Traffic congestion and illegal parking near W 50th St, New York NY
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TrafficAs discussed during the dispatch call, officers handled traffic congestion and illegal parking near West 50th Street in New York City. The situation involved several ice cream trucks parked in no-standing areas, causing gridlock between Eighth Avenue and Broadway. Traffic units were directed to enforce violations and limit vehicle movement to emergency and bus traffic only.
Audio|Heard on: NYPD Citywide 3
Listen to dispatch call
01:54
Transcript:
00:00
Can you send someone over to me here to write these two ice cream trucks for the no standing anytime? To make it as quick as possible.
00:04
Difficult when the trucks start to turn.
00:11
That's a (number withheld) on the air.
00:13
Seven (number withheld) on the air?
00:16
When you get up,
00:17
Come all the way up to 6th Avenue and near West 48th Street, we have two ice cream trucks on the eastbound side that we need you to write.
00:25
Son of Zeus.
00:28
Four is it?
00:31
Four eight to (number withheld).
00:34
Come point route.
00:42
That was (number withheld) Savoy at the Bennett.
00:49
Go (number withheld). Supervisor, be advised that West 50th Street between 8th Avenue and Broadway is very heavy.
00:59
They have a gridlock on that block.
01:01
Can I close it like a couple of lives?
01:03
To be clear because no block Eight Avenue has no traffic at all.
01:14
That's 50th and Broadway.
01:18
50th at Eighth Avenue to Broadway is not moving at all.
01:26
We're gonna see it out of here, rookie.
01:28
See that, go.
01:30
All right, I need you to stay at 52nd and 8th.
01:33
Only allow buses and emergency vehicles.
01:36
Everything center on Main Avenue.
01:39
The Eighth Avenue northbound has no traffic.
01:41
Just only have a problem (number withheld).
01:45
I left the poor accident work over there.
01:47
However, you are going to start (number withheld) alone.
01:49
Nothing eastbound.
01:51
Only emergency vehicles and buses.
01:52
Everything else is going to go north.
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W 50th St, New York, NY
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