Beginning this week, crews are mobilizing equipment east of Avenue D on 10th Street in preparation for pile installation for the new bridge, which will provide a fully accessible connection into East River Park.
According to project officials, pile installation is expected to be a noisy and disruptive operation and is scheduled to continue for approximately three months.
The work will require parking restrictions and road closures, including access to the FDR Drive Service Road from 10th Street during work hours (7 a.m. to 4 p.m.).
Noise, vibration and air-quality monitors are in place, according to the bulletin.
Access to the 10th Street pedestrian bridge closed in May 2025. Later, workers demolished the bridge overnight last July.
The replacement structure is one of several new elevated access points being built to connect the neighborhood to the rebuilt East River Park.
The "phased work operations" in East River Park started in November 2021 as part of a billion-plus-dollar project to elevate large sections of the park by 8 to 10 feet above sea level, aiming to protect the neighborhood from future storm surges.
The southern half of East River Park, past Houston Street, is now open again.
The timeline for completing this northern section of East River Park was pushed back by a year to the end of 2027, as we first reported here.
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