Various roads will shut beginning early Thursday morning and going by means of the conclusion and clear up of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York Metropolis.
Officers are encouraging parade spectators to make use of public transportation to get to the occasion, which is able to go on rain or shine.
What roads are closed for the Thanksgiving parade?
Here’s a preliminary checklist from the NYPD:
Parade Formation:
- Columbus Avenue between 72nd Road and 86th Road
- Central Park West between 81st Road and 86th Road
- 86th Road between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue
- eighty fifth Road between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue
- 84th Road between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue
- 83rd Road between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue
- 82nd Road between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue
- 81st Road between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue
- 77th Road between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue
- 76th Road between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue
- seventy fifth Road between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue
- 74th Road between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue
- 72nd Road between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue
- 71st Road between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue
- 68th Road between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue
- 62nd Road between Central Park West and Broadway
- 61st Road between Central Park West and Broadway
- 59th Road between sixth Avenue and fifth Avenue
Parade Route:
- Central Park West between 81st Road and East Aspect of Columbus Circle/59th Road
- Columbus Circle (Total Circle)
- 59th Road between Columbus Circle and sixth Avenue
- sixth Avenue between 59th Road and thirty fourth Road
- thirty fourth Road between sixth Avenue and seventh Avenue
Parade Dispersal:
- thirty third Road between fifth Avenue and tenth Avenue
- thirty fourth Road between 7h Avenue and eighth Avenue
- thirty fourth Road between sixth Avenue and fifth Avenue
- thirty fifth Road between fifth Avenue and eighth Avenue
- thirty sixth Road between Broadway and eighth Avenue
- thirty seventh Road between Broadway and eighth Avenue
- thirty eighth Road between Broadway and eighth Avenue
- thirty ninth Road between Broadway and eighth Avenue
- fortieth Road between Broadway and eighth Avenue
- forty first Road between Broadway and eighth Avenue
- seventh Avenue between thirty first Road and forty first Road
- Broadway between forty fifth Road and thirty fourth Road
Miscellaneous:
- 58th Road between sixth Avenue and fifth Avenue
- forty third Road between sixth Avenue and seventh Avenue
- fortieth Road between Broadway and sixth Avenue
- thirty ninth Road between Broadway and sixth Avenue
- thirty eighth Road between Broadway and sixth Avenue
- thirty seventh Road between Broadway and sixth Avenue
- thirty sixth Road between Broadway and sixth Avenue
- thirty second Road between sixth Avenue and seventh Avenue
- sixth Avenue between thirty second Road and thirty fourth Road
- eighth Avenue between forty first Road and thirty third Road
- Broadway between thirty third Road and thirty fourth Road
- Broadway between Columbus Circle and 58th Road
- Grand Military Plaza between 59th Road and fifth Avenue
Further cross streets will shut between:
- Columbus Avenue and Central Park West
- Columbus Avenue and Broadway
- fifth Avenue and seventh Avenue
When is the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade?
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade takes place in New York Metropolis on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025 from 8:30 a.m. till 12 p.m.
What time does the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade begin?
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade begins at 8:30 a.m.
How lengthy does the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade run?
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade runs till 12 p.m. on Thursday.
The place does the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade begin?
The parade begins at West 77th Road and Central Park West at 8:30 a.m.
What’s the route of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade?
The parade begins on the Higher West Aspect at West 77th Road and Central Park West.
The balloons, floats and bands will then run alongside Central Park West from West 77th Road to West 59th Road. It’ll go round Columbus Circle and east on Central Park South.
From Central Park South, the parade will flip down sixth Avenue. The parade will run down sixth Avenue to Macy’s Herald Sq. on West thirty fourth Road.
