§ 4-13 Truck Routes.
RCNY § 4-13
(a)General provisions.
(1)Definitions. For the purpose of these rules, a truck is defined as any vehicle or combination of vehicles designed for the transportation of property, which has either of the following characteristics: two axles, six tires; or three or more axles (2) Exceptions. These rules do not apply to authorized emergency vehicles and authorized public utility company vehicles engaged in an emergency operation as defined in § 114-b of the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
(3)Enforcement. An operator of any truck as defined above shall have in his/her possession throughout each trip a bill of lading, or similar document, showing the points of origin and destination of the trip. Upon the request of a law enforcement officer or other authorized person, the truck operator shall present for inspection the above stated document or documents.
(b)Truck routing rules for the Borough of Queens.
(ii)3 or more axles. An operator of any truck as defined in paragraph (a)(1) above, with 3 or more axles, and having an origin or destination for the purpose of delivery, loading or servicing within the Borough of Staten Island, shall only operate such vehicle over the following listed "local truck routes," except under the conditions described in subparagraph (2)(i), above. Local Truck Route Network Street LimitsStreet LimitsAmboy RoadRichmond Road to Wards Point AvenueArden AvenueVeterans Road West to Hylan BoulevardArthur Kill RoadRichmond Road to Main StreetBay StreetRichmond Terrace to School RoadBayonne BridgeDr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Expressway to New Jersey State LineBloomfield AvenueChelsea Road to Gulf AvenueBloomingdale RoadAmboy Road to Arthur Kill RoadBoscombe AvenuePage Avenue to Weiner StreetBradley AvenueSouth Gannon Avenue to Victory BoulevardBroad StreetVan Duzer Street to Bay StreetBroadwayForest Avenue to Richmond TerraceBuel AvenueHylan Boulevard to Richmond RoadCastleton AvenueJewett Avenue to Jersey StreetCastleton AvenueJewett Avenue to Port Richmond AvenueChelsea RoadSouth Avenue to Bloomfield AvenueClarke AvenueArthur Kill Road to Amboy RoadClove RoadNarrows Road South to Richmond TerraceDr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ExpresswayVictory Boulevard to Bayonne BridgeDraper PlaceRichmond Avenue to Richmond AvenueDrumgoole Road EastBloomingdale Road to Richmond AvenueDrumgoole Road WestArthur Kill Road to Veterans RoadEbbitts AvenueHylan Boulevard to Mill RoadEdgewater StreetBay Street to Hyland BoulevardEdward Curry AvenueChelsea Road to South AvenueEnglewood AvenueVeterans Road West to Veterans Road EastFahy AvenueSouth Avenue to Lamberts LaneFather Capodanno Blvd. (Seaside Blvd.)Midland Avenue to Lily Pond AvenueForest AvenueWestern Avenue to Victory BoulevardFoster RoadWoodrow Road to Amboy RoadFront StreetBay Street to Murry Hulbert AvenueGiffords LaneArthur Kill Road to Amboy RoadGlen StreetEdward Curry Avenue to Fahy AvenueGoethals BridgeStaten Island Expressway to New Jersey State LineGoethals Road NorthWestern Avenue to West Caswell AvenueGulf AvenueForest Avenue to Edward Curry AvenueGuyon AvenueHylan Boulevard to Amboy RoadHuguenot AvenueArthur Kill Road to Hylan BoulevardHylan BoulevardSatterlee Avenue to Steuben Street, and Narrows Road South to Edgewater StreetJersey StreetRichmond Terrace to Victory BoulevardJewett AvenueRichmond Terrace to Victory BoulevardJustin AvenueAmboy Road to Hylan BoulevardLamberts LaneFahy Avenue to Victory BoulevardLily Pond AvenueSchool Road to Father Capodanno Boulevard (Seaside Boulevard)Lincoln AvenueHyland Boulevard to Richmond RoadLittle Clove RoadRenwick Avenue to Narrows Road NorthMain StreetArthur