Dates: Thurs., Aug. 4 – Wed., Aug. 10
ALTERNATES SIDE PARKING RULES ARE IN EFFECT ALL WEEK
Millions March NYC Demonstrators will be gathering in City Hall Park in between Broadway and Park Row all week.
DOT’s summer streets begin this weekend, brining lots of pedestrian activity to the streets! The citywide festival will close Centre St. between the Brooklyn Bridge and Foley Square, and Lafayette St. between Foley Square and Astor Pl. (and Park Ave. up to 72nd St) from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday. Manhattan-bound traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge will take the FDR Drive or the Park Row South exit. The following crosstown streets will be open to cars: Chambers, Reade, Worth, Canal, Broome, and Houston Sts. This event continues the next two Saturdays, Aug. 13 and Aug. 20.
The Manhattan Bridge will have one lower lane closed from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday, Friday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. The closure will also happen from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday. Expect slowdowns on Canal St.
The double-tunnel closure continues this week! The Holland Tunnel will close one eastbound tunnel lane from 11 p.m. Thursday until 5 a.m. Friday morning, leading to delays on Canal, Broome, and Varick Sts.. The Lincoln Tunnel will close an eastbound tube from 11 p.m. Thursday until 5 a.m. Friday morning. Closures continue in the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, with one tube closed from 8:30 p.m. Thursday until 5:30 a.m. Friday morning. Single tube closures begin from 9:30 a.m. Friday through 5:30 a.m. Monday morning.
There will be no 4 or 5 train service in between Manhattan and Brooklyn this weekend, take the N, R, 2, or 3 trains instead. The A and C trains will be running on the F line between W 4th St and JaySt.-MetroTech.
The West Side Highway will have one northbound lane closed between Vesey and Canal Sts. from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. Monday to Friday, and from 10 p.m. Friday to 9 a.m. Saturday. One southbound lane will be closed from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. Monday to Friday, and from 10 a.m. Friday to 10 a.m. Saturday.
From the mailbag:
Dear Transit Sam,
If my husband was hospitalized unexpectedly and received parking tickets for not moving his car, does he have to pay the tickets?
Clarice, Kips Bay
Dear Clarice,
You will have to make a compelling case to the judge. Your husband must submit copies of his medical records to show the dates when he was incapacitated. In addition, he will have to have a credible explanation why nobody else could move it—i.e. neither you nor your kids have driver’s licenses and could not move the vehicle yourselves—then his tickets will most likely be dismissed.
Transit Sam
