Retromobile New York doesn’t open at the Javits Center until November 19, but you can get a taste of it this weekend. On Saturday, October 24, the show teams up with NYC Car Club for a free Cars & Coffee on Greene Street in SoHo, running from 9 a.m. to noon, rain or shine.
The idea is simple. Drive in, park on the cobblestones, grab a coffee, and spend the morning talking cars. Every make and model is welcome, whether you’re bringing a concours-ready classic or the car you drive every day.
What to Expect on Greene Street
Greene Street is about as good a backdrop as Manhattan offers for a morning like this. Cast-iron facades line the street, and the cobblestones do half the work for anyone with a camera. On Saturday, they’ll frame whatever rolls in.
NYC Car Club, the nonprofit behind Cars & Coffee NYC, bills this as a hang-out event, and the rules keep it that way. That means no revving, street racing or dangerous driving. It’s family-friendly, too, so bring your partner, the kids and the dog, and plan to stay a while.
Warming Up for Retromobile New York
Think of Saturday as a preview. Retromobile New York is the first American edition of Rétromobile Paris, a fixture of the European collector calendar since 1976, and it runs November 19–22 at the Javits Center. Comexposium, the organizer behind the Paris show, is bringing it to Manhattan with duPont REGISTRY Group.
The four-day indoor salon will gather more than 100 exhibitors, from international dealers and brokers to OEM heritage divisions, restorers, clubs and museums. Gooding Christie’s is the official auction house, with sales on Friday, November 20, and Saturday, November 21, and Billy Joel’s motorcycle collection is one of the headliners. If you’ve never made it to Paris for Rétromobile, this is the easiest it has ever been.
See the inaugural exhibitor lineup and get tickets at retromobile.us.
How to Attend
Admission is free, and registration is open on Eventbrite. Parking is split into three areas along Greene Street:
- Area 1: Open parking. Enter at Broome and Greene (60 Greene St.).
- Area 2: Reserved. Enter at Spring and Greene (90 Greene St.).
- Area 3: Open parking. Enter at Prince and Greene (140 Greene St.).
Areas 1 and 3 are first come, first served, so get there early if you want your car on the cobblestones. The meet runs 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, October 24, rain or shine, and all ages are welcome. Full details are on the NYC Car Club event page.
