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Manhattan

Wall Street. Madison Avenue. Wikivoyage

Population 1,694,251 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in United States

Visas and entry What your passport needs for United States

Getting there

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Still gathering the markets around Manhattan. I'll let you know here when it's all in — or open the live guide.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Easter Parade

    March – April

  2. Pride Week

    March, June

  3. Salute to Israel Parade

    June

  4. The Philippine Independence Day Parade

    June

    Every first Sunday in June is a lavish celebration of Philippine culture along Madison Avenue. The parade ends at East 23rd Street near Madison Park.

  5. Feast of San Gennaro

    September

    The Feast of San Gennaro (in Italian: Festa di San Gennaro), also known as San Gennaro Festival, is a Neapolitan and Italian-American patronal festival dedicated to Saint Januarius, patron saint of Naples and Little Italy in Lower Manhattan.

    Official site Wikipedia

  6. Columbus Day Parade

    October

    Taking place on the second Monday in October, this parade draws nearly a million spectators to Fifth Avenue and is a massive celebration of Italian-American culture

  7. New York's Village Halloween Parade

    October

    Each Halloween (October 31) evening, this parade and street pageant attracts two million spectators and 50,000 costumed participants along Sixth Avenue between Spring Street and 21st Street.

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Manhattan); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Somewhere to run

Getting around

Train stations: Grand Central Terminal 2.4 km, New York Penn Station 3.4 km, Pennsylvania Station 3.5 km, Long Island City 4.0 km, Harlem–125th Street 4.2 km, Hunterspoint Avenue 4.3 km

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