Kill Road to Hylan BoulevardManor RoadSchmidts Lane to Victory BoulevardMeeker AvenueForest Avenue to Gulf AvenueMidland AvenueRichmond Road to Father Capodanno Boulevard (Seaside Boulevard)Milford DriveRenwick Avenue to Clove RoadMill RoadTysens Lane to New Dorp LaneMorley AvenueRichmond Road to Richmond RoadMorningstar RoadRichmond Terrace to Richmond AvenueNarrows Road NorthVerrazano Narrows Bridge to Little Clove RoadNarrows Road SouthClove Road to Verrazano Narrows BridgeNelson AvenueAmboy Road to Hylan BoulevardNew Dorp LaneMill Road to Hylan BoulevardNorth Bridge StreetVeterans Road West to Arthur Kill RoadNorth Gannon AvenueSlosson Avenue to Willow Road EastOuterbridge CrossingWest Shore Expressway to New Jersey State LinePage AvenueSouth Bridge Street to Hylan BoulevardPort Richmond AvenueForest Avenue to Richmond TerraceRenwick AvenueMilford Drive to Little Clove RoadRichmond AvenueHylan Boulevard to Forest AvenueRichmond ParkwayOuterbridge Crossing to West Shore ExpresswayRichmond RoadVan Duzer Street to Morley Avenue and Morley Avenue to Arthur Kill RoadRichmond TerraceWestern Avenue to Bay StreetRichmond Valley RoadArthur Kill Road to Page AvenueRossville AvenueArthur Kill Road to Woodrow RoadSt. Pauls AvenueVan Duzer Street to Van Duzer StreetSchmidts LaneManor Road to Slosson AvenueSchool RoadLily Pond Avenue to Bay StreetSeaview AvenueFather Capodanno Boulevard (Seaside Boulevard) to Hylan BoulevardSeguine AvenueAmboy Road to Hylan BoulevardSharrott AvenueAmboy Road to Hylan BoulevardSharrots RoadVeterans Road East to Veterans Road WestSlosson AvenueVictory Boulevard to Schmidts LaneSouth AvenueRichmond Terrace to Chelsea RoadSouth Bridge StreetArthur Kill Road to Page AvenueSouth Gannon AvenueVictory Boulevard to Manor RoadStaten Island ExpresswayGoethals Bridge to Verrazano Narrows BridgeSteuben StreetHylan Boulevard to Narrows Road SouthTargee StreetVan Duzer Street to Richmond RoadTompkins AvenueHylan Boulevard to Broad StreetTrantor PlaceWalker Street to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ExpresswayTravis AvenueSouth Avenue to Draper PlaceTyrellan AvenueBoscombe Avenue to Veterans Road WestTysens LaneMill Road to Hylan BoulevardVanderbilt AvenueRichmond Road to Bay StreetVan Duzer StreetRichmond Road to Victory BoulevardVan Duzer St. ExtensionVan Duzer Street to Bay StreetVerrazano-Narrows BridgeStaten Island Expressway to Kings County LineVeterans Road EastDrumgoole Road West to Sharrotts Road, and Bloomingdale Road to Arthur Kill RoadVeterans Road WestArden Road to Bloomingdale Road, and Sharrotts Road to Arthur Kill RoadVictory BoulevardWest Shore Expressway to Bay StreetWalker StreetMorningstar Road to Port Richmond AvenueWest Caswell AvenueGoethals Road North to Willow Road WestWest Shore ExpresswayStaten Island Expressway to Outerbridge CrossingWestern AvenueForest Avenue to Richmond TerraceWillow Road EastNorth Gannon Avenue to Forest AvenueWillow Road WestForest Avenue to West Caswell AvenueWoodrow RoadBloomingdale Road to Arthur Kill RoadWoolley AvenueSouth Gannon Avenue to Victory Boulevard Limited Local Truck Route Network Street Limits Street Limits Bradley AvenueBrielle Avenue to South Gannon Avenue Brielle AvenueRockland Avenue to Manor RoadForest Hill RoadRichmond Hill Road to Willowbrook RoadManor RoadBrielle Avenue to Schmidts LaneOcean TerraceManor Road to Todt Hill RoadRichmond Hill RoadRichmond Avenue to Forest Hill RoadRichmond RoadRockland Avenue to Morley AvenueRockland AvenueRichmond Avenue to Richmond RoadSlosson AvenueSchmidts Land to Todt Hill RoadTodt Hill RoadSlosson Avenue to Richmond RoadWoolley AvenueWillowbrook Road to South Gannon Avenue (d) Truck routing rules for the Borough of Manhattan.
