The New York City Police Department today announced street closures and anticipated traffic delays for the weekend of September 26th and 27th, 2009.  Drivers should expect delays in the following areas:

Saturday, September 26^th  

CONTINENTAL AIRLINES 5^th AVENUE MILE

Manhattan:          1100 x 1800

5^th Avenue between East 80^th & East 59^th Streets closed

CONGRESS OF RACIAL EQUALITY INC-BROADWAY STREET FESTIVAL

Manhattan:          1100 x 1800

Broadway between Waverly Place & East 14^th Street closed

HARLEM’S CHILDREN’S SOCIETY PARADE

Manhattan:          1100 x 1800

Formation: 112^th Street between Lenox Street & 7^th Avenue

Route: 7^th Avenue between 110^th & 129^th Streets (Northbound lanes)

Dispersal: 7^th Avenue & 129^th Street

The above streets will be closed for this event

STONE STREET OYSTER FESTIVAL

Manhattan:          1100 x 1800

Stone Street between Hanover Square & Coenties alley closed

TUNNEL TO TOWERS FESTIVAL

Manhattan:          1100 x 1800

Vesey Street between north End Avenue & West Street closed

PITKIN AVENUE BID’S WEEKEND WALKS

Brooklyn:             1000 x 1800 (Sep 19 & 26)

Pitkin Avenue between Straus & Thomas Boyland Streets closed

NYC POLICE MUSEUM FAMILY DAY & OLD SLIP STREET FESTIVAL

Manhattan:          1100 x 1800 (Friday & Saturday, Sept. 25, 26, 2009)

Old Slip between Water & South Streets closed

Sunday, September 27^th 

SOLDIERS, SAILORS, MARINES & AIRMEN-LEXINGTON AVENUE STREET FESTIVAL

Manhattan:          1100 x 1800

Lexington Avenue between East 42^nd & East 34^th Streets closed

WEST MANHATTAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE COLUMBUS AVE STREET FESTIVAL

Manhattan:          1100 x 1800

Columbus Avenue between West 86^th & West 66^th Streets closed

AFRICAN DIASPORA EDUCATION SOCIETY PARADE

Manhattan:          1100 x 1600

Formation: 126^th Street between Frederick Douglas & Malcolm X Boulevards

Route: 7^th Ave from 126^th to 116^th Streets; S/b lanes of 116^th Street from 7^th to Morningside Avenues

Dispersal: Morningside Park

The above streets will be closed for this event

STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS RUN

Brooklyn:             0600 x 1400

Formation: Hamilton Avenue & Henry Street

Route: Hamilton Avenue from Henry Street to Columbia Street through Brooklyn Battery Tunnel to Manhattan; West Side highway between Joseph P. Ward Street; Liberty Street between West Street & South End Avenue; Vesey Street between North End Avenue & West Street

The above streets will be closed for this event

Note: BROOKLYN BATTERY TUNNEL All Lanes, Both Directions, Closed for “Tunnel to Towers” Run 0800 x 1500

MONTAGUE SUMMER SPACE-PEDESTRIAN STREET EVENT

Brooklyn:             1000 x 1900 (Sep 20 & 27)

Montague Street between Clinton & Hicks Streets closed

MYRTLE AVENUE BROOKLYN PARTNERSHIP’S MOVE ABOUT MYRTLE

Brooklyn:             0800 x 2200 (Every Sunday in Sept)

Myrtle Avenue between Clinton Avenue & Emerson Place closed

BROADWAY MERCHANTS PROFESSIONALS ASSOCIATION FESTIVAL

Queens: 1100 x 1800

Broadway between Crescent & 47^th Streets closed

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