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Permits/Franchises
Protected Streets Listing

A Protected Street is a street which has been resurfaced or reconstructed within five years prior to the date of application for a permit. No street opening activity shall be allowed, except for emergency work or as authorized by the Commissioner, in a protected street for a period of five years from the completion of the street improvement. A street which is on the "Active/Future" listing shows the start date of the project. This information should be used to plan work before streets go into Protected Street Status. The listing is updated daily and is accurate as of the previous business day. This five-borough listing consists of 4 files each file shows all five boroughs: there is one file showing Protected Street Status for segments, one showing Protected Street Status intersections, one showing Active/Future Start Dates of Projects Intersections, and one showing Active/Future Start Dates of Projects Segments.

Using The Protected Streets Listing
(If you do not want to read this information, go directly to the Protected Street Listings.)

Special Note:
These records are updated on a daily basis.

Finding a Location
The official street name should be used when searching for a location in this listing. For example, Central Park West becomes Frederick Douglass Boulevard north of Cathedral Parkway/Central Park North. For numbered streets or avenues, do not spell out the number. For example, enter 1 Avenue or 4 Street.

The listing contains the following sections:

Blocks
Blocks are listed in alphabetic order by street name with all numbered streets coming before all named streets. However, please note that streets having directional prefixes, such as East 57 Street, will appear under "East" not 57 Street.

Where several blocks of a street are protected, they are listed in geographical order. For each protected block, the listing also provides the high and low addresses. A range appearing as blank means that no addresses are on record for that block.

Intersections
Protected intersections are also listed alphabetically, based on which street name comes first. For example, the intersection of Astor Place and Broadway (Manhattan) is listed under Astor Place. Also, numbered streets precede named streets. To illustrate, the intersection of East Houston Street and 7 Avenue will be found under 7 Avenue.

Completion Date
A blank completion date denotes an "active" project. The street will become a protected street when the project work is completed.

For locations in the listing that do not include dates, please call the Borough Street Maintenance Office for additional information.

Bronx (212) 748-6672
Brooklyn (718) 222-7290/7293
Manhattan (212) 839-8980
Queens (718) 286-2707
Staten Island (718) 816-2084

The Protected Streets Listing is an extensive document in pdf format consisting of hundreds of pages of text and will take a significant amount of time to download.

Department of Transportation Protected Streets Listing

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