The International Friendship Run will take place in Manhattan on Saturday, November 4. There will be street closings from 8:30am to 11:00am between 1st Avenue and Central Park West and between 42nd Street and 72nd Street.
Detailed information is available on the DOT Web site at http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/motorist/marathon2006.html . The Grand Street Bridge over Newtown Creek will be closed Saturday and Sunday from 6:00am to 4:00pm to facilitate bridge repairs. Motorists
should use the Metropolitan Avenue Bridge. The southbound tube of the Battery Park Underpass from Joe DiMaggio Highway/Route 9A to the FDR Drive will be fully closed Saturday from 1:30am to 6:00pm to facilitate NY State DOT work in the underpass and on its approach walls.
Several streets will be closed for street fairs as permitted by the Mayor’s Street Activity Permit Office: West 4th Street between Washington Square and Lafayette Street will be closed from 11am to 7pm on Saturday. Madison Avenue between 42nd Street & 57th Street in Manhattan will be closed from 11:00am to 6:00pm on Saturday. Broadway between 17th Street & 23rd Street in Manhattan will be closed from 11:00am to 6:00pm on Sunday. Sixth Avenue between 34th Street & 42nd Street in Manhattan will be closed from 11:00am to 6:00pm on Sunday.
This information is available on the DOT Web site at http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/motorist/advisories/wkndtraf.html
