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Five Boro Bike Tour returns: What you need to know about street closures

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Michelle Bocanegra

Published May 6, 2023

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Michelle Bocanegra

Published May 6, 2023

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The TD Five Boro Bike Tour, which is expected to bring tens of thousands of cyclists to the streets of New York City, will be closing down vast stretches of roadway to cars and other motorized vehicles on Sunday.

Cyclists will be taking over 40 miles of city streets and pathways, with the first wave of bikes departing from Lower Manhattan at 7:30 a.m. Sunday. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the city Department of Transportation are encouraging people to avoid car travel within the five boroughs and use public transit.

The cycling route, which is viewable here, goes from Lower to Upper Manhattan before heading into the Bronx. It returns to Manhattan along the East Side before heading into Queens and Brooklyn. The tour finishes in Staten Island.

Here’s what we know about road closures:

Manhattan

• Greenwich Street between Battery Place and Morris Street
• Trinity Place between Morris Street and Liberty Street
• Church Street between Liberty Street and Canal Street
• Chambers Street between Broadway and West Broadway
• Worth Street between Broadway and West Broadway
• Canal Street between Broadway and Sixth Avenue
• Sixth Avenue between Franklin Street and West 59th Street
• West 59th Street between Sixth Avenue and Fifth Avenue
• Grand Army Plaza (Manhattan) between West 59th Street and East Drive
• East Drive between Grand Army Plaza (Manhattan) 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 Street and West 135th Street
• East/West 135th Street between Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard and Madison Avenue
• Madison Avenue between East 135th Street and East 138th Street
• Madison Avenue Bridge (Bronx-bound)
• Harlem River Drive/FDR Drive (southbound) between Third Avenue Bridge and East 116th Street
• East 116th Street between FDR Drive and Pleasant Avenue
• Pleasant Avenue between East 116th Street and East 114th Street
• Harlem River Drive /FDR Drive (southbound) between 116th Street and 63rd Street exit
• East 63rd Street between FDR Drive (Southbound) and Queensboro Bridge Exit
• QueensBoro Bridge Exit between East 63rd Street and East 60thStreet
• QueensBoro Bridge upper level (Manhattan-bound)
• Peter Minuit Plaza between State Street and South Street
• Whitehall Street between South Street and Water Street
• State Street between Whitehall Street and Battery Place
• Battery Place between State Street and West Street
• Morris Street between Broadway and Greenwich Street
• Albany Street between West Street and Greenwich Street
• Greenwich Street between Rector Street and Cedar Street
• West Broadway between Vesey Street and Barclay Street
• West Broadway between Murray Street and Warren 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 West Street and West Broadway
• Barclay Street between Broadway and West Broadway
• Warren Street between Broadway and West Broadway
• Murray 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

Bronx

• 138th Street between Madison Avenue Bridge and Third Avenue
• Third Avenue between 138th Street and Third Avenue Bridge
• Rider Avenue between 138th Street and 137th Street
• 137th Street between Rider Avenue and Third Avenue
• Third Avenue Bridge (Manhattan bound)

Queens

• 21st Street between Queens Plaza South and Hoyt Avenue North
• Queens Plaza South between 21st Street and Vernon Boulevard /Alternate Route
• Hoyt Avenue North between 21st Street and 19th Street
• 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
• Pulaski Bridge (Brooklyn-bound)

Brooklyn

• McGuinness Boulevard between Pulaski Bridge and GreenpointAvenue
• Java Street between McGuinness Boulevard and Franklin Street
• Greenpoint Avenue between McGuinness Boulevard and Franklin Street
• Franklin Street between Java Street and North 14th Street
• Kent Avenue between North 14th Street and Williamsburg Street West
• Williamsburg Street West between Kent Avenue and Flushing Avenue
• Flushing Avenue between Williamsburg Street West and Navy Street
• North Elliot Place between Flushing Avenue and Park Avenue
• Navy Street between Flushing Avenue and York Street
• York Street between Navy Street and Gold Street
• Gold Street between York Street and Front Street
• Front Street between Gold Street and Old Fulton Street
• Old Fulton Street between Furman Street and Prospect Street
• Cadman Plaza West between Prospect Street and Tillary Street
• Tillary Street between Cadman Plaza West and Adams Street
• Brooklyn Bridge Promenade between Tillary Street and Centre Street
• Furman Street between Old Fulton Street and Atlantic Avenue
• Atlantic Avenue between Furman Street and Columbia Street
• Columbia Street between Atlantic Avenue and BQE West Entrance Columbia Street
• BQE/Gowanus Expressway between BQE West Entrance Columbia Street and Verrazzano
• Verrazzano Bridge Lower Level (Staten Island-bound)

Staten Island

• Bay Street between New York Avenue and Hylan Boulevard
• Hylan Boulevard between Bay Street and Edgewater Street
• Edgewater Street/Front Street between Hylan Boulevard and Hannah Street
• Hannah Street between Front Street and Bay Street
• Bay Street between Hannah Street and Richmond Terrace
• Richmond Terrace between Bay Street and Nicholas Street Wall Street between
• Richmond Terrace and Dead End

Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge

• There will be no lower level access into Staten Island from 12:01 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday. No access from the Brooklyn Queens Expressway to the Verrazzano from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., either.
• The Bay Street and Lily Pond Avenue exits will be closed from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
• The entrance ramp on 92nd Street heading into Staten Island will be closed from 12:01 a.m. to 7 p.m., as will the Belt Parkway entrance ramp.
• A lower level lane of the Verrazzano into Brooklyn will be closed from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Robert F. Kennedy Bridge (a.k.a. Triborough Bridge)

• The exit ramp headed for FDR Drive to the south will be closed from 7:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Drivers headed south must exit RFK/Triborough at 2 Avenue-East 125 Street.

Hugh L. Carey Tunnel (a.k.a. Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel)

• Drivers cannot access the westbound BQE from the tunnel between 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. All traffic seeking to exit the tunnel in Brooklyn must exit at Hamilton Avenue. The exit at Trinity Place will also be closed from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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