Yonkers Insider: City of Yonkers: ***NEWS RELEASE***: CITY OF YONKERS ANNOUNCES TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS FOR OPENING OF NEW JUSTICE SONIA SOTOMAYOR COMMUNITY SCHOOL.

 

New Traffic Flow on Lawrence St., between McLean and Van Cortlandt Park Aves.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CITY OF YONKERS ANNOUNCES TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS FOR OPENING OF NEW JUSTICE SONIA SOTOMAYOR COMMUNITY SCHOOL.

Starting August 22, Lawrence Street at McLean and Van Cortlandt Park Avenues to be Converted to ONE-WAY WESTBOUND.

YONKERS, NY – August 13, 2024 -- Yonkers Traffic Engineering Department today announced the City is converting Lawrence Street between McLean Avenue and Van Cortlandt Park Avenue into a one-way westbound street in order to improve traffic conditions for the new Justice Sonia Sotomayor Community School, scheduled to open in September.

Starting August 22, Yonkers Traffic Engineering Division will modify the traffic control signage to accommodate the one-way conversion. Residents and visitors to the block of Lawrence Street will be required to enter from McLean Avenue and exit onto Van Cortlandt Park Avenue. Parking will be permitted on the south side of the street and parking will be prohibited on the north (school) side between 7AM and 4PM on school days.

Traffic improvements are being implemented in accordance with an environmental impact study that accompanied the planning and construction of the new Yonkers Public School. The change in traffic direction accommodates school buses dropping off and picking up students in the front of the school on Lawrence Street.

For more information or questions, contact the Mayor’s Helpline at 914-377-HELP (4357).