New York Special Traffic Report - As of 8/22/14

2014 DOT Summer Streets Construction Embargo - July 28-August 16, 2014A special event construction embargo is in effect for the Summer Streets event. From 12:01 am Monday, July 28 through 6 pm Saturday, August 16, 2014 at the locations noted below only emergency work may be performed provided an emergency number is received from the New York City Department of Transportation. This embargo includes restrictions on Utility Cover Access openings except for emergencies on event dates of August 2, 9 and 16, 2014. Any non-emergency permits issued prior to the date of this notice are hereby suspended for the dates and locations noted below. There will be strict enforcement of this embargo and violators are subject to be summonsed. The embargoed locations in Manhattan are as follows (see map):Main Embargo:Dates: 12:01 am Monday, July 28 through 6 pm Saturday, August 16, 2014RouteCentre Street between Brooklyn Bridge exit and Reade Street / Lafayette StreetLafayette Street between Reade Street/ Centre Street and Fourth AvenueFourth Avenue between Lafayette Street and East 15th StreetUnion Square East between East 15th Street and East 17th StreetPark Avenue South between East 17th Street and East 32nd StreetPark Avenue between East 32nd Street and East 72nd Street (including the viaduct between East 40th Street and East 46th Street)East 72nd Street between Park Avenue and 5th AvenueRest StopsCentre Street between Reade Street / Lafayette Street and Worth StreetCleveland Place between Kenmare Street and Spring StreetSpring Street between Crosby Street and Mulberry StreetKenmare Street between Lafayette Street and Cleveland PlaceAstor Place between Broadway and 4th AvenueEast 12th Street between 3rd Avenue and 4th AvenueEast 24th Street between Madison Avenue and Lexington AvenueEast 25th Street between Madison Avenue and Lexington AvenueEast 26th Street between Madison Avenue and Park AvenueEast 31st Street between Madison Avenue and Lexington AvenueEast 32nd Street between Madison Avenue and Lexington AvenueEast 33rd Street between Park Avenue and Lexington AvenueEast 40th Street between Park Avenue and Lexington AvenueEast 51st Street between Madison Avenue and Lexington AvenueEast 52nd Street between Madison Avenue and Lexington AvenueEvent Day EmbargoDates: Saturdays, August 2, 9 & 16, 2014 from 12:01 am to 6:00 pmAdditional Embargo Locations:Area bounded by East 72nd Street on the North, East 8th Street on the South, 3rd Avenue on the East, 5th Avenue on the West (All Inclusive)Area bounded by East 8th Street on the North, Park Row on the South, Cooper Square / Bowery / Chatham Square / Park Row on the East, Broadway on the West (All Inclusive)Lafayette Street between Reade/Centre Street and 4th Avenue4th Avenue between Lafayette Street and East 15th StreetUnion Square East between East 15th Street and East 17th StreetPark Avenue South between East 17th Street and East 32nd StreetPark Avenue between East 32nd Street and East 72nd Street(Including the viaduct from East 40th Street to East 46th Street)Madison Avenue between 23rd Street and 26th StreetBrooklyn BridgeManhattan BridgeCentre Street (entire length)Reade Street (entire length)Warren Street (entire length)Chambers Street (entire length)Worth Street (entire length)Canal Street (entire length)Broome Street between Chrystie Street and 6th AvenueEast Houston Street between Broadway and 2nd AvenueSpring Street between Lafayette Street and Mulberry StreetCleveland Place between Kenmare Street and Lafayette / Spring StreetsKenmare Street between Lafayette Street and Cleveland Place8th Street (entire length)9th Street (entire length)East 10th Street between 4th Avenue and 3rd AvenueEast 12th Street between Broadway and 3rd Avenue14th Street (entire length)17th Street between Park Avenue and BroadwayEast 20th Street between Park Avenue South and Gramercy Park23rd Street (entire length)East 24th Street between Madison Avenue and Lexington AvenueEast 25th Street between Madison Avenue and Lexington AvenueEast 26th Street between Park Avenue and Lexington Avenue30th Street (entire length)34th Street (entire length)East 36th Street between 5th Avenue and 2nd AvenueEast 37th Street between 5th Avenue and 2nd AvenueEast 41st Street (entire length)42nd Street (entire length)East 45th Street (entire length)East 46th Street between 5th Avenue and 2nd AvenueEast 47th Street between Park Avenue and Lexington AvenueEast 49th Street (entire length)East 50th Street (entire length)East 51st Street between Madison Avenue and