Thurs., July 30 – Wed., Aug. 5
ALTERNATE SIDE PARKING RULES ARE IN EFFECT ALL WEEK
Major weekend street closures ahead! The D.O.T.’s Summer Streets program will close Centre St. between the Brooklyn Bridge and Foley Square, Lafayette St. between Foley Square and Astor Pl., and Union Square East between 15th and 17th Sts. as well as Park Ave. from 17th St. all the way up to E. 72nd St. 6:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday. The following crosstown streets will remain open to cars: Chambers, Reade, Worth, Canal, Broome, and Houston Sts. This event will repeat the next two Saturdays, Aug. 8 and 15.
The D.O.T. Summer Streets program will also make some changes in Brooklyn Bridge traffic. Next weekend all Manhattan-bound traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge will be detoured at the Centre St./North Chambers St. exit midnight to 6 p.m. Saturday. Manhattan-bound traffic will take the F.D.R. Drive or the Park Row South exit instead. For the rest of the week, all Manhattan-bound lanes will close 11 p.m. Thursday to 6 a.m. Friday, and 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. Monday through Wednesday nights. Drivers will instead take the Battery Tunnel and Manhattan Bridge, making for slowdowns on West St. and Canal St., respectively.
The Seaport Community Coalition Summer Seaport Festival will close Water St. between Fulton and Broad Sts. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday. The Stone St. pedestrian mall will close Stone St. between Broad St. and Hanover Sq., and Mill Ln. between South William and Stone Sts. 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. each day this week.
In the Lincoln Tunnel, one tube will close 11 p.m. Thursday to 5 a.m. Friday morning. In the remaining open tube, traffic will be maintained in both directions. This slowdown will send Manhattan-bound traffic down to the Holland Tunnel.
In the Holland Tunnel, one New York-bound lane and one New Jersey-bound lane will close 11 p.m. Thursday to 5 a.m. Friday, slowing inbound traffic. Expect delays into Canal St.
On West St./Route 9A, one southbound lane will be closed from Vesey to West Thames Sts. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday and Friday.
FROM THE MAILBAG:
Dear Transit Sam,
My wife and I are retiring soon and contemplating to split our residence stay between Miami in the winter and spring and New York City in the summer and fall, about six months in each location. Currently, I possess a New York State driver’s license and registration. If I change them to the state of Florida, would I need to do something documentation-wise when coming for six months stay to New York and driving?
Arkadiy, Manhattan
Dear Arkadiy,
If you have a Florida license you can still drive in New York State with no trouble, as long as your permanent residence is in Florida too.
Transit Sam
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