(2)Local trucks. An operator of any truck as defined in paragraph (a)(1) above, having an origin or destination for the purpose of delivery, loading or servicing within the Borough of Manhattan, shall restrict the operation of such vehicle to those street segments designated on the following list as "Local Truck Routes," except that an operator may operate on a street not designated below for the purpose of leaving his/her origin or arriving at his/her destination (subject to restrictions specified in 34 RCNY § 4-13(d)(3) through (d)(5)). This shall be accomplished by leaving a designated truck route at an intersection that is nearest and provides the most direct route to his/her destination, proceeding by the most direct route while observing existing street directions and turn restrictions, and then returning to the nearest designated truck route by the most direct route. If the operator has additional destinations in the immediate vicinity, he/she may proceed by the most direct route to his/her next destination without returning to a designated truck route, provided that the operator's next destination does not require that he/she cross a designated truck route. All trucks must adhere to all posted signs indicating locations that limit the height of vehicles permitted to operate thereon. Local Truck Routes StreetLimitsStreetLimitsAdam Clayton Powell, Jr., Blvd.Central Park North to 155th Street Allen StreetDivision Street to Houston StreetAmsterdam Avenue59th Street to 181st StreetAvenue of the Americas (6th Avenue)Church Street to 31st StreetBarclay StreetBroadway to West StreetBattery Park UnderpassSouth Street to West StreetBattery PlaceState Street to West StreetBeach StreetWest Broadway to Varick StreetBowerySt. James Place to Cooper SquareBroadwayState Street to 14th StreetBroadway17th Street to 31st StreetBroadwayColumbus Circle to 230th StreetBroome StreetCentre Street to Watts StreetCanal StreetChrystie Street to West StreetCanal StreetChrystie Street to Forsyth StreetCathedral Parkway (110th Street)8th Avenue to BroadwayCentral Park NorthAdam Clayton Powell, Jr., Blvd. to 8th Ave.Central Park SouthColumbus Circle to Grand Army PlazaCentral Park Traverse Roads 1, 2, 3 & 4Fifth Avenue to Central Park WestCentral Park West81st Street to 82nd StreetCentre StreetCanal Street to Broome StreetChrystie StreetCanal Street to Houston StreetChurch StreetLiberty Street to Avenue of the AmericasClarkson Street7th Avenue South to West StreetColumbus Avenue59th Street to Cathedral ParkwayColumbus CircleEntire LengthCooper SquareBowery to Third AvenueDelancey StreetWilliamsburg Bridge to BoweryDivision StreetBowery to Pike StreetDyer AvenueLincoln Tunnel to 42nd StreetDyer AvenueLincoln Tunnel to 34th StreetForsyth StreetDivision Street to Canal StreetFort Washington Avenue178th Street to 181st Street AvenueGrand StreetAllen Street to West BroadwayGreenwich AvenueAvenue of the Americas to 8th AvenueHouston Street1st Avenue to West StreetHudson StreetWorth Street to 8th AvenueKenmare StreetBowery to Lafayette StreetLafayette StreetKenmare Street to Canal StreetLaight StreetVarick Street to Canal StreetLexington Avenue23rd Street to 125th StreetLincoln Tunnel Access30th Street to Lincoln TunnelMadison Avenue84th Street to 86th StreetMadison Avenue96th Street to 97th StreetMadison Avenue125th Street to Madison Avenue BridgeMaiden LaneSouth Street to Water StreetNagle AvenueBroadway to 10th AvenuePearl StreetWater Street to St. James PlacePike SlipSouth Street to Cherry StreetPike StreetCherry Street to Division StreetQueens Midtown Tunnnel Approach34th Street to TunnelQueens Midtown Tunnel Exit34th Street to TunnelSt. James PlacePearl Street to BowerySouth StreetState Street to Pike SlipState StreetSouth Street to BroadwayTrans-Manhattan ExpwayAlexander Hamilton Bridge to George Washington BridgeTrinity PlaceBrooklyn Battery Tunnel to Liberty StreetUnion Square East14th Street to 17th StreetVarick StreetWest Broadway to 7th Avenue