Thurs., Aug. 28 – Wed., Sept. 3
ALTERNATE SIDE PARKING RULES ARE SUSPENDED MONDAY FOR LABOR DAY
Labor Day means the end of summer is here! Whether you stay in the city or head out of town, there will be some mean traffic to face. Beginning around 2 p.m. Thursday and Friday, West St./Route 9A, the F.D.R., and the Holland and Battery tunnels will get hectic as vacationers skip town for one more long weekend.
The Giants take on the Patriots 7:30 p.m. Thursday at MetLife Stadium in a preseason game.
Since Thursday afternoon is the unofficial start of the holiday weekend, traffic under and over the Hudson will be a mess. Fans and vacationers will take the Holland (and Lincoln) out of the city en masse, so get an early start if you can. Post-game fan traffic back into Manhattan will be slow too, since one New York-bound lane in the Holland will close 11 p.m. Thursday to 5 a.m. Friday.
One small relief: there will be no construction on bridges over the weekend, although overnight closures of the Manhattan-bound Brooklyn Bridge will resume Tuesday, running from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. Tuesday through Thursday nights.
On Monday, alternate side parking rules will be suspended, as will meter rules. Signs that say “No parking” or “No standing” on certain weekdays, in this case Monday, are also suspended. Signs with the word “anytime” are still in effect.
On West St./Route 9A, two northbound lanes will close between Albany and Vesey Sts. 1 a.m. to 8 a.m. Saturday.
The First Police Precinct Explorers Block Party will close Liberty St. between Broadway and Trinity Pl. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday.
Pace University students moving into dorms will take over several curb lanes in the Financial District 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday on Frankfort and Spruce Sts. between Gold St. and Park Row, and 7 a.m. Saturday through 5 a.m. Monday on John and Fulton Sts. between William and Dutch Sts., Dutch St. between Fulton and John Sts., and on John St. between Broadway and Nassau St.
The Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit will close University Pl. between Waverly Pl. and 13th St., Washington Square East between Waverly Pl. and West 4th St., and Washington Pl. between Washington Square East and Mercer St. noon to 6 p.m. Saturday through Monday.
Email your traffic, transit and parking questions to transitsam@downtownexpress.com.