Lexington AvenueEast 52nd Street between Madison Avenue and Lexington AvenueEast 53rd Street (entire length)East 54th Street (entire length)57th Street (entire length)East 59th Street (entire length)East 60th Street between 5th Avenue and 2nd Avenue65th Street (entire length)66th Street (entire length)East 67th Street between 5th Avenue and 2nd AvenueEast 68th Street between 5th Avenue and 2nd Avenue72nd Street (entire length)West 90th Street between Central Park West and Riverside DriveWest 91st Street between Central Park West and Riverside DriveNOTE: A special embargo waiver will be considered on a case by case basis for ongoing major building operations (new building, major alteration or governmental capital project work) to work Sundays to Fridays. Applicant should submit an embargo waiver application (available at our Manhattan permit office and at DOT s website http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/dot-special-event-construction-embargo-waiver.pdf) to OCMC-Streets for review and approval. The application will be reviewed by both OCMC-Streets and the Special Events Unit, and a waiver determination will be made.Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Construction Embargo - August 14-September 19, 2014A special event construction embargo is in effect for the 2014 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. During the dates and locations noted below only emergency work may be performed provided an emergency number is received from the New York City Department of Transportation. Any non-emergency permits issued prior to the date of this notice, are hereby suspended for the dates and locations noted below. Utility cover openings are also restricted for item II below unless an emergency authorization number has been obtained from the Department of Transportation. There will be strict enforcement of this embargo and violators are subject to be summonsed. The embargoed dates and locations in Manhattan are as follows (see map):I. Load In / OutDates:Thursday, August 14, through Wednesday, September 3, 2014Friday, September 12 through Friday, September 19, 2014Locations (Area bounded by):West 65th Street on the NorthWest 59th Street on the SouthColumbus Avenue / 9th Avenue on the EastAmsterdam Avenue on the WestLocations: Amsterdam Avenue between West 59th Street and West 58th StreetII. ShowDates: Thursday, September 4, through Thursday, September 11, 2014Locations (Area bounded by):West 72nd Street on the NorthWest 57th Street on the SouthCentral Park West / Columbus Circle / 8th Avenue on the EastAmsterdam Avenue / 10th Avenue on the WestBrooklyn Bridge Full Weekend Closure Embargo - Weekends of 8/22/14-8/25/14, 9/5/14-9/8/14 and 9/12/14-9/15/14)A special construction embargo is in effect for the Brooklyn Bridge (closure of inbound traffic only) full weekend closures. During the dates and locations noted below only emergency work may be performed provided an emergency number is received from the New York City Department of Transportation. Any permits issued prior to the date of this notice are hereby suspended for the time frame and locations noted below. There will be strict enforcement of this embargo and violators are subject to be summonsed.Dates7:00 pm Friday, August 22, 2014 through 6:00 am Monday, August 25, 2014.7:00 pm Friday, September 5, 2014 through 6:00 am Monday, September 8, 2014.7:00 pm Friday, September 12, 2014 through 6:00 am Monday, September 15, 2014.Locations in Manhattan:Allen Street from Canal Street to East Houston StreetAnn Street from Park Row to Gold StreetAvenue of the Americas from Church Street to West Houston StreetBattery Park Underpass from West Street (9A) to FDR DriveBattery Place from State Street to West Street (9A)Beekman Street from Park Row to Gold StreetBeekman Street from South Street to Pearl StreetBowery from Chatham Square to East Houston StreetBroadway from Battery Place to East Houston StreetBroome Street from Hudson Street to Allen StreetCanal Street from West Street (9A) to East BroadwayCentre Street from Park Row to Broome Street/Cleveland PlaceChambers Street from West Street (9A) to BroadwayChrystie Street from East Canal Street to East Houston StreetChurch Street from Trinity Place to Canal StreetCleveland Place from Centre Street to Spring Street/Lafayette StreetDelancey Street from Clinton Street/Williamsburg Bridge to Bowery/Kenmare StreetEast Broadway from Chatham Square to Grand StreetEast/West Houston Street (entire length)Ericsson Place from Hudson Street to West BroadwayEssex Street from Canal Street to East