SouthVesey StreetBroadway to West StreetWalker StreetCanal Street to West BroadwayWater StreetState Street to Pearl StreetWatts StreetBroome Street to Holland Tunnel entranceWest BroadwayWorth Street to Varick StreetWest BroadwayBeach Street to Grand StreetWest StreetBattery Park Underpass to Gansevoort StreetWorth StreetSt. James Place to Hudson Street1st AvenueHouston Street to Willis Avenue Bridge2nd AvenueHouston Street to 128th Street3rd AvenueCooper Square to 125th Street5th Avenue22nd Street to 26th Street5th Avenue85th Street to 86th Street5th Avenue125th Street to 138th Street6th Avenue (Avenue of the Americas)Church Street to 31st Street7th Avenue14th Street to 31st Street7th Avenue SouthVarick Street to 14th Street8th AvenueHudson Street to Columbus Circle8th StreetAvenue of the Americas to Broadway9th Avenue14th Street to 59th Street10th AvenueLittle West 12th Street to 59th Street10th AvenueNagle Avenue to Broadway11th AvenueGansevoort Street to 57th Street11th Ave. service roadGansevoort Street to 23rd Street12th Avenue22nd Street to 59th Street14th Street1st Avenue to 11th Avenue15th Street9th Avenue to 11th Avenue17th StreetUnion Square East to Broadway22nd Street5th Avenue to Broadway23rd Street1st Avenue to 12th Avenue26th Street5th Avenue to Broadway30th StreetBroadway to 11th Avenue31st Street3rd Avenue to 10th Avenue34th Street1st Avenue to 12th Avenue36th StreetQueens Midtown Tunnel entrance to 2nd Ave.40th StreetLincoln Tunnel entrance to 11th Avenue41st Street9th Avenue to Lincoln Tunnel entrance42nd Street1st Avenue to 12th Avenue57th Street1st Avenue to 12th Avenue59th Street1st Avenue to Grand Army Plaza60th Street1st Avenue to Lexington Avenue65th Street1st Avenue to 5th Avenue65th StreetCentral Park West to Amsterdam Avenue66th Street1st Avenue to 5th Avenue66th StreetCentral Park West to Amsterdam Avenue75th StreetAmsterdam Avenue to Broadway79th Street1st Avenue to 5th Avenue79th StreetColumbus Avenue to Broadway81st StreetCentral Park West to Columbus Avenue82nd StreetCentral Park West to Broadway84th StreetMadison Avenue to 5th Avenue86th Street1st Avenue to 5th Avenue86th StreetCentral Park West to Broadway96th Street1st Avenue to 5th Avenue96th StreetCentral Park West to Broadway97th StreetMadison Avenue to 5th Avenue97th StreetCentral Park West to Broadway116th Street1st Avenue to Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Blvd.124th Street1st Avenue to Triborough Bridge entrance125th Street1st Avenue to Broadway128th Street2nd Avenue to 3rd Avenue Bridge138th StreetMadison Avenue Bridge to 5th Avenue145th Street145th Street Bridge to Broadway155th StreetMacombs Dam Bridge to Broadway178th StreetAmsterdam Avenue to George Washington Bridge exit179th StreetAmsterdam Avenue to George Washington Bridge entrance181st StreetWashington Bridge to Fort Washington Ave.207th StreetUniversity Heights Bridge to Broadway215th StreetTenth Avenue to Broadway (3) Limited truck zones.
(i)Restrictions. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (a), (d)(1) and (d)(2) of this section, no operator of a truck as defined in paragraph (a)(1) of this section shall operate, enter, stop, stand or park his/her vehicle upon any of the streets designated on the following list as "Limited Truck Zones" except for the purpose of making a delivery, loading or servicing within said zone. This shall be accomplished by leaving a designated truck route at the intersection that is nearest and provides the most direct route to his/her destination, proceeding by the most direct route while observing existing street directions and turn restrictions, and then returning to the nearest designated truck route by the most direct route. If the operator has additional destinations in the immediate vicinity, he/she may proceed by the most direct route to his/her next destination without returning to a designated truck route provided that the operator's next destination does not require that he/she cross a designated truck route.
