WATCH OUT DEAR FELLOW YELLOWS

UPPER EAST SIDE:
THERE'S BEEN A POLICE TRAP SET UP IN RECENT DAYS ON THIRD AS YOU TURN RIGHT OFF E. 60th TO GO UPTOWN. THREE OR FOUR OF THEM STAND BY THE FAR LEFT LANE AND MOTION DRIVERS TO PULL OVER IF THEY MAKE A WIDE TURN ACROSS SEVERAL LANES. YOUR TURN MUST LOOK LIKE A NICE CLEAN 90 DEGREE ANGLE IF YOU DON'T WANT A TICKET.

MORE RED LIGHT CAMERAS:
I'VE NOW SPOTTED NEW ONES I HAD NOT SEEN BEFORE ON:

1. Metropolitan Avenue eastbound across Bushwick Avenue. This one is easy to get stung by when you come down Humbolt off the BQE and turn left unto Metro.

2. Bushwick Avenue southbound across Flushing Avenue.

3. South Conduit eastbound (towards the airport) at 89th Street (near Linden Blvd.).

4. Linden Boulevard westbound across Fountain (East New York).

Update weekend:

note today in addition to what's in the posting for saturday, there is also a street fair on Bleeker Street probably between 6th avenue and broadway, just avoid Bleeker completely.

The festival today, and the parade tomorrow named 'Heritage of Pride' is actually the Gay Pride festival and parade. Today the festival will be in the meatpacking district. I doubt there will be much taxi use from there, but there may be more partying in Greenwich Village, maybe the meatpacking too, late into the night.

Its the parade that really gets messy on Sunday:

5th Avenue from 52nd street all the way down to turn at the bottom of 5th Avenue, Going up Christopher Street either from 9th Street or Waverly/Washington Square North. The parade will continue west on Christopher all the way to Greenwich Street.

note formation streets and dispersal streets listed as they will probably be close at the beginning and ending.

Formation: 52nd, 53rd, 54th, and 56th Streets between 7th Avenue and Madison Avenue
Route: 5th Avenue from 52nd Street to Greenwich Street
Dispersal: Greenwich Street between West Houston and Bethune Streets
The above streets will be closed Sunday from 11am to 6pm for the Heritage of Pride Parade as permitted by NYPD.

Saturday: 6/27/09

It's always a good idea to look at the DOT page for the weekends, I said it before, but it's always important especially in the summer time.

From what I've read so far, at a 11 in the morning:

6th Ave between 23rd and 33rd will be closed for a street fair. And again it will be closed from 35th to 59th streets for the International Immigrants Day Parade.

So really 6th Avenue will be closed from 23rd to 59th Streets

This seems hard to believe, so if you have a morning shift like me, examine the avenue as the day progresses. they may cut it shorter, or cancel the street fair between 23rd and 33rd.

The Meatpacking District will have these closures:
Hudson Street between 14th Street and Bethune Street;

13th Street between Hudson Street and 9th Avenue;

9th Avenue between 13th Street and 14th Streets:
These streets will be closed Sunday from 11am to 6pm for the Heritage of Pride Festival as permitted by the Mayor's Street Activity Permit Office (SAPO).

And Greene Street will very likely be closed for crane operations between Canal Street and Grand Street, so avoid the small streets of SoHo today as traffic builds.
Many more crane operation streets are mentioned, so check the DOT page for that and Sunday's closures.

This Sunday

Today seems to be clear of major road closures, aside from The holland tunnel being closed every weekend from 1 am to 8am, and a few small crosstowns for crane operations. The only closure at 11am today will be the Young Republicans on Broadway between 57th and 47th. You shouldn't be there anyway because Broadway doesn't go through anyway. If they need taxicabs, figure they won't be going far, so every way you slice it, Broadway isn't worth your time now, nor again.

