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NYC's St. Patrick's Day Parade and half marathon: Street closures to know

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Published Mar 15, 2025

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This Sunday and Monday bring us the NYC Half Marathon and the St. Patrick’s Day Parade, two beloved events that are also notorious for causing road closures and chaos for commuters. Drivers will particularly want to stay away from Downtown Brooklyn, Lower Manhattan and Midtown on both days.

Street closures for the NYC Half Marathon

The United Airlines NYC Half Marathon kicks off in Prospect Heights, near the Brooklyn Museum, at 7 a.m. on Sunday. Because of construction on the Manhattan Bridge, this year’s race course will cross the Brooklyn Bridge for the first time. Runners will then weave along the FDR Drive and through Times Square as they race toward the finish line in Central Park.

Closures will begin in Brooklyn at midnight on Sunday and start lifting at 10:30 a.m., although some roads are anticipated to remain closed until around 5:30 p.m. They’ll include large swaths of Eastern Parkway, Franklin Avenue and Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn, as well as Times Square, which is only closed to traffic twice a year (the other time being New Year’s Eve). Portions of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and FDR Drive will also be closed or affected by the event.

Here’s a comprehensive list of street closures, per event organizer New York Road Runners’ website.

Brooklyn

• Eastern Parkway and Eastern Parkway Service Road from Grand Army Plaza to Bedford Avenue
• Washington Avenue from Eastern Parkway to Empire Boulevard
• Classon Avenue from Eastern Parkway to President Street
• Union Street from Classon Avenue to Franklin Avenue
• President Street from Classon Avenue to Franklin Avenue
• Carroll Street from Washington Avenue to Franklin Avenue
• Empire Boulevard from Flatbush Avenue to Bedford Avenue
• Sullivan Place from Washington Avenue to Bedford Avenue
• Flatbush Avenue from Eastern Parkway to Ocean Avenue/Empire Boulevard (South Side)
• Flatbush Avenue from Grand Army Plaza to Atlantic Avenue
• Flatbush Avenue from Atlantic Avenue to Tillary Street
• Tillary Street from Adams Street/Brooklyn Bridge Boulevard to Gold Street
• Tillary Street from Cadman Plaza to Adams Street (Eastbound)
• Adams Street (Brooklyn Bridge Boulevard) from Fulton Street to Brooklyn Bridge (Northbound)
• Jay Street from Willoughby Street to Tillary Street (Northbound)
• Jay Street from Sands Street to Tillary Street (Southbound)
• Jay Street and Sand Street to Brooklyn Bridge (Westbound)
• Flatbush Avenue Extension from Flatbush Avenue to Concord Street (Southbound)
• Pearl Street from Prospect Street to Sand Street (Southbound)
• BQE: Exit 29 B (Tillary Street - Queens) Entrance / Exit Ramps
• BQE: Exit 29 (Tillary Street - Staten Island) Entrance / Exit Ramps
• BQE Exit 28 A Cadman Plaza West/Brooklyn Bridge Exit Ramp
• BQE: Exit 28 B Brooklyn Bridge Exit Ramp

Manhattan

• FDR Drive from Brooklyn Bridge to 62 St (Northbound)
• FDR Drive from Pearl Street Entrance Ramp to Exit 9 - East 42nd Street (Manhattan Northbound)
• FDR Drive Montgomery Street Entrance Ramp off Montgomery Street to Exit 9 - E 42nd Street (Manhattan Northbound)
• FDR Drive: Exit 5 - East Houston Street / Williamsburg Bridge Entrance and Exit Ramps (Northbound traffic)
• Exit 7 - East 20th-23rd Street Exit Ramp (Northbound traffic)
• Exit 8 - East 34th Street/Midtown Tunnel Entrance and Exit Ramps (Northbound traffic)
• Exit 9 - East 42nd Street (Northbound traffic)
• 42nd Street from First Avenue to Seventh Avenue
• Seventh Avenue from 42nd Street to Central Park South
• 43rd through 46th streets from Seventh to Sixth avenues
• Central Park South from Columbus Circle to Grand Army Plaza
• Central Park West from 59th to 72nd streets
• West 61st through 64th streets from Broadway to Central Park West

Street closures for the St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Compared to the Half Marathon, the St. Patrick’s Day Parade will hardly affect traffic at all. This year’s parade — New York City’s 264th — will take place along Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue, between 43rd and 79th streets. It kicks off at 11 a.m. on Monday.

The following streets will be closed or affected by the event:

• Vanderbilt Avenue between 43rd Street and 46th Street
• 43rd, 44th, 45th and 46th streets between Vanderbilt Avenue and Sixth Avenue
• 47th and 48th streets between Park Avenue and Sixth Avenue
• 49th and 50th streets between Madison Avenue and Rockefeller Plaza
• 51st, 54th, 57th and 59th streets between Madison Avenue and Sixth Avenue
• 62nd and 63rd streets between Madison Avenue and Fifth Avenue
• 64th and 79th streets between Park Avenue and Fifth Avenue
• 65th, 70th, 71st, 72nd and 78th streets between Madison Avenue and Fifth Avenue
• 84th Street between Park Avenue and Fifth Avenue
• Madison Avenue between 42nd and 84th streets
• Fifth Avenue between 84th and 79th streets
• 80th to 83rd streets between Lexington Avenue and Fifth Avenue

Meanwhile, the Bronx’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade will be taking place on Sunday along East Tremont Avenue between Lafayette and Harding avenues. Brooklyn’s will also happen on Sunday, not far from the start of the Brooklyn Half, along Prospect Park and Seventh Avenue in Park Slope.

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Hannah Frishberg covers New York City arts and culture. Got a tip? Email Hannah at [email protected].

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