{"id":422498,"date":"2025-12-03T19:57:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T19:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/422498\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T19:57:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T19:57:15","slug":"road-closures-to-know-about-in-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/422498\/","title":{"rendered":"Road Closures to Know About in NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve stepped foot anywhere near midtown Manhattan lately, you\u2019ve probably felt the vibe shift.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/newyork\/things-to-do\/rockefeller-christmas-tree-lighting-guide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rockefeller Center Christmas tree<\/a> is up and New York is about to enter its annual \u201cwe live here, too\u201d season. Tonight\u2019s lighting is a beloved tradition, sure, but being 20 minutes late to every evening commitment because you didn\u2019t realize half the streets between 46th and 52nd are shut down never sits well.<\/p>\n<p>The tree, a giant Norway spruce from East Greenbush, New York, made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/newyork\/news\/the-rockefeller-center-christmas-tree-is-officially-here-see-how-it-was-instsalled-111025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">its journey to Rockefeller Center last month<\/a> and now gets its big moment today as the switch is flipped, illuminating it in more than 50,000 LED lights. It\u2019s roughly 75 feet tall, weighs around 11 tons and will be crowned with a 900-pound Swarovski star designed by Daniel Libeskind.<\/p>\n<p>The lighting itself takes place during the \u201cChristmas in Rockefeller Center\u201d spectacular. Reba McEntire hosts this year\u2019s broadcast, which will start at 8pm and feature performances by Marc Anthony, Halle Bailey, Michael Bubl\u00e9, New Edition and more. The big moment\u2014when the plaza collectively gasps and every tourist within 10 blocks starts filming\u2014comes just before 10pm.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The light is its own spectacle, but it\u2019s one that comes along with unavoidable street closures. The NYPD has designated it the month\u2019s first Gridlock Alert Day (take that as you will) and the frozen-zone footprint is not small.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here are all the street closures you should be aware of (read: the streets to avoid all day today):<\/p>\n<ul>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>46th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>47th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>48th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>49th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>50th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>51st Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>52nd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Rockefeller Plaza between 48th and 51st Streets<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Sixth Avenue between 46th and 52nd Streets<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Fifth Avenue between 46th and 52nd Streets<\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/ul>\n<p>In other words: if you were planning a quick crosstown shortcut through midtown this evening, don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>Once the lighting ceremony is over, the tree will remain lit daily from 5am to midnight through mid-January (24 hours on Christmas Eve and until 9pm on New Year\u2019s Eve). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you\u2019ve stepped foot anywhere near midtown Manhattan lately, you\u2019ve probably felt the vibe shift.\u00a0 The Rockefeller Center&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":422499,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,10336,405,403,18632,5226,5225,5228,5227,1072,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-422498","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-categories-things-to-do","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-news-events-festivals","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkcity","15":"tag-ny","16":"tag-nyc","17":"tag-things-to-do","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-united-states-of-america","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","22":"tag-us","23":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115657404846848030","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}