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Staying in NYC for Memorial Day Weekend? Mind these parade street closures.

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Catalina Gonella

Published May 21, 2026

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The unofficial start of summer is almost here — and so are a slew of outdoor events and street closures across New York City.

Seasonal programming is ramping up as Memorial Day Weekend arrives and the city’s public beaches open for swimming with lifeguards on duty.

Various neighborhoods are also hosting events and parades for the holiday, to honor the millions of Americans who died while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. That means roads around the city will be closed as marching bands and American flags make their way down them.

Below we’ve compiled the events causing some of the more significant street closures. A more comprehensive list of planned street closures, including smaller ones for construction and truck deliveries, are listed on the city Department of Transportation’s website. The city also maintains a map of ongoing traffic changes here.

Brooklyn’s 159th Memorial Day Parade

• Where: Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

• When: Monday, May 25, 11 a.m. opening ceremony

• Street closures:

  • 76th to 78th streets between Ridge Boulevard and Fourth Avenue
  • Third Avenue between 76th and 101st streets
  • Marine Avenue between Third and Fourth avenue
  • Fourth Avenue between 101st Street and Marine Avenue
  • 101st Street between Fourth Avenue and Fort Hamilton Parkway

Forest Hills Memorial Day Weekend Parade

• Where: Forest Hills, Queens

• When: Sunday, May 24, 11 a.m. opening ceremony

• Street closures:

  • Metropolitan Avenue between 75th Avenue and Trotting Course Lane
  • Trotting Course Lane between Metropolitan Avenue and Pole Place

College Point Memorial Day Parade

• Where: College Point, Queens

• When: Sunday, May 24, 2 p.m. start time

• Street closures:

  • 26th Avenue between 120th Street and College Point Boulevard
  • College Point Boulevard between 26th Avenue and Graham Court
  • 26th Avenue between College Point Boulevard and 120th Street
  • 120th Street between 26th Avenue and Graham Court
  • Graham Court between 120th Street and College Point Boulevard
  • College Point Boulevard between Graham Court and Fifth Avenue
  • Fifth Avenue between College Point Boulevard and College Place
  • Poppenhusen Avenue between College Place and 119th Street

Little Neck-Douglaston Memorial Day Parade

• Where: Little Neck and Douglaston, Queens
• When: Monday, May 25, 2026, 2 p.m. step-off
• Street closures: Northern Boulevard between Glenwood and 244th streets

Ridgewood Memorial Day Parade

• Where: Ridgewood, Queens

• When: Monday, May 25, 11 a.m. start time

• Street closures:

  • Cypress Avenue between Myrtle and Putman avenues
  • Myrtle Avenue between Cooper and Cypress avenues
  • Myrtle Avenue between 70th Street and Cooper Avenue

Rockaway Beach Memorial Day Parade

• Where: Belle Harbor, Queens
• When: Monday, May 25, 2026, 11:30 a.m.
• Street closures: Rockaway Beach Boulevard between Beach 130th and 94th streets

107th Staten Island Memorial Day Parade

• Where: Port Richmond and West Brighton, Staten Island

• When: Monday, May 25, noon

• Street closures:

  • Hart Boulevard between Forest and Castleton avenues
  • Forest Avenue between Hart Boulevard and Ordell Avenue

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