Houston StreetFDR Drive from Battery Park Underpass to East 23rd StreetFrankfort Street from Park Row to Pearl StreetFulton Street from South Street to Gold StreetGold Street from Fulton Street to Frankfort StreetGrand Street from Broadway to Allen StreetGreenwich Street from Battery Place to Trinity PlaceGreenwich Street from Murray Street to Park PlaceHester Street from Centre Street to Chrystie StreetHudson Street from Worth Street to West Houston StreetKenmare Street from Bowery to Cleveland PlaceLafayette Street from Cleveland Place to East Houston StreetLaight Street from West Street (9A) to Canal StreetMadison Street from St. James Place to Pike Street/Pike SlipMurray Street from West Street (9A) to Greenwich StreetPark Place from Greenwich Street to BroadwayPark Row from Broadway to Centre StreetPearl Street from Water Street to St. James PlacePeck Slip from Pearl Street to South StreetPike Slip from Cherry Street to South StreetPike Street from Allen Street to Cherry Street/Pike SlipSouth Street from Whitehall Street to Montgomery StreetSpruce Street from Park Row to Gold StreetSt. James place from Pearl Street to Chatham Square/BoweryState Street from South Street to Battery PlaceTrinity Place from Greenwich Street to Liberty Street/Church StreetVarick Street from West Broadway to West Houston StreetWarren Street from West Street (9A) to BroadwayWater Street from Whitehall Street to Pearl StreetWest Street (9A) from West 59th Street to Battery Park UnderpassWorth Street from Hudson Street to Chatham Square/East BroadwayLocations in Brooklyn:3rd Avenue (both directions) from Hamilton Avenue to Flatbush Avenue3rd Avenue from 65th Street to Hamilton Avenue (Inbound direction only)4th Avenue from 17th Street to Flatbush AvenueAdams Street (including Service Roads) from Red Cross Place/Sands Street to Fulton Street/Boerum PlaceAtlantic Avenue from Furman Street to Flatbush AvenueBoerum Place from Fulton Street to Atlantic AvenueCadman Plaza West/Old Fulton Street from Furman Street to Montague Street/Court StreetClinton Street from Atlantic Avenue to Cadman Plaza WestColumbia Street from Congress Street to Atlantic AvenueCourt Street from Montague Street to Atlantic AvenueFlatbush Avenue from Atlantic Avenue to Nassau Street/Manhattan BridgeFlushing Avenue from Williamsburg Street West to Navy StreetFulton Street from Boerum Place to Flatbush Avenue ExtensionFurman Street from Old Fulton Street to Atlantic AvenueGold Street from Tillary Street to Nassau StreetHamilton Avenue from 3rd Avenue to Hicks Street (Inbound direction only)Hicks Street (Inbound direction only) from Hamilton Avenue to Old Fulton StreetJay Street from Fulton Street to Sands StreetJoralemon Street from Court Street to Boerum Place/Fulton StreetLivingston Street from Boerum Place to Flatbush AvenueNassau Street from Navy Street to Flatbush AvenueOld Fulton Street from Furman Street to Cadman Plaza WestProspect Street from Cadman Plaza West to Bridge StreetSands Street from Adams Street to Gold StreetSmith Street from Atlantic Avenue to Fulton Street/Jay StreetTillary Street from Cadman Plaza West to Navy Street/Brooklyn-Queens ExpresswayGowanus Expressway (Entire length; inbound direction only)Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (entire length; both directions)Prospect Expressway (entire length; inbound direction only)East River Bridge Crossings:Brooklyn Bridge (both directions)Manhattan Bridge (both directions)Williamsburg Bridge (both directions)Note: Work associated with NYCDOT Brooklyn Bridge project is exempt.San Gennaro Festival Construction Embargo - September 8-22, 2014A special event construction embargo is in effect for the 2014 San Gennaro Feast. From 12:01 am Monday, September 8 through 6:00 pm Monday, September 22, 2014 at the locations noted below only emergency work (this includes utility manhole openings) may be performed provided an emergency number is received from the New York City Department of Transportation. Any non-emergency permits issued prior to the date of this notice are hereby suspended for the dates and locations noted. There will be strict enforcement of this embargo and violators are subject to be summonsed. The embargo areas in Manhattan are as follows (see map):Mott Street between Canal Street and East Houston StreetMulberry Street between Canal Street and East Houston StreetBaxter Street/Centre Market Place between Canal Street and Broome StreetCentre Street/Cleveland Place/Lafayette Street between Canal Street and East Houston StreetCanal Street between Bowery and Centre StreetHester