NEW YORK (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) – The 97th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is set to kick off with balloons and marching bands Thursday at 8:30 a.m. and conclude at 12 p.m., but street closures will begin earlier and end at NYPD discretion, according to the Department of Transportation.
The MTA noted that subways and buses will be running on a Sunday schedule, with additional 1 trains and 42 Street Shuttles running early in the morning.
Manhattan buses especially are subject to delays, reroutes, detours and frozen zones due to the parade.
1010 WINS, the official radio station of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, will be covering the event from the starting point, West 77th Street and Central Park West, to its conclusion, Macy’s Herald Square.
The exact parade route can be viewed on the Macy's website here.
Beginning at 2 a.m. Wednesday and continuing through 12 p.m. Thursday, Central Park West is closed from West 72nd Street to West 86th Street.
West 72nd Street to West 86th Street will also be closed in this timeframe between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue.
The DOT announced that the following streets will be closed at the direction of the NYPD in Manhattan Thursday:
Formation:
• Columbus Avenue between 72nd Street and 83rd Street
• Central Park West between 81st Street and 86th Street
• 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 6th Avenue and 5th Avenue
Route:
• Central Park West between 81st Street and East Side of Columbus Circle/59th Street
• Columbus Circle between 59th Street and Broadway
• 59th Street between Columbus Circle and 6th Avenue
• 6th Avenue between 59th Street and 34th Street
• 34th Street between 6th Avenue and 7th Avenue
Dispersal:
• 33rd Street between 6th Avenue and 10th Avenue
• 34th Street between 7th Avenue and 8th Avenue
• 34th Street between 6th Avenue and 5th Avenue
• 35th Street between 5th Avenue and 8th Avenue
• 36th Street between Broadway and 8th Avenue
• 37th Street between Broadway and 8th Avenue
• 38th Street between Broadway and 8th Avenue
• 39th Street between Broadway and 8th Avenue
• 40th Street between Broadway and 8th Avenue
• 41st Street between 7th Avenue and 8th Avenue
• 7th Avenue between 31st Street and 41st Street
• Broadway between 45th Street and 34th Street
Miscellaneous (Formation and Dispersal):
• 58th Street between 6th Avenue and 5th Avenue
• 43rd Street between 6th Avenue and Broadway
• 40th Street between Broadway and 6th Avenue
• 39th Street between Broadway and 6th Avenue
• 38th Street between Broadway and 6th Avenue
• 37th Street between Broadway and 6th Avenue
• 36th Street between Broadway and 6th Avenue
• 32nd Street between 6th Avenue and 7th Avenue
• 6th Avenue between 32nd Street and 34th Street
• 8th Avenue between 40th Street and 33rd Street
• Broadway between 33rd Street and 34th Street
• Grand Army Plaza between 59th Street and Plaza Street
Additional Locations:
• 86th Street between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West
• 85th Street between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West
• 84th Street between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West
• 83rd Street between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West
• 73rd Street between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West
• 70th Street between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West
• 69th Street between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West
• 67th Street between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West
• 66th Street between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West
• 65th Street between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West
• 64th Street between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West
• 63rd Street between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West
• 62nd Street between Columbus Avenue and Broadway
• 61st Street between Columbus Avenue and Broadway
• 60th Street between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West
• Grand Army Plaza between 59th Street and 58th Street
• 58th Street between 6th Avenue and 5th Avenue
• 57th Street between 7th Avenue and 5th Avenue
• 56th Street between 7th Avenue and 5th Avenue
• 55th Street between 7th Avenue and 5th Avenue
• 54th Street between 7th Avenue and 5th Avenue
• 53rd Street between 7th Avenue and 5th Avenue
• 52nd Street between 7th Avenue and 5th Avenue
• 51st Street between 7th Avenue and 5th Avenue
• 50th Street between 7th Avenue and 5th Avenue
• 49th Street between 7th Avenue and 5th Avenue
• 48th Street between 7th Avenue and 5th Avenue
• Rockefeller Plaza between 51st Street and 48th Street
• 47th Street between 7th Avenue and 5th Avenue
• 46th Street between 7th Avenue and 5th Avenue
• 45th Street between 7th Avenue and 5th Avenue
• 44th Street between 7th Avenue and 5th Avenue
• 43rd Street between 6th Avenue and 5th Avenue
• 42nd Street between 7th Avenue and 5th Avenue
• 40th Street between 6th Avenue and 5th Avenue
• 39th Street between 6th Avenue and 5th Avenue
• 38th Street between 6th Avenue and 5th Avenue
• 37th Street between 6th Avenue and 5th Avenue
• 36th Street between 6th Avenue and 5th Avenue
• 35th Street between 6th Avenue and 5th Avenue
• 33rd Street between 6th Avenue and 5th Avenue
• 6th Avenue between 33rd Street and 32nd Street
• Columbus Avenue between 72nd Street and 58th Street
• Columbus Avenue between 86th Street and 83rd Street