Bridge Week for Night Drivers: the Hutchinson River Bridge Closes One Way Overnight Through Friday, and Two Newtown Creek Crossings Drop to One Lane
NYC DOT's weekly advisory puts the Hutchinson River Parkway bridge on full one-direction overnight closures through Friday, the Metropolitan Avenue and Greenpoint Avenue bridges on single-lane overnights — and warns the Broadway Bridge's daytime lane work starts next Monday.
If your week runs late, run it around the bridges. The Hutchinson River Parkway's bridge over the Hutchinson River, between Pelham Bay and Co-op City in the northeast Bronx, closes completely in one direction on weeknights — northbound or southbound, never both at once — from 12:01 a.m. to 5 a.m., as NYC DOT wraps up the structural repair work it began on the span on October 19. The overnight pattern runs through Friday, November 13, and the parkway returns to its normal configuration after work hours each morning. Drivers crossing the northeast Bronx in the small hours should expect to be routed to the open direction or off the parkway entirely, and should allow the extra minutes.
Brooklyn and Queens get the narrower version of the same week. On the Metropolitan Avenue Bridge over Newtown Creek, one vehicle lane closes in either the Brooklyn-bound or Queens-bound direction — again, not both at once — from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m., intermittently through Friday, November 27, for maintenance; the Queens-bound bike lane is closed while the work runs, the Brooklyn-bound travel and bike lanes are not affected, and Saturday work from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. may also be needed. A few blocks of creek away, the Greenpoint Avenue Bridge loses a single eastbound or westbound lane from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. Monday through Friday, intermittently through Friday, November 13, for continued repairs — one lane stays open in each direction there, and both bike lanes stay open.
And one date to circle rather than dodge this week: the Broadway Bridge over the Harlem River, between Inwood and Marble Hill, starts its daytime work next Monday, November 16. Through Friday, December 11, its Bronx-bound right lane closes on weekdays from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., with an alternating center lane also closing in either direction from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., for continued structural steel repair — on top of the Manhattan-bound right lane and adjacent sidewalk that are already shut. At least one lane stays open in each direction at all times, and lanes reopen normally after 3 p.m. each day. All of it comes from the DOT's weekly traffic advisory for November 7–13; overnight drivers this week should check the advisory before assuming their usual crossing is open.
