Traffic updated for Broadway and nearby streets, New York NY
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Road ClosureAs discussed during the dispatch call, city officials coordinated reopening cross streets between 53rd and 56th Streets near Broadway and 7th Avenue while keeping sections of 7th Avenue and Broadway closed to southbound traffic for ongoing sanitation and traffic management operations.
Audio|Heard on: NYPD Citywide 3
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03:18
Transcript:
00:00
Be advised, sanitation is now south of 50th Street at this time.
00:05
I see that.
00:13
Both three, seven and six central.
00:17
Three, seven and six.
00:19
You can cancel the flush for 98.
00:22
Ten four.
00:25
Sergeant Conley on your air?
00:27
On the air, wait.
00:29
Hey (name withheld), how you doing with sanitation?
00:33
They're still working.
00:34
It looks like they're down as far as five one, but they keep making loops and coming back up to as high as five three.
00:42
All right, so they're south of five three, right?
00:46
Affirmative.
00:49
Looks like it's down as far as five one.
00:57
Chief Chiod here.
00:59
Standing by, (name withheld).
01:01
Uh, Chief, sanitation is south of 53rd on Broadway.
01:06
My team on 7th are south, approaching 51st.
01:11
With your permission, we'd like to reopen Crosstown only.
01:15
53rd to 56th, to run across 7th and Broadway, but keep 7th and Broadway closed.
01:23
Red to red, please do so.
01:25
Towns one.
01:33
Lieutenant McCall, did you read that?
01:39
Inspector Gonzales on the air?
01:42
Yes, boss. You read that Crosstown only from 53 to 56?
01:48
Yes, we're gonna open it up.
01:50
10-4[1], thank you, sir.
01:53
Lieutenant Best, red.
01:58
Copy that.
02:00
All right, so we're gonna open up Crosstown 53 to 56.
02:05
So you post 537, they gotta catch everything and keep it east to west, nothing south of 53, all right?
02:17
7th Avenue is going to stay closed.
02:19
We're just going to open the cross streets from 56th to 53rd to run east and west only.
02:27
Sergeant Lois 8-8 on the air.
02:30
On the air, I read.
02:33
All right, 10-4[1], 53 and 55, you can send towards 7th.
02:41
On the air, wait.
02:44
Hey (name withheld), you're going to get traffic from 56th to 53rd going Crosstown on Broadway.
02:51
All right, 10-4[1], there you are.
02:53
Sanitation is fully below 53rd Street on Broadway.
03:03
Be advised 56th to 53rd is going to be reopened.
03:12
7th and Broadway all southbound will still remain closed.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment—message received, understood, or OK.
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W 56th St, New York, NY
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