All we needed to do was get the 40’ clearance bridge on Roosevelt Island to open. But the rest of the time? Looked like maybe it was open. Definitely closed from 9-12 on September 21. Zone 2 was closed from 7am -7pm all days that week. Add to this the area next to the Wall Street heliport, all the way across the river, would also be closed.Ĭlose reading gave us hope. Zone 3 is the east side of Roosevelt Island. The zones were pretty clear - Zone 1 is right next to the western bank, with Zone 2 the remainder of the west passage around Roosevelt Island. But was it really? The notice was confusing. “How? Where?” “Can you share?”Īnd at first glance, it looked indeed like in essence, the East River from just south of Hell Gate to the southern tip of Roosevelt Island was closed entirely to navigation during daytime for the entire week of September 20-24. Wouldn’t you think that if you’re going to close a major river around a major city to navigation you’d be telling the world about it, loudly and repeatedly? It felt like this information was a state secret.įinally, in Block Island, on September 18, cruising friends offhandedly mentioned that they’d found the information. As we got closer to the western end of Long Island Sound and started hearing Coast Guard Sector New York on the radio, there was no information shared about closure. There was nothing in the Coast Guard Local Notice to Mariners, edition September 15-22. A friend spent a good part of her (good internet) morning trying unsuccessfully to track this down for us.
Google it.” Contacting the New York Department of Transportation resulted in a “we think there will be gridlock around the United Nations while it’s in session.” Jeremy left (unanswered) messages with the Port Authority.
Calling the Coast Guard (sector New York) netted a “We have no idea. Finding the details of this is ridiculously impossible. First of all ,you need to figure out if you even need to worry about a closure.
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