NEW YORK (PIX11) – This year marks the 98th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City, and with the annual tradition comes annual street closures.
Dozens of streets will be closed between the Upper West Side and Midtown, Manhattan on Thursday to make way for the iconic floats. Several balloons will also be making their debut this year.
The parade is set to kick off at 8:30 a.m., with Santa Claus wrapping up the festivities around 12 p.m. Street closures will be at the discretion of the NYPD.
Below is a list of the street closures for Thursday.
NYC Thanksgiving parade street closures
Formation
- Columbus Avenue between 72nd Street and 83rd Street
- Central Park West between 81st Street and 86th Street
- 83rd Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue
- 82nd Street between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West
- 81st Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue
- 77th Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue
- 76th Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue
- 75th Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue
- 74th Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue
- 72nd Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue
- 71st Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue
- 68th Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue
- 62nd Street between Central Park West and Broadway
- 61st Street between Central Park West and Broadway
- 59th Street between Sixth Avenue and Fifth Avenue
Route
- Central Park West between 81st Street and East Side of Columbus Circle/59th Street
- Columbus Circle Entire Circle
- 59th Street between Columbus Circle and Sixth Avenue
- Sixth Avenue between 59th Street and 34th Street
- 34th Street between Sixth Avenue and Seventh Avenue
Dispersal:
- 33rd Street between Fifth Avenue and 10th Avenue
- 34th Street between Seventh Avenue and Eighth Avenue
- 34th Street between Sixth Avenue and Fifth Avenue
- 35th Street between Fifth Avenue and Eighth Avenue
- 36th Street between Broadway and Eighth Avenue
- 37th Street between Broadway and Eighth Avenue
- 38th Street between Broadway and Eighth Avenue
- 39th Street between Broadway and Eighth Avenue
- 40th Street between Broadway and Eighth Avenue
- 41st Street between Broadway and Eighth Avenue
- Seventh Avenue between 31st Street and 41st Street
- Broadway between 45th Street and 34th Street
Miscellaneous:
- 58th Street between Sixth Avenue and Fifth Avenue
- 43rd Street between Sixth Avenue and Seventh Avenue
- 40th Street between Broadway and Sixth Avenue
- 39th Street between Broadway and Sixth Avenue
- 38th Street between Broadway and Sixth Avenue
- 37th Street between Broadway and Sixth Avenue
- 36th Street between Broadway and Sixth Avenue
- 32nd Street between Sixth Avenue and Seventh Avenue
- Sixth Avenue between 32nd Street and 34th Street
- Eighth Avenue between 41st Street and 33rd Street
- Broadway between 33rd Street and 34th Street
- Broadway between Columbus Circle and 58th Street
- Grand Army Plaza between 59th Street and Fifth Avenue
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