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Brooklyn Bridge Weekend Traffic Advisory

The southbound ramp off the FDR Drive will be closed from Friday night until Monday morning.

Due to ramp and roadway reconstruction, the southbound FDR Drive ramp onto the Brooklyn Bridge will be closed starting Friday, November 11 at 11 p.m. until Monday, November 14 at 6 p.m.

The NYPD sugguests Brooklyn Bridge-bound drivers on the FDR Drive South to take Exit 2, Manhattan Civic Center/Pace University, to the off-ramp onto Robert Wagner Place and turn left onto Pearl Street in order to take the ramp onto the bridge. 

Another option is to continue southbound on the FDR until Exit 1, South Street, and make a U-turn at Whitehall/Staten Island Ferry terminal and travel northbound on the FDR Drive until the Brooklyn-bound ramp, Exit 2. 

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A note to Manhattan-bound drivers: the Brooklyn Bridge off-ramp onto Pearl Street will be closed to Manhattan-bound traffic until Monday 6 a.m. Cars can exit at Centre Street to go uptown or take Park Row South to go downtown. 

Detour signs will be posted and traffic agents will be assigned to assist and advise motorists.

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