Motorists & Parking

Special Traffic Advisories

This alert lists areas where major street construction projects and street events will interrupt the normal flow of traffic. This is a supplementary report to the published Weekly Traffic Advisory & Weekend Advisory.

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Construction Embargoes

Traffic Advisories

Construction Embargoes

2013 Tour De Brooklyn Construction Embargo - May 31-June 2, 2013

A special event construction embargo is in effect for the Tour De Brooklyn. From 12:01am Friday, May 31 through 11:59pm Sunday, June 2, 2013 at the locations noted below only emergency work may be performed provided an emergency number is received from the New York City Department of Transportation. Any permits issued prior to the date of this notice are hereby suspended for the time frame and locations noted. There will be strict enforcement of this embargo and violators are subject to be summonsed. Utility cover openings are prohibited on roadways noted below. The embargoed locations are as follows (see map):

  • Navy Street between Park Avenue and York Street
  • York Street between Navy Street and Front Street
  • Front Street between York Street and Old Fulton Street
  • Old Fulton Street between Front Street and Furman Street
  • Furman Street between Old Fulton Street and Columbia Street
  • Columbia Street between Furman Street and Degraw Street
  • Degraw Street between Columbia Street and Van Brunt Street
  • Van Brunt Street from Degraw Street to Coffey Street
  • Coffey Street from Van Brunt Street to Otsego Street
  • Otsego Street between Coffey Street and Bay Street
  • Bay Street between Otsego Street and Smith Street
  • Smith Street between Bay Street and Union Street
  • Union Street between Smith Street and Third Avenue
  • Third Avenue between Union Street and Sackett Street
  • Sackett Street between Third Avenue and Berkeley Street
  • Berkeley Street between Sackett Street and Plaza Street West
  • Plaza Street West between Berkeley Street and Eastern Parkway
  • Eastern Parkway between Plaza Street West and Buffalo Avenue
  • Buffalo Avenue between Eastern Parkway and East New York Avenue
  • President Street between Rochester Avenue and Troy Avenue
  • Troy Avenue between President Street and Lewis Avenue
  • Lewis Avenue between Troy Avenue and Jefferson Avenue
  • Jefferson Avenue between Lewis Avenue and Knickerbocker Avenue
  • Knickerbocker Avenue from Jefferson Avenue and Morgan Avenue
  • Morgan Avenue between Knickerbocker Avenue and Driggs Avenue
  • Driggs Avenue between Morgan Avenue and South 8th Street
  • South 8th Street between Driggs Avenue and Wythe Avenue
  • Wythe Avenue between South 8th Street and Franklin Avenue
  • Franklin Avenue between Wythe Avenue and Park Avenue
  • Park Avenue between Franklin Avenue and Navy Street

2013 Taste of Times Square Construction Embargo - May 31-June 2, 2013

A special event construction embargo is in effect for the Taste of Times Square. From 12:01am Friday, May 31 through 11:59pm Monday, June 3, 2013 at the locations noted below for this embargo only emergency work, including utility cover openings, may be performed provided an emergency number is received from the New York City Department of Transportation. Any permits issued prior to the date of this notice are hereby suspended for the time frame and locations noted (see map). There will be strict enforcement of this embargo and violators are subject to be summonsed.

Locations
  • Broadway Pedestrian Plaza between 44th Street and 47th Street
  • West 46th Street between Broadway and 9th Avenue

2013 Celebrate Israel Parade Construction Embargo - June 1-2, 2013

A special event construction embargo is in effect for the Celebrate Israel Parade. From 12:01am Saturday, June 1 through 11:59pm Sunday, June 2, 2013 at the locations noted below for this embargo only emergency work, including utility cover openings, may be performed provided an emergency number is received from the New York City Department of Transportation. Any permits issued prior to the date of this notice are hereby suspended for the time frame and locations noted (see map). There will be strict enforcement of this embargo and violators are subject to be summonsed.