(iii)Zones Zone A – Chelsea Bounded by the northern property line of 16th Street, the eastern property line of Ninth Avenue, the northern property line of 18th Street, the eastern property line of Tenth Avenue, the southern property line of 30th Street, the western property line of Eighth Avenue, the southern property line of 25th Street, the western property line of Seventh Avenue, the northern property line of 19th Street and the western property line of Eighth Avenue. Trucks passing completely through the designated area, or entering it for the purpose of reaching or leaving a street within these boundaries, are permitted to traverse 23rd Street, Eighth Avenue and Ninth Avenue only. Zone B – Chinatown Bounded by the northern property line of Worth Street, the eastern property line of Baxter Street, the southern property line of Canal Street, the western property line of the Bowery, and the western property line of Chatham Square. Zone C – Greenwich Village Bounded by the northern property line of Spring Street, the eastern property line of Varick Street, the eastern property line of Seventh Avenue South, the northern property line of Clarkson Street, the eastern property line of Hudson Street, the northern property line of Morton Street, the eastern property line of Washington Street, the southern property line of Gansevoort Street, the southern property line of 14th Street, the western property line of Avenue of the Americas, the southern property line of 12th Street, the western property line of University Place, the southern property line of 8th Street, the western property line of Mercer Street, the northern property line of Houston Street, and the western property line of West Broadway. Trucks passing completely through the designated area, or entering it for the purpose of reaching or leaving a street within these boundaries, are permitted to traverse Avenue of the Americas, Eighth Avenue, Eighth Street, Greenwich Avenue, Hudson Street (Northbound only), Seventh Avenue South, Varick Street and Houston Street only. Trucks with neither an origin nor a destination within Manhattan are restricted to Houston Street and Avenue of the Americas between Spring and Houston Streets only. Zone D – Little Italy Bounded by the northern property line of Canal Street, the eastern property line of Centre Street, the eastern property line of Cleveland Place, the eastern property line of Lafayette Street, the southern property line of Houston Street and the western property line of Bowery. Trucks passing completely through the designated area, or entering it for the purpose of reaching or leaving a street within these boundaries, are permitted to traverse Grand Street, Kenmare Street and Canal Street only. Trucks with neither an origin nor a destination within Manhattan are restricted to Canal Street only. Zone E – Lower East Side Bounded by the northern property line of Senator Robert F. Wagner Place, the eastern property line of St. James Place, the eastern property line of East Broadway, the southern property line of Montgomery Street, and the western property line of South Street. Trucks passing completely through the designated area, or entering it for the purpose of reaching or leaving a street within these boundaries, are permitted to traverse Pike Slip and Pike Street only.
(4)Special garment center rule.
(5)Operation of vehicles 33 feet or more in length restricted. Notwithstanding the provisions of 34 RCNY § 4-08(1)(2) and (3) and 34 RCNY § 4-13, no operator of a vehicle or combination of vehicles used for the transportation of merchandise, having an overall length of 33 feet or more including load and bumpers, shall operate, enter, traverse, stop, stand, or park any such vehicle or combination of vehicles upon any of the streets included in the area bounded by the south property line of West 42nd Street, the west property line of 5th Avenue, the north property line of West 34th Street, and the east property line of 9th Avenue, all in the Borough of Manhattan, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 10 a.m., and between 12 noon and 6 p.m., Monday through Friday inclusive, except that the operator of any such vehicle or combination of vehicles who has lawfully entered this area may allow such vehicle or combination of vehicles to remain therein while being expeditiously loaded or unloaded, but must remove same therefrom before 12 noon, and provided that any vehicle or combination of vehicles 33 feet or more in length may enter such area in order to reach an off-street parking facility or terminal therein where such parking facility or terminal is sufficient in size to accommodate the vehicle or combination of vehicles, and where no waiting, loading, or unloading on the street by such vehicle or combination of vehicles will take place. Such vehicle or combination of vehicles may not stop between an entry point into the area and its destination for any purpose other than to conform with traffic rules.
(6)Special rules for vehicles 33 feet or more in length in the financial district and midtown core.
(e)Truck routing rules for the Borough of Brooklyn.
