Whether for Christmas shopping or sightseeing in the wintry metropolis: New York attracts many people in the run-up to Christmas. The famous Christmas tree in front of the Rockefeller Center is a particular magnet for visitors. The city has now drawn conclusions from this. The area becomes partially a pedestrian zone in the Christmas season.
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On the streets around Rockefeller Center and Radio City Music Hall in the middle of Manhattan, cars will no longer be allowed to drive for part of the day from late November to early January, especially to protect visitors, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced.
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“The Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center is the crown jewel of the holidays in New York and we are always happy to invite the world to look at it,” said the politician, “but when the world rushes at Rockefeller Center for a month, then need we obviously take additional measures. “
With the traditional lighting of the more than 50,000 lights on what is probably the most famous Christmas tree in the world, the Christmas season begins in New York, this year on December 4th. The festive lighting of the lights on the tree, which has been celebrated annually since the early 1930s, is one of the most popular New York Christmas traditions. Until the beginning of January, around 750,000 people will come every day to look at the tree. In the past few years it had turned into a huge crowd and traffic chaos.
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