Alternate Side Parking, Library Hours, And More To Know On Good Friday, Passover & Easter

The end of the week is near, and with it comes a slew of holidays including Good Friday, Passover, and Easter. That means a few small changes to getting around the city by mass transit, parking regulations, library hours, and more. Here’s what you need to know over the next few days.

Sanitation

Garbage, recycling, and organics collections will follow a regular schedule.

Schools

NYC public schools will be closed Friday, April 3 through Friday, April 10 for Spring Recess.

Government Offices

All government offices are open, including the Department of Motor Vehicles. Courts are also open and mail delivery follows a regular schedule.

Libraries

Some Brooklyn Public Library locations will be open on Friday, April 3, including the Brighton Beach, Kensington, Park Slope, Walt Whitman, and Windsor Terrace branches from 10am-6pm, and the Central branch from 9am-6pm. All BPL locations will be closed on Sunday, April 5.

Parking

Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Thursday through Saturday, April 2 to 4 for Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Passover. Although street cleaners get to take it easy, meter maids do not – that means all other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.

Subways

No real changes here. On Easter Sunday, April 5, all MTA services plan to operate on a normal Sunday schedule. For this Friday, April 3, which is Good Friday and the first night of Passover, the New York City Subway and Staten Island Railway will operate on regular schedules. Carry on as usual.

New York City Buses

Carry on, that is, unless you live in Staten Island. On Friday, April 3, Staten Island buses only will operate on a reduced weekday schedule. There will be no limited-stop bus service in Staten Island on the S81, S84, S86, S90, S91, S92, S94, S96 and S98 bus routes. Suckers.

Long Island Rail Road

Long Islanders have better luck. The Long Island Rail Road will provide additional eastbound service on Friday, April 3, for customers leaving work early in observance of Passover and Good Friday. The railroad will operate a regular weekday schedule with 10 additional trains departing Penn Station between 1:46pm and 3:48pm.

Metro-North Railroad

On Friday, April 3, Metro-North will operate a regular weekday schedule, although with financial markets closed, ridership is expected to be down.

Normally on Passover eve, Metro-North adds train cars to regularly scheduled outbound trains in the early afternoon from 3pm to 5pm, so there is capacity for those who want to get home for sundown. But since this is also Good Friday, and ridership is typically significantly lower, no added cars are planned.