Premature road closure cleared on 42nd Street, New York NY
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Road ClosureAs discussed during the dispatch call, officers in Midtown Manhattan discovered that 42nd Street was closed earlier than scheduled. They coordinated the removal of barricades and department vehicles to reopen the roadway. The proper closure was later confirmed to begin at 6 p.m.
Audio|Heard on: NYPD Citywide 3
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04:1
Transcript:
00:00
Can you reach out to the borough? The 42nd Street in Crosstown was closed when it wasn't supposed to be.
00:07
Now we have a number of RMPs at a combat parking lot on 42nd Street and we have to reopen it because Crosstown 42nd Street closure doesn't go in until 1800.
00:16
So we need to have these RMPs move so we can reopen it.
00:20
Ten four. Stand by.
00:30
Lieutenant Fitzgerald on the air.
00:32
Go, Fitzgerald.
00:34
(name withheld), Sergeant Connolly, where are you? I'll come down there and give you a hand.
00:38
That 4207's in barrier set up across is all kind of his little setup there right now.
00:44
Ten four. Been a few minutes.
00:53
Return a picture of the XO Thompson.
00:58
Put it here, (name withheld).
01:01
So we're going to reopen 42nd Street, but we have to clear some RMPs and other department vehicles.
01:08
Can you have a smart car position themselves at 42 and 5?
01:13
And the other one on 4th through 8.
01:16
So when we do reopen it, because we have a 5th, there are many people in the street as well, pedestrians.
01:21
We'll have a smart car lead the traffic down.
01:23
So just put those smart cars in place now, and we'll advise you when it's open.
01:28
That's a 10-4[1], Supervisor France.
01:32
XO Thompson, I'm on 42 between 8th and 9th, so I'll leave it there.
01:38
That's the 10-4[1].
01:39
You'll take care of it from 8.
01:40
That's a 4K, thank you.
01:41
And I'll take care 5.
01:43
I'm over here as well.
01:44
That's a four, thank you.
01:46
Thank you.
01:50
10-4[1], XO.
02:00
Sergeant Connelly on the air.
02:03
On the air.
02:07
Hey (name withheld), do me a favor, run 42nd Street.
02:09
Somebody closed 42nd Street that's not supposed to close till 1800s.
02:12
I just got off the phone with the borough, they got it checked but we gotta open it right away.
02:17
All right, Lieutenant Fitzgerald just went over with that.
02:19
I'm gonna run it from 9th Avenue all the way down and see what's going on.
02:25
This is Connolly.
02:26
I'm at 4217, so I'm going to remove these barricades at 7th Avenue, 10-4[1].
02:33
All right, 10-4[1] on the piece of blocking?
02:37
Yes, we've got barricades across the street.
02:39
It's blocked is block 42nd Street at 7th Avenue.
02:44
Affirmative, but are they marks armed people beating traffic?
02:48
Yes, it's Christmas still between 6th and Broadway.
02:51
There's about 20 RFDs taking up the eastbound lane combat part, blocking the bus lane and regular lane.
03:02
I'm on my way down there.
03:16
The borough is working on moving the people.
03:24
So all of 42nd Street right now is open and we put the closures in at 1800, is that correct?
03:32
Yeah, 42nd Street crossed down.
03:34
It's supposed to be open.
03:35
It'll be closed at 1800.
03:38
Plan four, copy because I had a closure on 4209.
03:40
We're going to open up now.
03:42
Oh, just stand by.
03:43
I can see we have a bunch of RMPs blocking the eastbound lanes.
03:47
We got to clear both the lanes and then we can reopen.
03:51
And we have smart cars travel down 42nd Street to clean it, but that changed out of the street.
03:56
Plan four, copies.
03:58
We'll advise once the RMP is cleared.
04:01
10-4[1], copy that.
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment—message received, understood, or OK.
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Location mentioned:
W 42nd St & 7th Ave, New York, NY 10036
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