of Brooklyn will have street closures in effect this weekend—along with all of the traffic and street disruptions that brings—to accommodate the 2019 New York City ePrix on Saturday and Sunday.

For those who aren’t familiar with this sort of racing—kind of like the Grands Prix in Monaco or Australia, but with e-vehicles—Formula E, a series that uses only electric cars, began in 2014 and has since traveled to cities around the world. The New York City event first took over Brooklyn in 2017; this year’s race will be the third one in the borough.

Much of the action is centered in and around the relatively uncrowded streets of Red Hook, with the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal serving as the home base for the non-racing festivities. The track itself, which is nearly 1.5 miles long, will wind through the neighborhood, taking over Bowne Street and the surrounding areas. (So don’t plan a trip to Ikea this weekend.)

The event is an all-day affair, with gates to the spectator stations opening at 7 a.m., and races kicking off at 4 p.m. (You can buy tickets for the spectator areas, but grandstand tickets are sold out.)

But Brooklynites who couldn’t care less about electric vehicles will still feel the event’s impact, since many streets in Red Hook, Cobble Hill, and Park Slope—including a major stretch of Atlantic Avenue—will be closed.

Here are the streets that will be closed all day Saturday and Sunday to accommodate the race:

• Van Brunt Street between Summit Street and Water / Dead End
• Imlay Street between Summit Street and Pioneer Street
• Summit Street between Van Brunt Street and Imlay Street
• Conover Street between Pioneer Street and Water / Dead End
• Ferris Street between King Street and Van Dyke Street
• Reed Street between Van Brunt Street and Conover Street
• Beard Street between Otsego Street and Conover Street
• Van Dyke Street between Otsego Street and Water / Dead End
• Coffey Street between Otsego Street and Water / Dead End
• Dikeman Street between Otsego Street and Water / Dead End
• Wolcott Street between Otsego Street and Water / Dead End
• Sullivan Street between Van Brunt Street and Water / Dead End
• King Street between Van Brunt Street and Ferris Street
• Pioneer Street between Van Brunt Street and Conover Street
• Verona Street between Van Brunt Street and Imlay Street
• Commerce Street between Van Brunt Street and Imlay Street
• Bowne Street between Van Brunt Street and Imlay Street
• Richards Street between Verona Street and Beard Street
• Dwight Street between Coffey Street and Beard Street
• Bay Street between Otsego Street and Smith Street
• Sigourney Street between Otsego Street and Columbia Street
• Halleck Street between Otsego Street and Columbia Street
• Otsego Street between Bay Street and Halleck Street
• Columbia Street between Halleck Street and Lorraine Street
• Atlantic Avenue between Flatbush Avenue and Court Street
• Court Street between Atlantic Avenue and Bay Street
• Smith Street between Bay Street and Union Street
• Union Street between Smith Street and 5th Avenue
• 5th Avenue between Union Street and Flatbush Avenue
• Flatbush Avenue between 5th Avenue and Atlantic Avenue
• 2nd Place between Smith Street and Court Street
• Hicks Street between Bay Street and Lorraine Street
• Lorraine Street between Hicks Street and Otsego Street