STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 Delays are reported on the Brooklyn-bound Staten Island Expressway and speed restrictions are in place on the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge Thursday morning.<\/p>\n
Heavy rain is soaking commuters during the Thursday morning rush hour.<\/p>\n
The MTA is asking drivers to reduce their speeds on the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge due to wet roadways from rain.<\/p>\n
Delays on the Staten Island Expressway extend to at least Fingerboard Road, according to 511NY.<\/p>\n
A collision occurred around 5:30 a.m. on the Staten Island-bound Gowanus Expressway near Fort Hamilton Parkway. Lanes were closed during the emergency response.<\/p>\n
Beyond current traffic conditions,Staten Island residents should prepare for coastal flooding and heavy rainfall Thursday afternoon and evening as a frontal system moves through the region.<\/a><\/p>\n The National Weather Service has issued a coastal flood advisory for parts of the New York Harbor area from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday.<\/p>\n Rain will intensify throughout Thursday, with the heaviest downpours expected late afternoon into early evening. <\/p>\n According to the National Weather Service, rainfall rates could briefly approach or exceed 1 inch per hour, potentially causing nuisance flooding in urban and poor drainage areas. Total rainfall amounts of 1.5 to 2.5 inches are expected by Thursday night.<\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 Delays are reported on the Brooklyn-bound Staten Island Expressway and speed restrictions are in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22514,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":["post-22513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}