{"id":163380,"date":"2026-03-14T16:20:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T16:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/163380\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T16:20:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T16:20:47","slug":"st-patricks-day-parade-in-manhattan-what-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/163380\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Patrick’s Day parade in Manhattan: What to know"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 265th annual New York City St. Patrick\u2019s Day Parade will kick off on Fifth Avenue on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what you need to know about the parade, from details to street closures and more.<\/p>\n

Parade details<\/p>\n

The parade will kick off along Fifth Avenue at East 44th Street at 11 a.m. and will disperse at East 79th Street.\u00a0Around 150,000 marchers will participate, according to organizers.<\/p>\n

The parade is the oldest and largest St. Patrick\u2019s Day parade in the world, according to organizers. The first New York City St. Patrick\u2019s Day Parade was held in 1762 \u2014 14 years before the Declaration of Independence was signed.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s grand marshal is Robert J. McCann, the co-chair of NewEdge Capital Group and owner of Forest Creek Golf Club. A dual citizen of the U.S. and Ireland, parade organizers say he is credited with strengthening ties between the two countries for nearly 30 years as a board member of both The American Ireland Funds and the Irish Arts Center.<\/p>\n

A Mass will also be held before the parade at St. Patrick\u2019s Cathedral at 8:30 a.m.<\/p>\n

Street closures<\/p>\n

These roads will be shut down along the parade route at the discretion of the NYPD.<\/p>\n

Formation<\/p>\n

Vanderbilt Avenue between 43rd\u00a0Street and 46th\u00a0Street
\n44th\u00a0Street between Vanderbilt Avenue and Sixth\u00a0Avenue
\n45th\u00a0Street between Vanderbilt Avenue and Sixth\u00a0Avenue
\n46th\u00a0Street between Vanderbilt Avenue and Sixth\u00a0Avenue
\n47th\u00a0Street between Park Avenue and Sixth\u00a0Avenue
\n48th\u00a0Street between Park Avenue and Sixth\u00a0Avenue<\/p>\n

Route<\/p>\n

Fifth\u00a0Avenue between 79th\u00a0Street and 43rd\u00a0Street<\/p>\n

Dispersal<\/p>\n

Fifth\u00a0Avenue between 84th\u00a0Street and 79th\u00a0Street
\n79th\u00a0Street between Park Avenue and Fifth\u00a0Avenue
\n80th\u00a0Street between Park Avenue and Fifth\u00a0Avenue
\n81st\u00a0Street between Park Avenue and Fifth\u00a0Avenue
\n82nd\u00a0Street between Park Avenue and Fifth Avenue<\/p>\n

Miscellaneous<\/p>\n

43rd\u00a0Street between Vanderbilt Avenue and Sixth\u00a0Avenue
\n49th\u00a0Street between Madison Avenue and Rockefeller Plaza
\n50th\u00a0Street between Madison Avenue and Rockefeller Plaza
\n51st\u00a0Street between Madison Avenue and Sixth\u00a0Avenue
\n54th\u00a0Street between Madison Avenue and Sixth\u00a0Avenue
\n57th\u00a0Street between Madison Avenue and\u00a0Sixth\u00a0Avenue
\n59th\u00a0Street between Madison Avenue and Sixth\u00a0Avenue
\n62nd\u00a0Street between Madison Avenue and Fifth\u00a0Avenue
\n63rd\u00a0Street between Madison Avenue and Fifth\u00a0Avenue
\n64th\u00a0Street between Park Avenue and Fifth\u00a0Avenue
\n65th\u00a0Street between Madison Avenue and Fifth\u00a0Avenue
\n70th\u00a0Street between Madison Avenue and Fifth\u00a0Avenue
\n71st\u00a0Street between Madison Avenue and Fifth\u00a0Avenue
\n72nd\u00a0Street between Madison Avenue and Fifth\u00a0Avenue
\n78th\u00a0Street between Madison Avenue and Fifth\u00a0Avenue
\n84th\u00a0Street between Park Avenue and Fifth\u00a0Avenue
\nMadison Avenue between 42nd Street and 84th\u00a0Street<\/p>\n

Transit<\/p>\n

There will be additional LIRR and Metro-North trains on the day of the parade, according to the MTA.<\/p>\n

Best places to see the parade<\/p>\n

Organizers encourage anyone who wants the best view of the parade to show up early. Spectators may line up on Fifth Avenue \u201cas early as they would like,\u201d according to organizers.<\/p>\n

Weather<\/p>\n

Highs are only expected to reach 40 degrees<\/a> on Tuesday. A mix of sun and clouds is expected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 265th annual New York City St. Patrick\u2019s Day Parade will kick off on Fifth Avenue on Tuesday.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":163381,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[21570,25,55625,75,84,83,9,24,12,63,904,27],"class_list":["post-163380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-app-things-to-do","tag-app-top-stories","tag-erin-pflaumer","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-things-to-do","tag-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163380\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}