For two years towards the end of former Mayor Bill de Blasio’s tenure, two crosstown blocks adjacent to the famed Midtown holiday tourist attraction were closed to cars to promote pedestrian …
Manhattan politicians are calling for Eric Adams to restrict traffic near Rockefeller Center.Rockefeller Center is flooded with tourists during the holiday season.Levine and Councilman Keith Powers said they have not gotten answers from the city after asking for the return of the street closures in a Nov. 1 letter.
Some 800,000 people visit the Rockefeller Center plaza and surrounding area each holiday season, according to Levine and Powers’ letter.“It’s the most wonderful time of the year except if you’re a person walking down the street in crowds near Rockefeller Center,” Powers said. “The crowds are crushing and demand is overflowing.”
“We’ve seen in the past is just a compete overwhelming of the area during the holiday periods, but also demand for that space in general,” he said.
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