Northeast - NYC - East Side Greenway Temporary Closure

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Stacy
09-28-09, 09:47 AM
From: MyNYC@nyc.gov
Subject: East Side Greenway - Temporary Closures
Date: September 28, 2009 10:12:01 AM EDT
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September 28, 2009

East Side Greenway - Temporary Closures

Con Edison and NYCDOT Bridges will be performing emergency repair work starting September 30th that will require the temporary closure of the East Side Greenway near 15th Street.


The nearest access point north of the closure is at Avenue C and 18th Street. The nearest access point south of the closure is the 10th Street pedestrian overpass at 10th Street and FDR drive. Portions of the park will remain open, but there will be dead ends, so commuters traveling through will want to detour.

Cyclists may wish to detour route using Avenue C (with bike lanes) and 10th Street (which has a shared route).


Construction is anticipated to last less than a week.


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sjauch
09-29-09, 08:30 AM
Ah, thanks for the heads up. Would have been caught off guard tomorrow.
Stacy
09-29-09, 01:11 PM
Yeah that could really be annoying if you're late for work.

Commando303
10-06-09, 11:46 PM
The east-side greenway, at that point, is pleasant, but, I find, not particularly "useful." Traffic in that part of Manhattan, along the avenues, tends to be manageable, and, when one's in a hurry, heading all the way to the river, then back toward the center of the island, doesn't much hasten the journey.

On a somewhat separate note, I feel the east-side greenway, year-round, is a badly-broken joke. Where it would be most pertinent, in midtown Manhattan, it's totally absent, and, once it reappears, uptown, it's affected by numerous "narrowings" and staircases. And the Hudson-River Greenway laughs in glory...