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These Streets Will Be Closed for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

By Anton K. Nilsson | November 24, 2015 7:05pm
 Thanksgiving traffic disruptions will begin on Wednesday morning and until Thursday night after the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Thanksgiving traffic disruptions will begin on Wednesday morning and until Thursday night after the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
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MIDTOWN — Thanksgiving may not be until Thursday, but the Thanksgiving Day Parade traffic disruptions will start the day before.

On Wednesday, the 17 massive balloons that will float down Sixth Avenue will be blown up on the Upper West Side, causing street closures well before the parade starts at 9 a.m. Thursday at Central Park West and West 77th Street.

This year's parade is expected to attract record crowds, causing the NYPD to deploy extra counterterrorism units to patrol the parade route.

The parade route, which will be closed to traffic beginning Wednesday night, runs south on Central Park West to Columbus Circle, turning east on 59th Street before proceeding down Sixth Avenue to 34th Street. The parade ends at noon at West 34th Street and Seventh Avenue.

Police recommend staying off streets in those areas and using mass transit throughout the week.

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 25

All streets that close Wednesday will open up after the parade is over on Thursday afternoon, according to the NYPD.

Beginning at 9:30 a.m., the following streets will be closed to vehicular traffic:

• West 81st Street from Central Park West to Columbus Avenue

• West 77th Street from Central Park West to Columbus Avenue

► Beginning at 1 p.m., the following street will be closed to vehicular traffic:

• West 79th Street between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues

► Beginning at 3 p.m., the following streets will be closed to vehicular traffic:

• West 76th Street between Columbus and Central Park West Avenues

• West 77th Street between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues

• West 78th Street between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues

• West 80th Street between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues

• West 81st Street between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues

• Central Park Transverse Road at Central Park West and West 81st Street, in both directions

► After 10 p.m., the following streets will be closed to all traffic:

• West 81st Street from Central Park West to Columbus Avenue

• West 77th Street from Central Park West to Columbus Avenue

• Central Park West from West 59th Street to West 86th Street

• West 34th Street between Sixth Avenue and Eighth Avenue, until 5 p.m. Thursday

THURSDAY, NOV. 26

Beginning at midnight, the following streets will be closed:

• Broadway between West 34th Street and West 38th Street, until 1 p.m.

• 59th Street, eastbound lane, between 7th Avenue and Central Park West, until 2 p.m.

Beginning at 2 a.m., the following streets will be closed:

• Sixth Avenue between West 23rd Street and West 42nd Street, until 1 p.m.

• Seventh Avenue from West 34th Street to West 42nd Street, until 1.30 p.m.

• 59th Street, westbound lane, between Fifth Avenue and Central Park West, until 2 p.m.

• 35th Street between Fifth Avenue and Eighth Avenue, until 4 p.m.

• 36th Street between Sixth Avenue and Eighth Avenue, until 2 p.m.

Beginning at 4 a.m., the following streets will be closed:

• West 37th Street between Broadway and Eighth Avenue, until 2 p.m.

• West 38th Street between Broadway and Eighth Avenue, until 2 p.m.

• Eight Avenue between West 34th Street and West 40th Street, until 1.30 p.m.

• Broadway between 38th Street and 59th Street, until 1.30 p.m.

Beginning at 8 a.m., the following streets will be closed until 2 p.m.:

• West 33rd Street between Seventh Avenue and 10th Avenue

• West 39th Street between Broadway and Eighth Avenue

• West 40th Street between Broadway and Eighth Avenue

• West 49th Street between Fifth Avenue and Seventh Avenue

• West 50th Street between Fifth Avenue Seventh Avenue

Beginning at 7 a.m., the following street will be closed until the parade is over:

• Central Park 65th Street Transverse Road

• Central Park 66th Street Transverse Road

From 9 a.m. until 12.30 p.m., trucks and other large vehicles will be unable to access the following streets:

• Sixth Avenue between West 43rd Street and West 59th Street

• Eighth Avenue between West 57th Street and West 59th Street

• Broadway between West 49th Street and West 57th Street

• 42nd Street between Fifth and Eight Avenues

• West 57th Street between Fifth and Eighth Avenues