The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) and the NYPD have advised of the following street and bridge closures in The Bronx and Manhattan from July 1  to Aug. 31.

 

McClellan Street between Gerard Avenue and River Avenue: This street will be closed Fridays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. through July 31, for crane operation, concrete pump, telehandler and Knuckle boom.

 

Bullard Avenue between Nereid Avenue and East 237th Street: This street will be closed from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Friday through July 19, for mobile crane placement.

 

The NYPD also announced the following street closures during the Macy’s Annual Fireworks Display over the East River. The event will take place on Monday, July 4, beginning at about 9:25 p.m. and end at 9:50 p.m. The department reminds spectators that no large backpacks, large coolers, lawn chairs, lawn blankets, umbrellas or alcoholic beverages will be allowed in the viewing areas. All restricted items are subject to search and seizure.

 

Drivers are advised to use public transportation, and avoid the following locations between 2 p.m. and 2 a.m.

 

Macy’s Fourth of July Annual Fireworks Celebration

Manhattan/Brooklyn/Queens: 3 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Manhattan Location: 

• FDR Drive between Brooklyn Bridge and East 63rd Street
• Avenue C between East 16th Street and East 20th Street
• East 20th Street between 1st Avenue and Avenue C
• East 23rd Street between 1st Avenue and Avenue C
• East 26th Street between 1st Avenue and FDR Drive
• East 30th Street between 1st Avenue and FDR Drive
• 30th Street Entrance Ramps
• East 33rd Street between 1st Avenue and 3rd Avenue
• East 34th Street between 2nd Avenue and FDR Drive
• 34th Street Entrance Ramps
• East 37th Street between 1st Avenue and FDR Drive
• East 38th Street between 1st Avenue and FDR Drive
• East 41st Street between 1st Avenue and FDR Drive
• East 42nd Street between 1st Avenue and FDR Drive
• 42nd Street Entrance Ramps
• East 48th Street between 1st Avenue and FDR Drive
• East 49th Street between 1st Avenue and FDR Drive
• East 53rd Street at FDR Drive
  East River Bridges Advisory 

• Brooklyn Bridge – At approximately 7 p.m.  No pedestrian or bicycle traffic
• Manhattan Bridge – At approximately 7 p.m.  No pedestrian or bicycle traffic
• Williamsburg Bridge – At approximately 7 p.m.  No pedestrian or bicycle traffic
• Edward I. Koch Bridge – At approximately 7 p.m. No pedestrian or bicycle traffic

Public Viewing – Manhattan

The public viewing sections in Manhattan will be the elevated portions of the FDR drive with the following entry points:

Note: Access blocks will close as viewing areas fill up and spectators will be redirected to additional open access blocks as appropriate.

Midtown:

• 23rd Street
• 34th Street
• 42nd StreetManhattan ADA

• ADA – FDR Southbound lane, at 18th St. and Avenue C (via 20th St. and 23rd St.)Brooklyn/Locations: 

• Transmitter Park – Access point on Greenpoint Avenue to Dead End 
• Newton Barge Playground – Access point at 3 Commercial Street 
• Marsha P. Johnson State Park (East River State Park) – Access point at Kent Avenue and North 11^th Street 

Note: This year due to barge placement, the Brooklyn Bridge Park is not a viewing point

 

Queens/Location:

Area bounded by 44th Drive on the North Borden Avenue on the South Vernon
Boulevard on the East; East River on the West (All Inclusive)
Center Boulevard between Borden Avenue and 54th Avenue
2nd Street between Borden Avenue and Newtown Creek /Dead End
Vernon Boulevard between 54th Avenue and Newtown Creek/Dead End
54th Avenue between Center Boulevard and Vernon Boulevard

 

Flyover 

In addition to the fireworks, at approximately 7:45 p.m. on Wednesday evening, NYPD Aviation Unit helicopters will fly over the East River between the Brooklyn Bridge and the Ed Koch Bridge.

