Bridges & Tunnels
CAR DIED ON A NYC BRIDGE OR IN A TUNNEL?Who Clears The Span, And Where We Take Over On Either Side
Nineteen crossings. Every one of them has its own patrol that moves you off the span; our job starts at the first safe spot on the other side of the toll plaza. Stranded now? Call (718) 600-1581 and tell the dispatcher which road and which direction.
Why Nobody Fixes A Car On The Span
On NYC's limited-access highways and parkways, a disabled vehicle on the roadway or shoulder is handled under NYPD's highway tow programs, and a second vehicle stopping behind you is often unsafe or not permitted. So for most highway calls we meet you at the first exit, service road or ramp the dispatcher names. Parkways also ban commercial vehicles, which keeps service trucks off the parkway itself.
What that means for you: get off the road at the next exit if the car will move, hazards on, and call. If it will not move, call us anyway and we will tell you who clears that road and where we can take over, before you wait. Jump starts, lockouts and tire changes happen at the meeting point; it is usually a few hundred feet from where you stopped.
Every Bridge And Tunnel, And Where We Meet You
Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge
Runs: Bay Ridge to Fort Wadsworth, two decks, the Belt and Gowanus on one side and the Staten Island Expressway on the other.
Stopping: No stopping on the span; MTA bridge patrol clears disabled cars.
Where we usually meet you: The Belt Pkwy exit at Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn or the Lily Pond Ave / Bay St ramps on the Staten Island side.
Borough pages: Brooklyn · Staten Island
George Washington Bridge
Runs: Washington Heights to Fort Lee, feeding the Cross Bronx, Harlem River Drive and Henry Hudson.
Stopping: Port Authority patrol handles the span and approaches.
Where we usually meet you: 178th St / Broadway on the Manhattan side.
Borough pages: Manhattan
Bronx-Whitestone Bridge
Runs: Whitestone to Throgs Neck's west side, linking the Van Wyck and Cross Island to the Hutchinson.
Stopping: No stopping; MTA patrol.
Where we usually meet you: 3rd Ave / 14th Ave in Whitestone or Lafayette Ave in the Bronx.
Throgs Neck Bridge
Runs: Bay Terrace to Throgs Neck, the Clearview to the Cross Bronx.
Stopping: No stopping; MTA patrol.
Where we usually meet you: 26th Ave / Bell Blvd in Queens or Harding Ave in the Bronx.
Robert F. Kennedy (Triborough) Bridge
Runs: Three spans meeting on Randalls Island: Astoria, East Harlem and Mott Haven.
Stopping: No stopping on any span; MTA patrol.
Where we usually meet you: Hoyt Ave in Astoria, 125th St in Manhattan, or Bruckner Blvd in the Bronx. Randalls Island itself has lots where a meet is possible.
Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge
Runs: 59th St to Long Island City, upper and lower decks, no toll.
Stopping: No stopping, no shoulder on either deck.
Where we usually meet you: Queens Plaza or 21st St on the Queens side, 2nd Ave at 60th St in Manhattan.
Williamsburg Bridge
Runs: Delancey St to the BQE at Broadway, Williamsburg.
Stopping: No stopping; NYPD and DOT handle the span.
Where we usually meet you: Delancey / Clinton St or Broadway / Roebling St.
Manhattan Bridge
Runs: Canal St to Flatbush Ave Extension, DUMBO.
Stopping: No stopping, lanes are narrow.
Where we usually meet you: Canal / Bowery or Flatbush Ave Ext / Tillary St.
Brooklyn Bridge
Runs: Park Row to Adams St / the BQE. Cars only, no trucks, low clearance.
Stopping: No stopping; DOT.
Where we usually meet you: Centre St by City Hall or Cadman Plaza West.
Goethals Bridge
Runs: The Staten Island Expressway west end to Elizabeth, NJ.
Stopping: Port Authority patrol; shoulders on the new span but no stopping allowed.
Where we usually meet you: Forest Ave or South Ave on the Staten Island side.
Borough pages: Staten Island
Bayonne Bridge
Runs: Port Richmond to Bayonne, NJ, over the Kill Van Kull.
Stopping: Port Authority patrol.
Where we usually meet you: Richmond Terrace / Morningstar Rd.
Borough pages: Staten Island
Outerbridge Crossing
Runs: Tottenville / the West Shore Expressway to Perth Amboy, NJ.
Stopping: Port Authority patrol.
Where we usually meet you: Arthur Kill Rd or the West Shore Expwy Page Ave exit.
Borough pages: Staten Island
Henry Hudson Bridge
Runs: Inwood to Riverdale over the Spuyten Duyvil.
Stopping: No stopping; MTA patrol. Parkway on both sides, no trucks.
Where we usually meet you: Dyckman St in Inwood or Kappock St in Riverdale.
Marine Parkway–Gil Hodges Bridge
Runs: Flatbush Ave at Floyd Bennett Field to Rockaway Point.
Stopping: No stopping; MTA patrol.
Where we usually meet you: Flatbush Ave at Floyd Bennett or Beach Channel Dr.
Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge
Runs: Broad Channel to the Rockaways.
Stopping: No stopping; MTA patrol.
Where we usually meet you: Cross Bay Blvd in Broad Channel or Beach Channel Dr.
Borough pages: Queens
Kosciuszko Bridge
Runs: The BQE over Newtown Creek between Greenpoint and Maspeth.
Stopping: Shoulders on the new spans, but it is part of the BQE and treated as highway.
Where we usually meet you: Meeker Ave in Greenpoint or Laurel Hill Blvd in Maspeth.
Queens-Midtown Tunnel
Runs: 36th St in Murray Hill to the LIE in Long Island City.
Stopping: Never stop in a tunnel; MTA tunnel crews push or tow you out.
Where we usually meet you: 2nd Ave / 36th St or Borden Ave in LIC.
Hugh L. Carey (Brooklyn-Battery) Tunnel
Runs: The Battery to the Gowanus / BQE in Red Hook.
Stopping: Never stop in a tunnel; MTA crews clear it.
Where we usually meet you: West St at Battery Pl or Hamilton Ave in Red Hook.
Lincoln & Holland Tunnels
Runs: Midtown at 39th St and Canal St to New Jersey.
Stopping: Port Authority crews clear the tubes.
Where we usually meet you: Dyer Ave / 40th St or Canal / Hudson St on the Manhattan side.
Borough pages: Manhattan
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