Outside City Market they were grilling hamburgers and hotdogs. Neighbors dragged patio furniture into the street at 21st and Roy to enjoy a potluck dinner. In the Capitol Hill Tool Library alley they were making ice cream with an old school ice cream maker — a device you can check-out and use yourself.

Block parties around Capitol Hill brought neighbors together Tuesday night as part of Seattle’s annual Night Out — a celebration of safe streets and neighborhoods supported by the Seattle Police Department.

CHS was there to capture some of the lawn game and BBQ action. Send us photos from your shindig so we can showoff your block.

If you were busy with election night parties, you don’t have to wait for next August or SPD to close a street or celebrate on a sidewalk. The city supports block parties by making it easy — and free — to shut down your (non-arterial) street.