By dint of my profession, I get a lot of email from municipalities about this or that. One of my favorites is the “Weekend Bridge and Street Closures” email that I get the New York City Department of Transportation every Friday afternoon.
No matter where I’m at– humping it at the work, day off in nature, or whatever, I can count on the City of New York telling me dozens of things I really don’t need to know, but still like to receive.
3rd Avenue between 59th Street and East 60th Street: Three lanes of traffic will be maintained from 12:01am to 9am Saturday and/or Sunday to facilitate crane operation. This is right by the Third Avenue El.
East 12th Street between University Place and Broadway: This street will be closed Saturday and/or Sunday from 8am to 6pm to facilitate crane operation. Apparently there’s a lot of surveillance cameras around there, according to the NYC Surveillance Camera project. They have amazing detail on the locations of tons of cameras around the city. You can add your own info on surveillance cameras here.
West 13th Street between 5th Avenue and University Place: This street will be closed Saturday and/or Sunday from 8am to 6pm to facilitate crane operation.
East 30th Street between 2nd Avenue and 3rd Avenue: This street will be closed Saturday and/or Sunday from 8am to 6pm to facilitate crane operation.
West 42nd Street between Dyer Avenue and 10th Avenue: One lane in each direction is maintained from 11pm Friday to 1pm Sunday to facilitate crane removal operation. West 42nd Street is subject to intermittent full closure on Saturday between 1am and 12 Noon.
East 45th Street between 2nd Avenue and 1st Avenue: This street will be closed Sunday from 9am to 6pm to facilitate crane operation.
West 47th Street between 7th Avenue and 6th Avenue: This street will be closed Saturday from 8am to 4pm to facilitate crane operation.
West 68th Street between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West: This street will be closed Sunday from 9am to 6pm to facilitate crane operation.
East 86th Street between 1st Avenue and York Avenue: One lane in each direction will be maintained from 8am to 4pm Saturday and/or Sunday to facilitate crane operation.
East 87th Street between 1st Avenue and York Avenue: This street will be closed Saturday and/or Sunday from 8am to 4pm to facilitate crane operation.
East 90th Street between 5th Avenue and Madison Avenue: This street will be closed Saturday from 8am to 3pm to facilitate crane operation.
West 126th Street between Adam Clayton Powell and Frederick Douglas Boulevard: This street will be closed Saturday and/or Sunday from 4am to 9am to facilitate crane operation.
Wooster Street between Spring Street and Prince Street: This street will be closed Saturday and/or Sunday from 8am to 6pm to facilitate crane operation.
Mercer Street between Broome Street and Spring Street: This street will be closed Saturday and/or Sunday from 8am to 4pm to facilitate crane operation.
Prince Street between Mercer Street and Broadway: This street will be closed Saturday and/or Sunday from 8am to 6pm to facilitate crane operation.
Crosby Street between Howard Street and Grand Street: This street will be closed Saturday and/or Sunday from 8am to 6pm to facilitate crane operation.
Mott Street between Spring Street and Prince Street: This street will be closed Sunday from 8am to 4pm to facilitate crane operation.
Thompson Street between Bleecker Street and West 3rd Street: This street will be closed Saturday and/or Sunday from 8am to 6pm to facilitate crane operation.
Monroe Street between Catherine Street and Market Street: This street will be closed Saturday from 8am to 6pm and Sunday from 9am to 6pm to facilitate crane operation.
Front Street between Fletcher Street and Maiden Lane: This street will be closed Saturday from 8am to 6pm and Sunday from 9am to 6pm to facilitate crane construction activity at NYCDDC site.
Gold Street between Fulton Street and Ryders Alley: This street will be closed Saturday from 10am to 4pm to facilitate crane construction activity.
Liberty Street between Gold Street and William Street: This street will be closed Saturday from 8am to 6pm to facilitate crane construction activity at NYCDDC site. (This is all about the Liberty Street Reconstruction project). That site– LowerManhattan.info — also has a nifty virtual tour of all the stuff going on down there.
Main Street between Front Street and Water Street: This street will be closed Saturday and/or Sunday from 8am to 4pm to facilitate crane operation.