[infoshare] Fw: Weekend Street Closures - July 4-6
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- Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:43:36 -0400
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Subject: Weekend Street Closures - July 4-6
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Weekend Street Closures - July 4-6
Closings for Fireworks on Friday, July 4:
The FDR Drive will be closed to vehicular traffic from Broad Street to the
Brooklyn Bridge and from Houston Street to 63rd Street from 3:00 pm until
approximately 1:00 am, or until cleanup is completed. Other Manhattan
closures are: South Street between Dover Street and the Whitehall Ferry
Terminal; the bike path north of the Brooklyn Bridge to Rutgers Street; and
Water Street between Moore Street and Fulton Street.
There is no pedestrian viewing from the Queensboro, Brooklyn, Williamsburg
and Manhattan Bridges. Inbound traffic coming off the Queensboro Bridge
should proceed north on 1st Avenue and southbound on 2nd Avenue. There will
be no traffic restrictions on the Brooklyn, Williamsburg and Manhattan
Bridges. The FDR Drive will remain open northbound from the Brooklyn Bridge
exit to Houston Street to alleviate traffic from the bridge. The Brooklyn
Queens Expressway will remain open to traffic.
Pedestrian-only access to the FDR Drive (no motor vehicle entry) will be at
the following locations:
- Old Slip and Water Street
- Pearl Street and Frankfort Street
- Houston Street
- 6th Street and 10th Street including overpasses to East River Park
- 14th Street
- 20th Street
- 23rd Street
- 25th Street
- 34th Street
- 38th Street
- 41st Street
- 42nd Street
- 48th Street
- 49th Street
- 53rd Street
Brooklyn street closings 8:00 pm until 10:30 pm:
- Montague Street between Court Street and the entrance to the Promenade.
- Hicks Street between Atlantic Avenue and Old Fulton Street.
- Furman Street between Old Fulton Street and Atlantic Avenue.
- Old Fulton between Prospect Street and Furman Street.
- Columbia Heights between Montague Street and Old Fulton Street.
Other Street Closings:
- Mulberry Street between Canal Street and Broome Street in Manhattan will
be closed 11:00 am to 6:00 pm through September 7 for the Mulberry Street
Pedestrian Mall.
- Pleasant Avenue between East 114th Street and East 116th Street, and East
114th Street and East 117th Street between Pleasant and First Avenues in
Manhattan will be closed Friday through Sunday 11:00 am to 6:00 pm for Our
Lady of Mt. Carmel Feast.
- East 109th Street between 2nd Avenue and 3rd Avenue in Manhattan will be
closed Friday through Sunday 11:00 am to 6:00 pm for the Peloteros Unidos
SBL.
The following streets will be closed on Friday:
- Water Street between Broad and Fulton Streets in Manhattan will be closed
11:00 am to 6:00 pm for the Pearl Street Park Association Festival.
- St. Nicholas Avenue between 116th and 117th Streets in Manhattan will be
closed 9:00 am to 8:00 pm for a block party.
- 114th Street between Frederick Douglass Boulevard and Adam Clayton Powell
Jr. Boulevard Streets in Manhattan will be closed 9:00 am to 9:00 pm for a
Family Day Block Party.
- Sanford Avenue between Union and Main Streets in Queens will be closed
11:00 am to 6:00 pm for the Flushing Development Center Festival.
- Victory Boulevard to Glen Street, Glen Street to Cannon Avenue, Cannon
Avenue to Victory Boulevard, and Victory Boulevard to 141 East Service Road
on Staten Island will be closed 12:30 pm to 3:00 pm for the Travis 4th of
July Parade.
The following streets will be closed on Saturday:
- 6th Avenue between 14th and 23rd Streets in Manhattan will be closed 11:00
am to 6:00 pm for the McBurney YMCA Festival, and between 23rd and 33rd
Streets for the Church of St. John the Baptist Festival.
- 106th Street between 5th and Madison Avenues in Manhattan will be closed
9:00 am to 3:00 pm for a stickball game.
- Woodside Avenue between Roosevelt Avenue and 65th Place in Queens will be
closed 11:00 am to 6:00 pm for the Woodside on the Move Festival.
The following streets will be closed on Sunday:
- Lexington Avenue between 34th and 42nd Streets in Manhattan will be closed
11:00 am to 6:00 pm for the Meretz/Israeli Civil Rights Education Fund.
- Avenue of the Americas (6th Avenue) between 42nd and 56th Streets in
Manhattan will be closed 11:00 am to 6:00 pm for the USO street fair.
- Flatbush Avenue between Parkside Avenue and Cortelyou Road in Brooklyn
will be closed 11:00 am to 6:00 pm for the Flatbush Avenue BID Festival.
- Montague Street from Clinton Street to Montague Terrace in Brooklyn will
be closed all 4 Sundays in July 9:00 am - 6:00 pm for a pedestrian piazza.
Cross Streets (Clinton, Henry, Hicks, Pierrepont Place/Montague Terrace)
will remain open. Access to Pierrepont Place, Montague Terrace and Remsen
Street from the Promenade to Hicks Street will be impacted. To accommodate
local circulation, Pierrepont Place will be temporarily reversed Sundays.
Use detour: Clark Street to Willow Street to Pierrepont Street to Pierrepont
Place to Montague Terrace to Remsen Street.
Permits for parades, block parties, major street fairs and other public
street events are issued either by NYPD or the Mayor's Community Affairs
Unit (CAU).
For more information on weekend street closures, visit the weekend traffic
advisory on the DOT web site at
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/motorist/wkndtraf.shtml
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