MANHATTAN — Ahead of Wednesday’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting event, the NYPD announced road closures for the area.
Closures will take place at the following locations on Wednesday, Dec. 1:
46th Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues
47th Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues
48th Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues
49th Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues
50th Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues
51st Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues
Rockefeller Plaza between 48th and 51st streets
Sixth Avenue between 46th and 52nd streets
Fifth Avenue between 46th and 52nd streets
New York City ushered in the holiday season with the arrival of the 79-foot Norway spruce that will serve at Rockefeller Center as one of the world’s most famous Christmas trees.
The 12-ton tree was trucked over in November from the Price family home in Elkton, Maryland. It’s the first time the tree has come from that state since the tradition began eight decades ago.
The spruce is adorned with more than 50,000 multicolored lights and topped with a 900-pound star with 70 spikes covered in 3 million crystals.