BY SAM SCHWARTZ | Slowly things are returning to normal in Lower Manhattan. I know many of you are still suffering. but there has been some progress on the transportation front in the past week. The R train now goes as far as Whitehall Street but there’s still no service into Brooklyn. J/Z service has [...]
Continue reading …BY SAM SCHWARTZ | ALTERNATE SIDE PARKING RULES ARE SUSPENDED ON SAT., DEC. 8: Observation of the Immaculate Conception. Metered parking rules and other parking rules remain in effect. Transit Sam: Hanukkah traffic this weekend Friday is a Gridlock Alert Day—use mass transit if you can. The Holland Tunnel, the Lincoln Tunnel and the Brooklyn, Williamsburg [...]
Continue reading …ALTERNATE SIDE PARKING RULES ARE IN EFFECT PATH service has been restored in New Jersey and Manhattan, stopping at 14th, 23rd and 33rd Streets and bypassing Christopher and Ninth Streets. Service will run in both directions from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. The PATH won’t be making stops at the World Trade Center, Exchange Place [...]
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THANKSGIVING UPDATE Thanksgiving — or more accurately Thanksgiving eve — is the most heavily travelled day of the year. The rental agency AAA announced that they expect a .7 percent increase in traffic from last year’s Thanksgiving. That, along with damage to cars during Hurricane Sandy, makes rental cars in short supply, so get creative [...]
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Alternate side parking rules are suspended Friday and Satuday for the Muslim holiday, Idul Adha Downtowners, don’t head to the Brooklyn Bridge after 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday! The Manhattan-bound side will be closed until 6 a.m. on Thursday. Try the Manhattan Bridge. In the Holland Tunnel, one lane in each direction is closed from 11 [...]
Continue reading …ALTERNATE SIDE PARKING RULES ARE SUSPENDED FRIDAY AND SATURDAY FOR THE MUSLIM HOLIDAY, IDUL ADHA Downtowners, don’t head to the Brooklyn Bridge after 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday! The Manhattan-bound side will be closed until 6 a.m. on Thursday. Try the Manhattan Bridge. In the Holland Tunnel, one lane in each direction is closed from 11 [...]
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ALTERNATE SIDE PARKING RULES ARE SUSPENDED ON TUES., OCT. 9 FOR SIMCHAT TORAH, THE JEWISH HOLIDAY. NO PARKING AT METER, NO-STOPPING AND NO-STANDING SIGNS ARE STILL IN EFFECT. Drivers, getting home may be a little more difficult for two upcoming 54-hour weekend spans. All Manhattan-bound lanes of the Brooklyn Bridge will be closing at midnight [...]
Continue reading …ALTERNATE SIDE PARKING RULES ARE SUSPENDED WED., SEPT. 26 FOR YOM KIPPUR AND MON., OCT. 1 AND TUES., OCT. 2 FOR SUKKOT. NO-PARKING AT METER SIGNS AND UNCONDITIONAL NO-STOPPING AND NO-STANDING SIGNS ARE ALL STILL IN EFFECT. Friday is going to be hell on wheels! A bike demonstration commemorating a bike ban 25 years ago will meet at [...]
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ALTERNATE SIDE PARKING RULES ARE SUSPENDED MON., SEPT. 17 AND TUES., SEPT. 18 FOR ROSH HASHANAH Good news for Downtowners! The ban on Hudson Street traffic entering the Holland Tunnel is over. This spells r-e-l-i-e-f for Canal Street, Broome Street and Varick Street. There will still be traffic jams, but not as bad as we’ve seen. The city tells [...]
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ALTERNATE SIDE PARKING RULES ARE SUSPENDED ON MON., SEPT. 3 FOR LABOR DAY. The Labor Day crunch is on! Starting at 2 p.m. Thursday and 2 p.m. Friday, there will be a variety of gridlock on all major roads and crossings, including the Brooklyn-Battery and Holland Tunnels and the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges, as folks [...]
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