NEW YORK (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) -- A sea of green rolled through Midtown on Friday as the St. Patrick’s Day Parade returned to Fifth Avenue for the 262nd year.
The parade kicked off at 11 a.m. at E. 44th Street and Fifth Avenue. It will wrap around 4:30 p.m. at E. 79th Street and Fifth Avenue. See street closures below.
New York’s parade is the oldest continual St. Patrick's Day parade in the world, first celebrated in 1762.
A long list of organizations were marching, joined by local and state officials like Mayor Eric Adams, Gov. Kathy Hochul and NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell.
Some 250,000 marchers and 2 million spectators were expected to take part, according to organizers. Here's a full list of parade marchers; they included pipe bands and Irish dancers from throughout the New York area.
This year's grand marshal is Kevin J. Conway, the vice chairman of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice.
Speaking with 1010 WINS, Cardinal Timothy Dolan said of the holiday: “It’s sort of the day that everybody says, ‘You know what, as the Irish are celebrating so are we, because we see in them what we rejoice about our own culture.’ In a way it’s kind of a bridge day, where everybody is celebrating.”
This is the second year the parade is back in full form after a two-year pandemic hiatus in 2020 and 2021.
On Friday night, a number of city landmarks were set to be illuminated in green to “recognize the Irish-American spirit of toughness, perseverance and resiliency,” Gov. Kathy Hochul said. They include Grand Central Terminal’s Pershing Square Viaduct, the East End Gateway at Penn Station, Moynihan Train Hall and the Kosciuszko Bridge.
The weather was cloudy and mild for the parade. The day's high neared 60 in the city, which is well above average for mid-March, according to AccuWeather.
Midday and afternoon were expected to stay dry, but some showers may pop up in the evening.
The following streets were closed for the parade, according to the Department of Transportation:
Formation:
• Vanderbilt Avenue between 43rd Street and 46th Street
• 43rd Street between Vanderbilt Avenue and 6th Avenue
• 44th Street between Vanderbilt Avenue and 6th Avenue
• 45th Street between Vanderbilt Avenue and 6th Avenue
• 46th Street between Vanderbilt Avenue and 6th Avenue
• 47th Street between Park Avenue and 6th Avenue
• 48th Street between Park Avenue and 6th Avenue
Route:
• 5th Avenue between 79th Street and 42nd Street
Dispersal:
• 5th Avenue between 86th Street and 79th Street
• 79th Street between Park Avenue and 5th Avenue
• 80th Street between Lexington Avenue and 5th Avenue
• 81st Street between Lexington Avenue and 5th Avenue
• 82nd Street between Lexington Avenue and 5th Avenue
• 83rd Street between Lexington Avenue and 5th Avenue
• 84th Street between Madison Avenue and 5th Avenue
Miscellaneous:
• 49th Street between Madison Avenue and Rockefeller Plaza
• 50th Street between Madison Avenue and Rockefeller Plaza
• 51st Street between Madison Avenue and 6th Avenue
• 53rd Street between Madison Avenue and 6th Avenue
• 58th Street between Madison Avenue and 6th Avenue
• 62nd Street between Madison Avenue and 5th Avenue
• 63rd Street between Madison Avenue and 5th Avenue
• 64th Street between Park Avenue and 5th Avenue
• 65th Street between Madison Avenue and 5th Avenue
• 70th Street between Madison Avenue and 5th Avenue
• 71st Street between Madison Avenue and 5th Avenue
• 72nd Street between Madison Avenue and 5th Avenue
• 78th Street between Madison Avenue and 5th Avenue
• Madison Avenue between 42nd Street and 86th Street
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