In addition to easing crowds around the iconic holiday windows and the famed Rockefeller Center Tree, the program will also make the area safer for New Yorkers and tourists.
The holidays are just around the corner and New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced the return of a program to make the season a little less stressful for pedestrians this year.
Fifth Avenue will be fully open to pedestrians between 48th Street and 59th Street on three Sundays in December -- the 3rd, 10th, and 17th -- between noon and 6 p.m. The 2023 version will set a record for New York City's largest-ever holiday season-specific Open Streets program and expand geographically by nearly 25% to reach Central Park.
On days the street is not designated an Open Street, beginning in the early afternoon on weekdays and in the morning on weekends, these barriers will be used to repurpose a lane of traffic on each side of the avenue as additional pedestrian space. To accommodate high pedestrian traffic, westbound vehicle right turns will be prohibited from Fifth Avenue onto 47th Street, 49th Street, or 51st Street.
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