Here's your guide to the 2022 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, including where to watch balloons get inflated, the parade time and routes, and tips for navigating Midtown if you plan to watch in person.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2022.Three hundred pounds of glitter, 4,200 costumes, floats, marching bands, clowns, performers and 34 gigantic helium-filled balloons as tall as 4-story buildings; the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade returns to Manhattan streets Thursday for its 96th year.
Some new balloons are joining the procession this year including Stuart the Minion, Baby Shark, and Striker, a soccer themed balloon in honor of the U.S. Men's national team playing in the World Cup. And of course many old favorites will glide down the parade route alongside them from, SpongeBob SquarePants and Smokey Bear to the reliable unofficial mascot of the parade, Tom the Turkey.
A swift fire Monday morning in South Kearny tore through several luxury trailers meant to be used by celebrity performers like Mariah Carey during the parade, But fear not, there were no reported injuries, the balloons were unharmed, and the trailers will be replaced, officials told the Post.Courtesy of Macy's
The 2.5 mile parade route kicks off at 9 a.m. Thursday morning from West 77th Street and Central Park West. From there, marchers travel south on Central Park West, taking a left on West 59th Street, then a right to snake down 6th Avenue until West 34th Street. The parade officially ends a block away at Herald Square, in front of Macy’s flagship department store, and will wrap up by around noon.Early birds set up shop as early as 6 a.m.
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