As reported, there are also some changes to traffic flows on Throggs Neck Bridge, while deck replacement work is being carried out, through fall of 2024.

 

In addition, NYSDOT officials said there will be some changes to traffic flow on the Major Deegan Expressway (MDE). The department advises motorists of long-term, right travel lane closures on the southbound MDE (I-87) in the vicinity of Exit 3 (East 138^th Street/Madison Avenue Bridge) and on northbound MDE in the vicinity of Exit 3 (Grand Concourse/East 138^th Street) in the Bronx, on or about Tuesday, April 19, through approximately fall of 2024.

 

Variable Message Signs (VMS) will be in place to alert motorists of these closures. Motorists are also advised that inclement weather could cause the start of these closures to be rescheduled. The closures are needed to facilitate work on NYSDOT’s $47 million project to replace the 80-year-old bridge carrying East 138^th Street over the MDE.

 

Motorists are urged to slow down and drive responsibly in work zones. Fines are doubled for speeding in a work zone.  Convictions of two or more speeding violations in a work zone could result in the suspension of an individual’s driver license.

 

NYSDOT further advises motorists of changes in traffic patterns on the southbound and northbound MDE (I-87) between Exit 5 (East 161^st Street/Macombs Dam Bridge) and Exit 7 (Cross Bronx Expressway/New Haven/Trenton) in The Bronx. DOT officials said these changes in traffic patterns and long-term closure are needed to facilitate work on NYSDOT’s $119 million MDE rehabilitation project, which is reconstructing the MDE in both directions between Exit 5 and Exit 7.

 

Southbound: All travel lanes will be shifted to the left of the work zone, on or about Thursday, June 2, at 5 a.m. and continuing through approximately the end of 2022.

 

Northbound: All travel lanes will provide access to northbound and southbound I-95 and northbound I-87. The right northbound travel lane will be shifted to Sedgwick Avenue, which will provide access to the I-95, local streets, and I-87 via local streets. This change in traffic pattern will take place on or about Tuesday, May 31 at 5 a.m. and continue through approximately the end of 2022.

 

Additionally, there will be a long-term closure of the Exit 6 ramp (East 153^rd Street/River Avenue) from the southbound MDE, on or about Thursday, June 2 at 3 p.m. and continuing through approximately late summer of 2022.

 

 

To access East 153^rd Street, River Avenue and Exterior Street during this closure, motorists should take Exit 5 (East 161^st Street/Macombs Dam Bridge) and follow the signed detour.

 

Inclement weather could cause the start of these changes in traffic patterns and long-term closure to be rescheduled.

 

Motorists are urged to slow down and drive responsibly in work zones. Fines are doubled for speeding in a work zone.  Convictions of two or more speeding violations in a work zone could result in the suspension of an individual’s driver license.

 

Meanwhile, NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) has advised residents of a temporary, bee-line, bus stop relocation on Jerome Avenue which will be in effect 24/7 from June 13 until August 31, 2022.

 

We asked DDC to clarify the cross street of the impacted Jerome Avenue bus stop and a representative replied, saying, “Westchester Bee Bus line stop [on] Jerome Ave and East 233^rd Street was relocated south on Jerome Avenue. See Google map below.”

 

 

NYC DDC has also advised of the following bus stop closures:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For real-time travel information, motorists should check New York State’s official traffic and travel information source, 511NY, before traveling. Call 5-1-1, visit www.511NY.org or download the free 511NY mobile app on iTunes or Google Play.  The free service allows users to check road conditions, view traffic cameras and link to air and transit information.  The app features Drive mode, which provides audible alerts along a chosen route while a user is driving, warning them about incidents and construction.

 

Motorists are urged to slow down and drive responsibly in work zones. Fines are doubled for speeding in a work zone.  Convictions of two or more speeding violations in a work zone could result in the suspension of an individual’s driver license.

 

For up-to-date travel information, call 511, visit www.511NY.org or download the free 511NY mobile app.

 

Check out our Neighborhood Notes feature also for more information on local road works affecting local bus stops, and more.