NEW YORK – Columbus Day, which New York City has renamed Indigenous Peoples / Italian Heritage Day, is Monday. The fellowship is open, but public schools in all five districts are closed for compliance. And many streets are closed for the parade.
Various Columbus Day events in the five boroughs are also associated with road closures.
Here are the closures you will find on this date:
Columbus Day Parade: Road closures
New York City police may close other streets at their discretion, but here’s the list of closures scheduled for Monday.
Rue of the parade
- 5th Avenue in the middle 42 ° y 72nd street.
training
- 43rd street in the middle Madison Avenue y 5th Avenue
- 44th street in the middle Madison Avenue and 6th Avenue
- 45th street in the middle Madison Avenue and 6th Avenue
- 46th street in the middle Madison Avenue and 6th Avenue
- 47th street in the middle Madison Avenue e 6th Avenue
Dispersion
- 5th Avenue in the middle 72nd street y 79th street
- 72nd street in the middle 5th Avenue y Madison Avenue
- 73rd street in the middle 5th Avenue y Madison Avenue
- 74th street in the middle 5th Avenue y Madison Avenue
- 75th street in the middle 5th Avenue y Park Avenue
- 76th street in the middle 5th Avenue y Park Avenue
- 77th street in the middle 5th Avenue y Park Avenue
- 78th street in the middle 5th Avenue y Park Avenue
various
- 60th street in the middle Madison Avenue y 5th Avenue
- 62nd street in the middle Madison Avenue y 5th Avenue
- 63rd street in the middle Madison Avenue y 5th Avenue
- 64th street in the middle Madison Avenue y 5th Avenue
- 68th street in the middle Park Avenue y 5th Avenue
- 69th street in the middle Park Avenue y 5th Avenue
- 70th street in the middle Park Avenue y 5th Avenue
Columbus Day, known in the United States as “Columbus Day”, commemorates the arrival of Christopher Columbus on the American continent on October 12, 1942. In recent decades, its meaning has changed to give more importance to indigenous peoples than originally inhabited the continent.