Posted on: December 28, 2018 02:00 PM

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Press Statement from Times Square Alliance for New Year s Eve

On December 31, the New York Police Department will begin closing down access to Times Square starting at 38th Street and Broadway, and moving north as revelers arrive.

Viewing areas will start at 43rd Street and move north. The exact times that these blocks close to pedestrian and vehicular traffic will depend on when the revelers begin arriving.

It is likely that there will be no vehicular traffic on either Broadway or Seventh Avenue as of approximately 3:00 p.m.

Vehicles will most likely have difficulty traveling across town after 3:00 p.m. or earlier above 42nd Street and as far north as 59th Street. If you are planning to come to Times Square and join in the festivities, you are advised to enter from Sixth or Eighth Avenue. Your chance of getting a viewing spot near the Ball increases the earlier you arrive.

The blocks will be closed off as they fill up northward, street-by-street, as the police deem necessary.