{"id":514358,"date":"2022-11-23T02:03:25","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T23:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/street-closures-expected-around-rockefeller-center-in-nyc\/"},"modified":"2022-11-23T02:03:25","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T23:03:25","slug":"street-closures-expected-around-rockefeller-center-in-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/street-closures-expected-around-rockefeller-center-in-nyc\/","title":{"rendered":"#Street closures expected around Rockefeller Center in NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a22c2bcb3253\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg 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class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/street-closures-expected-around-rockefeller-center-in-nyc\/#%E2%80%9CStreet_closures_expected_around_Rockefeller_Center_in_NYC%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Street closures expected around Rockefeller Center in NYC&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CStreet_closures_expected_around_Rockefeller_Center_in_NYC%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Street closures expected around Rockefeller Center in NYC&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Some parts of Midtown, including Fifth Avenue and surrounding streets, will become a car-free pedestrian plaza during the coming holiday shopping season, Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p>The 11-block traffic shutdown between 48th Street and 57th Street on three Sundays aims to \u201ccement Midtown Manhattan as the premiere international holiday destination,\u201d City Hall said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>NYPD will erect temporary barricades from noon to 6 p.m. on Dec. 4, Dec. 11 and Dec. 18, the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Officials plan to repurpose the metal barriers to take one lane of traffic each for pedestrians from Fifth and Sixth avenues during the other six days of the week.<\/p>\n<p>The streets around Rockefeller Center, meanwhile \u2014 West 49th and West 50th \u2014 will go car-free from 11 a.m. to midnight, seven days a week, starting Nov. 30, the day of the famous Christmas tree lighting.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/fifth-avenue-holiday-road-closure-03.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The giant Christmas tree outside 30 Rockefeller plaza\" class=\"wp-image-24753387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/fifth-avenue-holiday-road-closure-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/fifth-avenue-holiday-road-closure-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/fifth-avenue-holiday-road-closure-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree lighting draws thousands of visitors in one night.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Christopher Sadowski for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/fifth-avenue-holiday-road-closure-01.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"a photo of fifth avenue filled with taxis, buses and cars\" class=\"wp-image-24753385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/fifth-avenue-holiday-road-closure-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/fifth-avenue-holiday-road-closure-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/fifth-avenue-holiday-road-closure-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Officials plan to repurpose one lane of traffic for pedestrians on Fifth and Sixth avenues.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Annie Wermiel\/NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/fifth-avenue-holiday-road-closure-02.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Congested pedestrian crowds on 5th Avenue \" class=\"wp-image-24753383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/fifth-avenue-holiday-road-closure-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/fifth-avenue-holiday-road-closure-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/fifth-avenue-holiday-road-closure-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>West 49th Street and West 50th Street will go car-free from 11 a.m. to midnight.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Taidgh Barron\/NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Local elected officials pushed for the closure in order to address the dangerous crowds that fill the area for the lighting ceremony and throughout the Christmas shopping season. <\/p>\n<p>In recent years the city limited its crowd-control effort to the area im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely around Rockefeller Center. <\/p>\n<p>Adams in a statement called his new plan \u201cbold, creative thinking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery year, people come from across the world to New York City, and to Midtown Manhattan specifically, during the holiday season,\u201d the mayor said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year, we are going to make that experience safer and more enjoyable for all New Yorkers and visitors with more access to Open Streets.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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