Tens of thousands of cyclists will bike through New York City tomorrow for the 47th Annual TD Five Boro Bike Tour. The first wave of riders will start at 7:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 4, with subsequent waves departing at 8:30 a.m., 9:15 a.m., 9:50 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. The tour takes participants on a 40-mile ride from Lower Manhattan, through the Bronx, over to Queens and down through Brooklyn to Staten Island. Five Boro Bike Tour street closures The route closes to vehicular traffic at 7:15 a.m. Sixth Avenue will reopen to cars at noon. The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge will be open with significant road closures to accommodate the bike tour. Motorists should expect delays. The Staten Island-bound lower level of the bridge will be closed to vehicles from 12:01 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday. The Bay Street exit near the bridge will also be closed from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The Staten Island-bound upper level of the Verrazzano will remain open during the event, but is only accessible from 92nd Street and the Belt Parkway entrance ramps. Other closings at and around the Verrazzano Bridge include: One Brooklyn-bound lane on the lower level from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. The 92nd Street entrance ramp to the Staten Island-bound lower level from approximately 12:01 a.m. to 7 p.m. The Belt Parkway entrance ramp to the Staten Island-bound lower level from approximately 12:01 a.m. to 7 p.m. The Lily Pond Avenue exit from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The approach from the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel to the westbound Gowanus/Brooklyn-Queens Expressway will be closed from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The New York City Department of Transportation has announced the following 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 Street Worth Street between Broadway and West Broadway Canal Street between Broadway and 6th Avenue 6th Avenue between Franklin Street and West 59th Street West 59th Street between 6th Avenue and 5th Avenue Grand Army Plaza between West 59th Street and East Drive East Drive between Grand Army Plaza and Center Drive Center Drive between 5th 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 3rd 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 60th Street Queensboro Bridge Upper Level (Manhattan-bound) The Bronx 138th Street between Madison Avenue Bridge and 3rd Avenue 3rd Avenue between 138th Street and 3rd Avenue Bridge 3rd Avenue Bridge (Manhattan-bound) Queens Queens Plaza South between 21st Street and Vernon Boulevard / Alternate Route 21st Street between 43rd Avenue and Queens Plaza South 21st Street […]