The Long Island Rail Road has programmed the complete rehabilitation of the New Hyde Park Road railroad grade crossing in Garden City on the Hempstead Branch for the weeks of March 5 and March 16. The work involved will necessitate the complete closing of the railroad crossing in both directions and will require multiple days of road closures as detailed below.

On New Hyde Park Road Tuesday, March 6, and Wednesday, March 7, a road closure will be required between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.; on Thursday, March 7, a road closure will be required between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.; on Monday, March 12 and Wednesday, March 14, a road closure will be required between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.; and on Thursday, March 15, a road closure will be required between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.

Upon completion of the crossing panel installation, temporary paving material will be installed between the Long Island Rail Road crossing panels and the saw cut line of the roadway.

During the week of March 19, the approaches to the New Hyde Park Road crossing will be repaved (weather permitting). This effort will be between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. and a minimum of a single lane of traffic will be maintained for both directions.

The following are detour routes: (southbound traffic) right on Stewart Avenue, left on Covert Avenue, left on Rail Road Avenue and right on New Hyde Park Road; and (northbound traffic) left on Rail Road Avenue, right on Covert Avenue, right on Stewart Avenue and left on New Hyde Park Road.

While the work is in progress, the Long Island Rail Road and the MTA police will provide the necessary flagmen, detour signs and crossing protection, according to C.A. Kaspszak, principal engineer of track. In addition, Kaspszak said, the agencies are contacting the Nassau County Police Department, local fire departments, local school districts and area hospitals.