GRIDLOCK SAM

Flushing, your busway has arrived! The year-long pilot, debuting 6 a.m. on Tuesday, covers the northbound lanes of Main St. from Sanford Ave. to Northern Blvd. and Kissena Blvd. from Sanford to Main.

Drivers, if you’re heading north on Main or Kissena, you’ll have to turn off at Sanford. You can turn onto the busway from a side street for local trips (dropoffs/pick-ups or accessing a garage, for example), but you must then make the next available right turn (there’s also a left permitted at 4 1 st Ave.).

The busway is in effect 2 4 /7 , as are the similar regulations already in place for southbound drivers between 3 7 th Ave. and 4 0 th Rd. the Rich rally starts at 4:30 p.m. at Zuccotti Park (Trinity Pl. and Liberty St.) in Lower Manhattan. Avoid Broadway and Church streets.

Monday through Friday nights, up to two southbound lanes of the Henry Hudson will be shut from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. between 191st St. and 181st St. and between 145th St. and 125th St.

On Staten Island, all northbound lanes of the West Shore Expressway at Exit 3 will be closed 12:01 a.m. to 5:00 a.m., Wednesday through Friday.

Wednesday to Friday this week, and then Tuesday to Friday each week through February 12th, 9:45 a.m. to 3 p.m., Manhattan-bound D trains run via the N from Stillwell Ave. to 36th St.

NOTE TO READERS: A reminder to print yourself some copies of the 2021 Gridlock Sam Parking Calendar. It’s free to download at gridlocksam. com/store. Keep one in the car! Post one up at home! Gift them to all your friends! Save yourself time, money, and headaches all year long. For hard copies, please send checks for postage and handling to Gridlock Sam, 322 Eighth Ave., Fifth Floor, New York, NY, 10001. One calendar is $3, five are $5, and 10 are $6.