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ALERT – NYC Street Closures For 5 Boro Bike Tour Taking Place On Sunday Morning


This Sunday, May 7, bikes will take over several streets in every borough of New York City, as 32,000 people compete in the annual bike race.

The TD Five Boro Bike Tour’s 40-mile route, as the name suggests, carves a path through Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens and Brooklyn before crossing the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and landing at the finish line on Staten Island.

The 40-mile, car-free Tour begins in Lower Manhattan (the start line is at Franklin St. and Church St., with entrance points for each of the four start waves running south along Church to Battery Park), heads north through the heart of Central Park, and continues on to Harlem and the Bronx before returning south along the East River on the FDR Drive. From there, cyclists cross into Queens and then into Brooklyn, where riders take over the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway before the heart-pumping climb up—and thrilling ride down—the breathtaking Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and into the Finish Festival on Staten Island.

And while those participating in the bike tour will be celebrating at the finish line, everyone else trying to get around the city might be shaking their fists in frustration.

But there’s hope. Scroll down for a list of street closures that will help you avoid the traffic nightmare.

The following streets will be closed from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday.

Manhattan

Peter Minuit Plaza between State and South streets
Whitehall Street between South and Water streets
State Street between Whitehall Street and Battery Place
Greenwich Street between Battery Place and Morris Street
Trinity Place between Morris and Liberty streets
Church Street between Liberty and Canal streets
Chambers Street between Broadway and West Broadway
Worth Street between Broadway and West Broadway
Canal Street between Broadway and Sixth Avenue
Battery Place between State and West streets
Washington Street between Battery Place and Morris Street
Morris Street between Broadway and Greenwich Street
Rector Street between Broadway and Greenwich Street
Cedar Street between Broadway and Greenwich Street
Liberty Street between Broadway and Greenwich Street
Dey Street between Broadway and Church Street
Vesey Street between Broadway and West Broadway
Barclay Street between Broadway and West Broadway
Warren Street between Broadway and West Broadway
Reade Street between Broadway and West Broadway
Duane Street between Broadway and West Broadway
Thomas Street between Broadway and West Broadway
Leonard Street between Broadway and West Broadway
Franklin Street between Broadway and West Broadway
White Street between Broadway and West Broadway
Walker Street between Broadway and Sixth Avenue
Lispenard Street between Broadway and Sixth Avenue
Sixth Avenue between Franklin and West 59th streets
West 59th Street between Sixth and Fifth avenues
Grand Army Plaza between West 59th Street and East Drive
East Drive between Grand Army Plaza and Center Drive
Center Drive between Fifth Avenue and East Drive
East Drive between Center Drive and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard between West 110th and West 135th streets
East/West 135th Street between Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard and Madison Avenue
Madison Avenue between East 135th and East 138th streets
Bronx-bound Madison Avenue Bridge
Southbound Harlem River Drive/FDR Drive between Third Avenue Bridge and East 116th Street
East 116th Street between FDR Drive and Pleasant Avenue
Pleasant Avenue between East 116th and East 114th streets
Southbound Harlem River Drive/FDR Drive between 116th Street and 63rd Street Exit
East 63rd Street between southbound FDR Drive and Queensboro Bridge Exit 2
Queensboro Bridge Exit between East 63rd and East 60th streets
Manhattan-bound Queensboro Bridge Upper Level

The Bronx

138th Street between Madison Avenue Bridge and Third Avenue
Third Avenue between 138th Street and Third Avenue Bridge
Rider Avenue between 138th and 137th streets
137th Street between Rider Avenue and Third Avenue
Manhattan-bound Third Avenue Bridge

Queens

21st Street between Queens Plaza South and Hoyt Avenue North
Queens Plaza South between 21st Street and Vernon Boulevard
Hoyt Avenue North between 21st and 19th streets
19th Street between Hoyt Avenue North and Ditmars Boulevard
Ditmars Boulevard between 19th Street and Shore Boulevard
Shore Boulevard between Ditmars Boulevard and Astoria Park South
Astoria Park South between Shore Boulevard and 14th Street
14th Street between Astoria Park South and 31st Avenue
31st Avenue between 14th Street and Vernon Boulevard
Vernon Boulevard between 31st Avenue and 44th Drive
44th Drive between Vernon Boulevard and 11th Street
11th Street between 44th Drive and Pulaski Bridge
Brooklyn-bound Pulaski Bridge

Brooklyn

McGuiness Boulevard between Pulaski Bridge and Greenpoint Avenue
Java Street between McGuinness Boulevard and Franklin Street
Greenpoint Avenue between McGuinness Boulevard and Franklin Street
Franklin Street between Java Street and Kent Avenue
Kent Avenue between Java Street and Williamsburg Street West
Williamsburg Street West between Kent and Flushing avenues
Flushing Avenue between Williamsburg Street West and Navy Street
North Elliot Place between Flushing and Park avenues
Navy Street between Flushing Avenue and York Street
York Street between Navy and Gold streets
Gold Street between York and Front streets
Front Street between Gold and Old Fulton streets
Old Fulton between Furman and Prospect streets
Cadman Plaza West between Prospect and Tillary streets
Tillary Street between Cadman Plaza West and Adams Street
Brooklyn Bridge Promenade between Tillary and Centre streets
Furman Street between Old Fulton Street and Atlantic Avenue
Joralemon Street between Furman Street and Atlantic Avenue
Atlantic Avenue between Furman and Columbia streets
Columbia Street between Atlantic Avenue and BQE West Entrance Columbia Street
BQE/Gowanus Expressway between BQE West Entrance Columbia Street and Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
Staten Island-bound Verrazano-Narrows Bridge Lower Level

Staten Island

Bay Street between New York Avenue and Hylan Boulevard
Hylan Boulevard between Bay and Edgewater streets
Edgewater Street/Front Street between Hylan Boulevard and Hannah Street
Hannah Street between Front and Bay streets
Bay Street between Hannah Street and Richmond Terrace



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