But Sunday Has a few major closures - Streets I feel to have some impact are below- Copied from the DOT website:

Small Parade UPPER WEST SIDE--

Formation: 79th Street and Riverside Drive
Route: 79th Street and Riverside Drive to West End Avenue; West End Avenue from 79th Street to 95th Street; 95th Street from West End Avenue to Broadway
End: 95th Street and Broadway
The above streets will be closed Sunday from 11am to 3pm for the Dr. Glory Children's Theatre Parade as permitted by NYPD.

Street Fair UPPER WEST SIDE--

Columbus Avenue between West 96th Street and West 86th Street: This street will be closed Sunday from 11am to 6pm for the WS Crime Prevention/Mitchell-Lama Street Festival as permitted by the Mayor's Street Activity Permit Office (SAPO).

Street Fair MIDTOWN--

Lexington Avenue between East 57th Street and East 34th Street: This street will be closed Sunday from 11am to 6pm for the Kidney and Urology Foundation Lexington Avenue Street Festival as permitted by the Mayor's Street Activity Permit Office (SAPO). For the Turtle Bay Association Street Festival as permitted by the Mayor's Street Activity Permit Office (SAPO).

Bicycling HARLEM--

Perimeter around Marcus Garvey Park; Madison Avenue from 120th Street to 124th Street; 124th Street from Madison Avenue to Mt. Morris Park West; Mt. Morris Park from 124th Street to 120th Street; 120th Street to Madison Avenue:
The above streets will be closed Sunday from 12 Noon to 5pm for the Harlem Cycling Classic as permitted by the Mayor's Street Activity Permit Office (SAPO).

If it helps you to know about a few good subway detours and closures. This weekend

-The L train is still doing its crappy thing, stopping at Lorimer Street in Brooklyn. That is around Grand Street and Union Street. It is a 5 to 8 dollar ride to where the train starts up again at Myrtle and Wyckoff. If your lucky somebody impatient for the Shuttle bus, might grab a cab from there into the city for anywhere between 15 and 35 bucks!

-And the A train is taking the F line into Brooklyn, bypassing TriBeca and Fort Greene, Brooklyn. So you may have a few more downtown rides to Fort Greene, 15 bucks!

CITY OF REVENUE

In case you have not noticed yet:
THERE IS A NEW RED LIGHT CAMERA AT CADMAN PLAZA WEST:
If you're coming from the waterfront on Old Fulton St. and make that left unto Prospect St. just a split second too late (in order to reach the BK Bridge ramp back to Manhattan), subtract $50 from today's income. Also, I've spotted new red light cameras on Flatbush Avenue, as you drive past Dean Street, towards Prospect Park (southbound), just after Atlantic Avenue. And one on Atlantic itself, as you go through Pennsylvania Avenue on your way to JFK (eastbound). Also, I watched an ambulance run the red on 2 Av and 26th, and the camera flashed. Funny eh?

L train

Yesterday was crappy for me, to much time between rides, not enough rides, too many small ones, and it wasn't well played either, I suppose I should've waited at LGA the two times I got there. But today's been good, it's all luck, what can you do? and it's gonna get bad soon if not already, with a 

• parade on Madison from 23rd to 41
  
• street fairs at 6th ave from 42nd to 56th, and 3rd ave from 66 to 86
• a 10k run shutting down central park west from the south end all the way to 90th (I'm sure they'll let cars through the transverses, but it may be slow)
• And old St Patricks, that's the church in the lower east side i think, or soho, whatever, it's got mott street mulberry, worth all over there closed.

Check the DOT website

The L train isn't running between Lorimer Street and Myrtle Avenue in Brooklyn. It gets busy there, lots of people, can't say weather they will or won't want a cab, but the shuttle bus service is not sufficient. I've already gotten at least two rides- from L.E.S. to Myrtle/Wyckoff, and then another back, that's almost 40 bucks, from that. when the shit hits the fan in Manhattan, you might want to hope for Brooklyn?