Locations

Formation:
  • 52nd Street between Park Avenue and 6th Avenue
  • 53rd Street between Park Avenue and 6th Avenue
  • 54th Street between Park Avenue and 6th Avenue
  • 55th Street between Park Avenue and 6th Avenue
  • 56th Street between Park Avenue and 7th Avenue
Route:
  • 5th Avenue between 52nd Street and 74th Street
Dispersal:
  • 5th Avenue between 74th Street Street and 78th Street
  • 74th Street between 5th Avenue and Madison Avenue
  • 75th Street between 5th Avenue and Madison Avenue
  • 76th Street between 5th Avenue and Madison Avenue
  • 77th Street between 5th Avenue and Madison Avenue
  • 78th Street between 5th Avenue and Madison Avenue
  • 5th Avenue between 74th Street and 78th Street

Traffic Advisories

Brooklyn Bridge Rehabilitation

As part of the ongoing rehabilitation of the Brooklyn Bridge ramps and approaches, The full closure for traffic proceeding Manhattan bound/westbound resumes overnight starting the night of December 10th and will occur Sunday night through Friday morning between 11pm and 6am, and 12:01am to 7am Saturday, and 12:01am to 9am Sunday. The northbound FDR exit to the Brooklyn Bridge is closed starting 1 hour before closure hours noted below. Motorists should use the prior South Street exit. The Brooklyn Queens Expressway eastbound exit to the Brooklyn Bridge is closed starting as early as 30 minutes before closure hours noted below. Motorists should proceed to the following Manhattan Bridge exit or use the prior Brooklyn Battery Tunnel cars only (pay toll) exit for access to Manhattan. All work will occur overnight during off peak hours, when Manhattan-bound motorists will be detoured to the nearby Manhattan Bridge, or may choose other crossings. On Sunday morning December 16 from 9am to noon, the eastbound Brooklyn Bridge exit to Tillary Street will be closed. Motorists should use the Cadman Plaza West exit and follow posted detour. On gridlock alert days closures will not occur until midnight. Learn more about the Brooklyn Bridge Rehabilitation

Chambers Street Reconstruction

The Department of Design and Construction (DDC) is performing work on Chambers Street in order to install new water mains and upgrade other utilities. To safely accommodate the work, parts of Chambers Street between Broadway and West Street will become one-way, open to only westbound traffic. During Phase I, scheduled to end in late 2011, work will be performed between West Broadway and West Street. Phase II, scheduled to run from late 2011 through summer 2012, will include work between Broadway and West Broadway. Two-way traffic will be maintained on blocks not under construction. Download an informational booklet on the Chambers Street reconstruction(pdf)

Closure of the 149th Street Bridge over the LIRR

Beginning on May 10, 2010, DOT will rehabilitate the 149th Street Bridge over the Long Island Rail Road, between Roosevelt Avenue and 41st Avenue in Queens. The roadway, sidewalks, and parapet will be completely rebuilt and replaced. The work is expected to be completed by the end of November, 2011. Please use the 147th Street or 149th Place bridges as alternate routes.

Lane Closures on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway

On or about April 29, 2010, DOT will begin work on the on the Summit Street Pedestrian Bridge over the Brooklyn Queens Expressway. The existing protective coating will be cleaned and removed through abrasive blasting techniques. A new, epoxy-zinc protective coating system will be applied to all steel superstructures. In order to mobilize equipment at the work site, during the work the contractor will close two lanes on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway between Kane Street and Hamilton Avenue for work under the Summit Street Pedestrian Bridge. These lane closures will occur:

  • Tuesday to Friday: 1:00 am to 5:00 am
  • Saturdays: 1:00 am to 6:00 am
  • Sunday: 2:00 am to 7:00 am

Concrete barriers, advanced warning signs and pavement markings will be installed to maintain the safe flow of both vehicular and pedestrian traffic in the vicinity of the work area. The contractor may also close one traffic lane to permit the installation of paint containment units while maintaining the remaining lanes of traffic at all times. To limit construction noise all construction activity will be undertaken in accordance with the noise mitigation code.

Queensboro Bridge Manhattan-Bound HOV-2 Lane

An high occupancy vehicle lane is open on the Manhattan-bound South Upper Roadway of the Queensboro Bridge from 6 am to 9:30 am, Monday to Friday. The lane is open to cars containing two or more people and motorcycles. Drivers can reach the lane from Thomson Avenue or 21st Street at 43rd Avenue in Queens, it leads to East 58th Street/East 57th Street in Manhattan.

Manhattan Bridge HOV-2 Lane

Between 6 am and 10 am, Monday to Friday, cars with two or more people, buses, and motorcycles may use the left lane of the upper roadway inbound to Manhattan. Drivers can reach the lane from Exit 29A of the eastbound Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE), or from Flatbush Avenue Extension (follow signs). It can also be reached from Exit 29 of the BQE westbound, by turning right onto Gold Street or proceeding straight onto Flatbush Avenue. Download the access map (pdf)

In Manhattan, left turns from the upper roadway onto Canal Street at Chrystie Street are prohibited from 5 am to 3 pm Monday to Friday. Vehicles using the HOV lane will have access to Chrystie Street northbound and Canal Street eastbound.