NYC Afternoon Briefing — November 10, 2026

A separate November 13–16 plan replaces part of the J route with free shuttle buses.

From November 10–13, 2026, J service in Bushwick and Williamsburg, Brooklyn, is scheduled to make local stops both ways from Myrtle Av to Marcy Av, 9:30 AM–3 PM.

Brooklyn Community Board 4 links the weekday changes and weekend disruption to the Marcy Av switch replacement. The work spans selected dates in October and November.

During the November 13–16 service period, J trains are scheduled to run only between Myrtle Av and Jamaica Center/Parsons Archer. Free shuttle buses replace J service from Myrtle Av to Delancey St/Essex St.

The M is scheduled to run in two sections: Metropolitan Av to Myrtle/Wyckoff Avs, and Myrtle/Wyckoff Avs to Myrtle Av-Broadway. The notice gives no exact weekend start or end times.

The special exhibition THRIVING! HARLEM AS HOMEPLACE is scheduled through May 17, 2027.

The Urban Civil Rights Museum plans to open at 117 W 125th Street in Harlem, Manhattan, with a grand opening weekend on November 14–15, 2026.

Moving History Forward is the permanent exhibition. The museum focuses on the Northern Civil Rights movement and Black urban life. Displays cover slavery in Northern states, the Underground Railroad, free Black settlements and abolition movements.

The museum uses projected imagery, interactive booths, historical objects, television clips and large maps. It lists group tours from November 14 onward.

The East 48th Street block east of Park Avenue has a later nightly closing time.

NYC DOT lists overnight closures near Grand Central Terminal in Midtown East, Manhattan, through December 15, 2026.

East 47th Street is listed as closed from Vanderbilt Avenue to Park Avenue and from Park Avenue to Lexington Avenue, 9 PM–6 AM nightly.

On East 48th Street, the Madison Avenue–Park Avenue section has the same hours. The Park Avenue–Lexington Avenue section is listed for 11:30 PM–6 AM closures.

The entries identify the Grand Central Terminal train shed project. DOT's November 6–8 advisory says dates, times and routes may change.

Most listed sections have a November 30 end date; one Rockaway Freeway section continues through December 3.

NYC DOT lists closures from 7 AM to 3:30 PM, Monday through Friday, on parts of Beach Channel Drive and Rockaway Freeway in Rockaway, Queens.

The advisory identifies the work as concrete restoration on the Rockaway viaduct track. On eastbound Beach Channel Drive, the named blocks extend from Beach 75th Street to Beach 84th Street.

Eastbound Rockaway Freeway entries cover sections between Beach 84th and Beach 94th Streets, plus a separate section between Beach 102nd and Beach 105th Streets. These entries do not list the intervening stretch.

The schedule appears in DOT's advisory headed November 6–8, 2026. DOT says dates, times and routes are subject to change.

The listed work involves crane and bridge construction under MTA contract CBX001.

NYC DOT lists Eastchester Road, Sackett Avenue and Bassett Avenue in the Bronx for closures from 4 PM Friday to 5 AM Monday through November 16, 2026.

The entry names the roads together without giving cross streets, exact block limits or a neighborhood.

The schedule appears in DOT's advisory headed November 6–8. The agency says dates, times and routes are subject to change.

The borough president's office reports a projected 2028 opening, with WIN named as the proposed service provider.

Borough President Vito Fossella's office says the city has proposed a 200-bed family homeless shelter at the former Bayley Seton Hospital campus in Clifton, Staten Island.

The office's November 4 release attributes the plan to a letter from the city Department of Social Services. It describes the opening year as a projection and does not document approval.

Fossella and Assemblyman Sam Pirozzolo opposed the site at a joint press conference outside the former hospital's Bay Street entrance, according to the release. Fossella asked the city to show that the site is needed and gather community input.