The first of six weekend shutdowns affecting segments of the Jackie Robinson Parkway will take place this Friday, according to the state Department of Transportation (DOT).
The parkway’s eastbound lanes between Jamaica Avenue in Brooklyn and the Metropolitan Avenue/Queens Boulevard exit (Exit 6) will be closed from 11 p.m. Friday until 5:30 a.m. the following Monday, June 8.
Westbound lanes, as well as the eastbound section between Exits 6 and 8 (Grand Central Parkway) will remain open.
The closure is required as the state DOT continues its $17 million resurfacing of the five-mile-long roadway between Brooklyn and Kew Gardens. All of the work is being done in phases, with the eastbound side occurring first.
Five additional closures of portions of the parkway will occur later this year, according to the DOT. Parkway segments will also be closed on weeknights from 11 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. the following morning.
Drivers will be advised to use the following designated eastbound detour routes through Cypress Hills, Woodhaven, Richmond Hill, Forest Hills and Kew Gardens:
- Jamaica Avenue from Pennsylvania Avenue to Forest Parkway;
- Forest Parkway from Jamaica Avenue to Park Lane South;
- Park Lane South from Forest Parkway to Metropolitan Avenue; and
- Metropolitan Avenue from Park Lane South to the Jackie Robinson Parkway.
For more details, visit the state DOT information website or call 511.
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