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Lunar New Year parade and festival returns to Chinatown Sunday
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Liam Quigley
Published Feb 15, 2025
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Lunar New Year celebrations in New York City are continuing, with the 27th annual Lunar New Year Parade snaking its way through Chinatown on Sunday.
The parade marking the Year of the Snake will uncoil in Little Italy and end on Broome Street near Sara D. Roosevelt Park.
A festival and booths will run from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Bayard Street between Mulberry Street and Mott Street, according to the group Better Chinatown USA.
Many streets will be closed for the duration of the parade and festival, including the following, according to the city Department of Transportation.
For the formation:
- Mott Street between Broome Street and Canal Street
- Hester Street between Bowery and Mulberry Street
For the route:
- Mott Street between Canal Street and Chatham Square
- East Broadway between Chatham Square and Forsyth Street
- Eldridge Street between East Broadway and Hester Street
- Hester Street between Eldridge Street and Forsyth Street
- Forsyth Street between Hester Street and Grand Street
- Chatham Square between Mott Street and East Broadway
And for dispersal:
- Forsyth Street between Grand Street and Delancy Street
- Broome Street between Forsyth Street and Eldridge Street
The city’s full list of weekend street closures is here.
There will also be a Lunar New Year marketplace on Saturday in Brooklyn from 2 to 9 p.m. And for the fourth straight year, the Long Island City Partnership is putting on a monthlong celebration of Lunar New Year that continues through Feb. 23.
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