Dates: Thurs., Feb. 11 – Wed., Feb. 17
ALTERNATE SIDE PARKING RULES ARE SUSPENDED FRIDAY AND MONDAY
Summons Alert Day ahead! Although Presidents’ Day on Monday is a national holiday, only alternate side parking rules are suspended. Many people don’t know this and are surprised to find tickets for meter violations and No Parking rules. The best way to avoid any unwanted summonses is to follow me on Twitter @GridlockSam, and check my website https://www.gridlocksam.com/.
Happy Lunar New Year! Love might be in the air on Valentine’s Day Sunday, but gridlock will be on the ground when the 17th Lunar New Year Parade takes over Lower Manhattan. The parade will impact a number of streets 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday including Mott St. between Broome and Canal Sts., Hester St. between Mulberry and Eldridge Sts., and Forsyth St. between Rivington St. and East Broadway. Expect slowdowns leading up to the Manhattan Bridge.
Public schools are on mid-winter break beginning Monday (2/15) and running through Friday (2/19). That means traffic will be a bit easier for AM commuters.
Late night Hudson River tunnel woes near the Holland Tunnel ahead: In the Lincoln Tunnel, one New York-bound tube will be closed 11 p.m. Thursday to 5 a.m. Friday. This will send drivers south to the Holland Tunnel where one New York-bound lane and one New Jersey-bound lane will be closed during the same period. Expect late night delays and extra traffic on Canal and Varick Sts.
In the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, one tube will close Monday through Friday nights 9:30 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. One tube will also close 1 a.m. to 8 a.m. Saturday. During the closure, two lanes of traffic will remain in the open tube. Expect slowdowns.
In the Battery Park Underpass there will be a full closure of the south tube from the FDR to West St. midnight to 5 a.m. Thursday. Use the detour by going south on West St., left onto Battery Pl., continuing onto State T., and going one block north on Water St., then right onto Broad St. One lane will also close during the day 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday and Friday.
Avenue D between 12th and 13th Sts., Thames St. between Greenwich St. and Trinity Pl., Fletcher St. between Front and South Sts., and Dutch St. between Fulton and John Sts. will be closed all week.
