The NYPD’s 94th Precinct released a traffic alert regarding the 2018 NYC Marathon’s route through Greenpoint.
Starting on Sunday, Nov. 4, from approximately 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. there will be no traffic on:
Bedford Avenue between Metropolitan Avenue and Manhattan Avenue.
Nassau Avenue between Banker Street and Leonard Street
Manhattan Avenue between Driggs Avenue and Java Street
Greenpoint Avenue from Franklin Street to Humboldt Street
Traffic from the Greenpoint Avenue Bridge will detour onto Humboldt Street from Greenpoint Avenue.
Traffic North of Greenpoint Avenue will be able to cross under the Pulaski Bridge at Clay Street and proceed to Provost Street to Greenpoint Avenue toward the Greenpoint Avenue Bridge.
Key Food’s entrance will be on the Newel Street side.
Bus service in Greenpoint will be suspended during the marathon. Bus service will operate South of Meeker Avenue.
Greenpointer and Comedy Filmmaker Heather Fink sent in this music video she directed and shot in Greenpoint called “Parking Space, I Want You, A Love Song” starring Jack Mulcahy. Heather also wrote the lyrics to this gem.
When opening a new bar, coming away with a positive experience from a community board meeting presided over by a group hawkishly vigilant of both new liquor licenses and rapidly-vanishing parking spaces is no small feat, especially if in addition to drinks you’re trying to serve up a new pedestrian plaza.
However, sitting down with Etan Fraiman, who recently opened bar/restaurant Battery Harris on the once-desolate corner of Frost & Meeker along with partner David Shapiro, makes it sound like the easiest thing in the world – all you need is a little help from the DOT and a willingness to see your business in the greater context of the streetscape.
The owners of Battery Harris were actually tipped off to the DOT’s Pedestrian Plaza Program by the community board itself, and had nothing but praise for the city agency that not so long ago was referred to by many as “the department of No” for their conservative attitude towards innovation in street design. Continue reading →
