Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade: Road closures and other info you need to know

Snoopy and Santa are getting ready for the annual trip to Herald Square!

The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade will take place on Thursday at 8:30 a.m., an earlier start time than usual. This year's parade will be the 97th edition of the popular event that includes balloons, floats, and performances.

The parade will start at West 77th Street and Central Park West. It will then proceed down Central Park West to Columbus Circle, turn on Central Park South and then proceed down 6th Avenue to 34th Street. The parade makes its final stop on 34th Street in front of Macy's Herald Square location.

How to watch the Thanksgiving Day parade

According to Macy's website, there will be no public viewing in the following locations:

• At the parade kickoff at West 77th Street and Central Park West
• Central Park West between West 59th Street and West 60th Street
• Columbus Circle
• 6th Avenue between West 34th Street and West 38th Street
• West 35th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues

The NYPD is expected to release more information about where public viewing will be allowed.

Macy's grandstand tickets are not available to the general public.

How do I get to the Thanksgiving Day parade?

On Thursday, subways will operate on a Sunday schedule, according to the MTA. Early in the morning, additional service will be provided on the 1 and S/42nd Street shuttle lines.

Some subway station entrances and exits along the parade route through the Upper West Side and Midtown could be closed.

Buses will also be operating on a Sunday schedule and the MTA warned many buses could face delays, reroutes, detours, or frozen zones due to the parade.

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The Long Island Rail Road will operate on a weekend schedule, but extra trains will run to and from Manhattan before and after the parade on the Babylon and Ronkonkoma lines. Metro-North will be operating extra service before and after the parades.

The PATH will operate on a Saturday schedule but will add supplemental service mid-day. The Journal Square-33rd Street (via Hoboken) and Newark-World Trade Center lines will be running on normal weekend routing.

Amtrak is adding more service on Thanksgiving morning and throughout the week.

Thanksgiving Day road closures

According to the NYPD, the following roads will be closed:

• Columbus Avenue between 72^nd Street and 83^rd Street 
• Central Park West between 81^st Street and 86^th Street 
• 82^nd Street between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West  
• 81^st Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue 
• 77^th Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue 
• 76^th Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue 
• 75^th Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue 
• 74^th Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue 
• 72^nd Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue 
• 71^st Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue 
• 68^th Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue 
• 62^nd Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue 
• 61^st Street between Central Park West and Broadway  
• 59^th Street between 6^th Avenue and 5^th Avenue 
• Central Park West between 81^st Street and East Side of Columbus Circle/59^th Street 
• Columbus Circle between 59^th Street and Broadway 
• 59^th Street between Columbus Circle and 6^th Avenue 
• 6^th Avenue between 59^th Street and 34^th Street  
• 34^th Street between 6^th Avenue 7^th Avenue 
• 33^rd Street between 6^th Avenue and 10^th Avenue 
• 34^th Street between 7^h Avenue and 8^th Avenue 
• 34^th Street between 6^th Avenue and 5^th Avenue 
• 35^th Street between 5^th Avenue and 8^th Avenue 
• 36^th Street between Broadway and 8^th Avenue 
• 37^th Street between Broadway and 8^th Avenue 
• 38^th Street between Broadway and 8^th Avenue 
• 39^th Street between Broadway and 8^th Avenue 
• 40^th Street between Broadway and 8^th Avenue 
• 41^st Street between 7^th Avenue and 8^th Avenue 
• 7^th Avenue between 31^st Street and 41^st Street 
• Broadway between 45^th Street and 34^th Street 
• 58^th Street between 6^th Avenue and 5^th Avenue 
• 43^rd Street between 6^th Avenue and Broadway 
• 40^th Street between Broadway and 6^th Avenue  
• 39^th Street between Broadway and 6^th Avenue 
• 38^th Street between Broadway and 6^th Avenue 
• 37^th Street between Broadway and 6^th Avenue 
• 36^th Street between Broadway and 6^th Avenue 
• 32^nd Street between 6^th Avenue and 7^th Avenue 
• 6^th Avenue between 32^nd Street and 34^th Street 
• 8^th Avenue between 40^th Street and 33^rd Street 
• Broadway between 33^rd Street and 34^th Street 
• Grand Army Plaza between 59^th Street and Plaza Street 

What time does the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade start?

The parade starts a half hour earlier than in past years and will begin at 8:30 a.m. ET with the sound of the traditional phrase "5, 4, 3, 2, 1... Let's have a parade!" The parade will run until noon ET.

Where can I watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?

The parade will air live on NBC New York and be simulcast on Peacock. A Spanish simulcast is available on Telemundo 47 New York.

The parade coverage this year will be hosted on NBC by TODAY's Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb and Al Roker. The Spanish simulcast will be hosted by Telemundo's Carlos Adyan and Andrea Meza.

More details on how to watch the parade are here.

If I missed the parade live, will it re-air?

An encore airing of the parade will run at 2 p.m. on NBC (following the National Dog Show).

What will the weather be on Thanksgiving Day in New York City?

The weather is looking beautiful for Thanksgiving Day. The day starts breezy and chilly with bright skies, warming up to 52 degrees and will be mostly sunny.