parades in Manhattan and Brooklyn will slow drivers
Partial closings on Williamsburg, Manhattan and Pulaski bridges
CommentsNEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Thursday, March 22, 2012, 5:44 PM
CHARLES DHARAPAK/AP
The Brooklyn-bound south inner roadway of the Williamsburg Bridge will be closed 6 a.m. to 12 p.m. Saturday.
All city parking rules are
in effect Friday and Saturday.
Occupy Wall Street activism is heating up with the weather. Protesters are organizing weekly marches down Broadway from Liberty Square to Wall St. every Friday at 2 p.m. There's a mass orientation session at Liberty Square noon Saturday, and more protests are planned for Dag Hammarskjold Plaza,First Ave. and 47th St. , at 5 p.m. Saturday. For updates, follow me at www.twitter.com/GridlockSam.
The Greek Independence Day Parade will close Fifth Ave. from 64th to 79th Sts. 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday. The parade's formation will close 63rd, 64th 65th, and 66th Sts . between Fifth and Park Aves. starting at 1 p.m.; its dispersal will close 79th St. between Fifth and Third Aves. until 4:30 p.m.
The Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, St. Patrick's Day Parade on Sunday will close Fifth Ave. from 95th to 59th Sts. noon to 3 p.m. Fourth Ave. from Marine Ave. to 95th St. will also be closed during this time, which will create turbulence by the Verrazano Bridge.
Drivers can expect lots of bridge work this weekend: The Brooklyn-bound south inner roadway of the Williamsburg Bridge will be closed 6 a.m. to 12 p.m. Saturday. One Manhattan-bound lane on the south upper roadway of the Manhattan Bridge will be closed 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday. Two Queens-bound lanes of the Pulaski Bridge will be closed 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
The Queensboro Bridge’s Thomson Ave. ramps for the upper roadways in both directions will be closed 2 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Manhattan-bound passenger car drivers should use the 21st St. at Queens Plaza North onramp or the lower roadway from Queens Plaza North at Crescent St. Queens-bound drivers will be rerouted to 21st St. and 44th Dr. for access to Thomson Ave.
There will be no 7 trains between Times Square and Queensboro Plaza 12:01 a.m. Saturday to 5 a.m. Monday.
The Rangers hit the ice at 7 p.m. Friday, the Knicks shoot hoops 7:30 p.m. Saturday, and Japanese rock sensation L'Arc en Ciel headlines 8 p.m. Sunday; expect turbulence on Seventh Ave. between 33rd and 31st Sts.
FROM THE MAILBAG
Dear Gridlock Sam,
Are cars allowed to park in front of a church on Sunday morning during services even though there are No Parking signs?
Val via e-mail
Dear Val,
Technically, no: The No Parking signs are there to keep curbsides in front of church entrances free for emergency services and to provide drop-offs and pickups for church goers' cars, limousines, and hearses. But, in the past, when the NYPD enforced these rules there was such a hue and cry from church leaders and elected officials with media attention that the city backed down. So now, the NYPD, unofficially, doesn't enforce these rules unless the church is in accord.
Gridlock Sam
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