Saturday, June 20, 2009

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!

1 comment:

  1. Sorry about the Lexington Ave detail, it seemed I think that it was only closed from 57 to 42, but as usual the listings are always off by a little. They tend to always omit a 3rd avenue closure or Bleeker street, fortunately not the case Sunday

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