The New York City Police Department today announced
street closures and expected traffic backup. Drivers should anticipate delays in
the following areas.
SATURDAY, MAY 29
GREAT KILLS MEMORIAL DAY PARADE
Staten Island 11 a.m.
Formation:
Cleveland Avenue and Durant Avenue
Route: Proceeds through the center of
Great Kills town, at Nelson
Avenue and Amboy Road, and on toward Giffords
Lane.
SUNDAY, MAY 30
HAITIAN-AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE
Brooklyn 1 p.m. to 6
p.m.
Formation: Montgomery Street and Empire Boulevard
Route: Nostrand
Avenue from Empire Boulevard to Foster Avenue
FOREST HILLS MEMORIAL DAY PARADE
Queens 12 noon
Formation: 107-15
Metropolitan Avenue
Route: West on Metropolitan Avenue to Trotting Course
Lane
COLLEGE POINT MEMORIAL DAY PARADE
Queens 2 p.m.
Formation: 28th Avenue
to 26th Avenue and College Point Boulevard
Route: East to 120th Street and
then back to College Point Boulevard
and north to McNeil Park.
GREENPOINT MEMORIAL DAY PARADE
Brooklyn 8:30 a.m.
Formation: 519
Leonard Street
Route: Proceed north on Manhattan Ave to Milton Street. After
a mass,
the parade heads back south on Manhattan Avenue, then east on
Nassau
Avenue east to McGoldrick Park. Finally, back to Leonard Street
via
Driggs Avenue.
MASPETH MEMORIAL DAY PARADE
Queens 12 p.m.
Formation: 72nd Place and
Grand Avenue
Route: Proceed down Grand Avenue and make a right onto 61st
Street,
march to 56th Road where route turns right and heads to Clinton
Avenue.
Takes Clinton Avenue back to 65th Place and up the service road
making a
left on Grand Avenue to 69th Street.
MONDAY, MAY 31
MEMORIAL DAY
WHITESTONE MEMORIAL DAY PARADE
Queens 12 noon
Formation: Whitestone
Memorial Field on 149th Street and 15th Drive
Route: From the field to a
service road at the Cross Island Parkway,
onto 150th Street and then down
17th Road toward 149th Street, ending at
the park where it started
LITTLE NECK-DOUGLASTON MEMORIAL DAY PARADE
Queens 2 p.m.
Formation:
Jayson Street and Northern Boulevard
Route: West on Northern Boulevard to St.
Anastasia's School
BROOKLYN MEMORIAL DAY PARADE
Brooklyn 11 a.m.
Formation: 79th Street
and 3rd Avenue
Route: Runs along 3rd Avenue to Marine Avenue, up to 4th
Avenue and
over to John Paul Jones Park.
GREATER NY GOOD NEIGHBOR PARADE
Manhattan 1 pm. to 5 p.m.
Formation:
Madison Avenue at East 41st Street
Route: South on Madison Avenue to 27th
Street
INNOVATIVE COMMUNITY ENTERPRISES FESTIVAL
Manhattan 11 a.m. to 6
p.m.
Location: Madison Avenue between East 42nd Street and East 57th
Street