NYC street closures for 2015 Macy’s 4th of July fireworks show

NEW YORK – The city has announced an extensive list of street closures in anticipation of Macy’s 4th of July fireworks.

The popular Independence day celebration will again bathe the East River in a pyrotechnic glow, drawing scores of people to both the Manhattan and Brooklyn borders of the river.

Here is what you need to know while navigating the city streets this weekend:

Saturday, July 4

MACY’S 4^TH OF JULY ANNUAL FIREWORKS CELEBRATION

Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens: 

Manhattan Locations:

FDR Drive between Brooklyn Battery Underpass and East 63^RD Street

South Street between Whitehall Street and Robert F. Wagner Sr. Place

Water Street between Whitehall Street and Fulton Street

Pearl Street between Fulton Street and Robert F. Wagner Sr. Place

Whitehall Street between Water Street and South Street

Broad Street between Water Street and South Street

Old Slip between Water Street and South Street

Robert F. Wagner Sr. Place between Pearl Street and South Street

Cherry Street between Jackson Street and FDR Drive

Delancey Street between Lewis Street and FDR Drive

East Houston Street between Baruch Place and FDR Drive

Avenue C between 13^th Street and Avenue C Entrance Ramp to FDR

Avenue C Entrance Ramps

East 6^th Street between Avenue D and FDR Drive

East 10^th Street between Avenue D and FDR Drive

14^th Street between Avenue C and Avenue B

Avenue C between East 16^th Street and East 20^th Street

East 20^th Street between 1^st Avenue and Avenue C

East 23^rd Street between 1^st Avenue and Avenue C

East 26^th Street between 1^st Avenue and Avenue C

East 30^th Street between 1^st Avenue and Avenue C

30^th Street Entrance Ramps

East 33^rd Street between 1^st Avenue and 3^rd Avenue

East 34^th Street between 2^nd Avenue and FDR Drive

34^th Street Entrance Ramps

East 37^th Street between 1^st Avenue and FDR Drive

East 38^th Street between 1^st Avenue and FDR Drive

East 41^st Street between 1^st Avenue and FDR Drive

East 42^nd Street between 1^st Avenue and FDR Drive

42^nd Street Entrance Ramps

East 48^th Street between 1^st Avenue and FDR Drive

East 49^th Street between 1^st Avenue and FDR Drive

East 53^rd Street between 1^st Avenue and FDR Drive

Brooklyn Locations:

Area bounded by Atlantic Avenue on the South; Old Fulton Street on the North;

Hicks Street on the East River on the West (All Inclusive)

Old Fulton Street between Hicks Street and Prospect Street

Cadman Plaza West between Prospect Street and Tillary Street

Front Street between Old Fulton Street and Jay Street

Water Street between Old Fulton Street and Jay Street

Queens Locations:

Area bounded by 44^th Drive on the North; Borden Avenue on the South; Vernon

Boulevard on the East River on the West (All Inclusive)

Center Boulevard between Borden Avenue and 54^th Avenue

2^nd Street between Borden Avenue and Newtown Creek / Dead End

Vernon Boulevard between 54^th Avenue and Newtown Creek / Dead End

54^th Avenue between Center Boulevard and Vernon Boulevard

Closure: Same as location

COMMUNITY BOARD #1 SUMMER FAIR ON FULTON

Manhattan:  1200 x 1800

Location:

Fulton Street between Water Street and Gold Street

Closure: Same as location

TRAVIS 4^TH OF JULY CELEBRATION PARADE

State Island:

Formation:

At Showplace Center East Service Road between Victory Boulevard and Glen Street

Route:

Glen Street between Victory Boulevard and Cannon Avenue

Cannon Avenue between Glen Street and Victory Boulevard

Victory Boulevard between Cannon Avenue and Glenn Street

Dispersal:

At Showplace Center East Service Road between Victory Boulevard and Glen Street

Closure: Same as location

ARIELLE NEWMAN/PEPPER MARTIN FOOT RACE

Staten Island:

Location:

Clove Road between Martling Avenue and Forest Avenue

Forest Avenue between Victory Boulevard and Manor Road

Closure: Same as location

Sunday, July 05, 2015

VANDERBILT YMCA LEXINGTON AVENUE FESTIVAL

Manhattan: 

Location:

Lexington Avenue between 42^nd Street and 53^rd Street

Closure:  Same as location