Street between Mott Street and Centre StreetGrand Street between Elizabeth Street and Centre StreetBroome Street between Mott Street and Centre Street/Cleveland PlaceKenmare Street between Mott Street and Cleveland PlaceSpring Street between Mott Street and Cleveland Place/Lafayette StreetPrince Street between Mott Street and Lafayette StreetJersey Street between Mulberry Street and Lafayette StreetChambers Street ReconstructionThe Department of Design and Construction (DDC) is performing work on Chambers Street in order to install new water mains and upgrade other utilities. To safely accommodate the work, parts of Chambers Street between Broadway and West Street will become one-way, open to only westbound traffic. During Phase I, scheduled to end in late 2011, work will be performed between West Broadway and West Street. Phase II, scheduled to run from late 2011 through summer 2012, will include work between Broadway and West Broadway. Two-way traffic will be maintained on blocks not under construction.Download an informational booklet on the Chambers Street reconstruction(pdf)Closure of the 149th Street Bridge over the LIRRBeginning on May 10, 2010, DOT will rehabilitate the 149th Street Bridge over the Long Island Rail Road, between Roosevelt Avenue and 41st Avenue in Queens. The roadway, sidewalks, and parapet will be completely rebuilt and replaced. The work is expected to be completed by the end of August, 2011. Please use the 147th Street or 149th Place bridges as alternate routes.Lane Closures on the Brooklyn-Queens ExpresswayOn or about April 29, 2010, DOT will begin work on the on the Summit Street Pedestrian Bridge over the Brooklyn Queens Expressway. The existing protective coating will be cleaned and removed through abrasive blasting techniques. A new, epoxy-zinc protective coating system will be applied to all steel superstructures. In order to mobilize equipment at the work site, during the work the contractor will close two lanes on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway between Kane Street and Hamilton Avenue for work under the Summit Street Pedestrian Bridge. These lane closures will occur:Tuesday to Friday: 1:00 am to 5:00 amSaturdays: 1:00 am to 6:00 amSunday: 2:00 am to 7:00 amConcrete barriers, advanced warning signs and pavement markings will be installed to maintain the safe flow of both vehicular and pedestrian traffic in the vicinity of the work area. The contractor may also close one traffic lane to permit the installation of paint containment units while maintaining the remaining lanes of traffic at all times. To limit construction noise all construction activity will be undertaken in accordance with the noise mitigation code.First Avenue TunnelOn January 27, 2010, the New York City Department of Transportation will begin the rehabilitation of the First Avenue Tunnel. Contract work includes repairs on the roadway, sidewalks, tunnel walls, and ceiling. In the First Avenue Tunnel (East 41st Street to East 47th Street) there will be closures from 10:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. on weekdays and from 10:00 pm on Fridays until 2:00 pm on Mondays. There will be lane closures from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays on First Avenue from East 42nd Street to East 48th Street and at the intersection of First Avenue and East 47th Street. Download construction details (pdf)Queensboro Bridge Manhattan-Bound HOV-2 LaneAn high occupancy vehicle lane is open on the Manhattan-bound South Upper Roadway of the Queensboro Bridge from 6 am to 9:30 am, Monday to Friday. The lane is open to cars containing two or more people and motorcycles. Drivers can reach the lane from Thomson Avenue or 21st Street at 43rd Avenue in Queens, it leads to East 58th Street/East 57th Street in Manhattan.Manhattan Bridge HOV-2 LaneBetween 6 am and 10 am, Monday to Friday, cars with two or more people, buses, and motorcycles may use the left lane of the upper roadway inbound to Manhattan. Drivers can reach the lane from Exit 29A of the eastbound Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE), or from Flatbush Avenue Extension (follow signs). It can also be reached from Exit 29 of the BQE westbound, by turning right onto Gold Street or proceeding straight onto Flatbush Avenue. See the access map.In Manhattan, left turns from the upper roadway onto Canal Street at Chrystie Street are prohibited from 5 am to 3 pm Monday to Friday. Vehicles using the HOV lane will have access to Chrystie Street northbound and Canal Street eastbound.Source: www.nyc.gov