What You Need To Know This Thanksgiving Weekend

Heather Chin -
Photo via amytaryn

It’s T minus 8 hours to Thanksgiving Day 2015! If your’e sticking around the city to see the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, make sure to arrive early and bundled up for the cold — although thankfully, no umbrella will be needed as rain is not in the forecast (although who are we kidding; we’re New Yorkers, so come prepared with a small portable one or at least a hood on your winter coat).

However, be sure to note that some city services will be closed through the long weekend.

Here’s what you need to know, via nyc.gov:

THURSDAY, TURKEY DAY/THANKSGIVING:

  • CLOSED: Government offices, post offices, public libraries, courts, and the Department of Motor Vehicles.
  • There is NO mail delivery.
  • Public schools are CLOSED Thursday, November 26 and Friday, November 27.
  • On Thursday, Alternate Side Parking and meters are suspended. No stopping, no standing, and no parking regulations are suspended except where those regulations are in effect 7 days a week or at all times.
  • There is NO garbage, recycling, or organics collection on Thanksgiving Day. If Thursday is your garbage or organics collection day, put your items out
after 4 PM on Thursday

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  • If Thursday is your recycling collection day, put your items out
after 4 PM on Wednesday, December 2

. Your

recycling will be collected on Thursday, December 3

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  • The Staten Island Ferry runs on a holiday schedule. Boats run every 30 minutes between 7 AM and 11 PM. Normal service resumes after 11 PM.
  • New York City subways and buses will operate on a Saturday schedule this Friday.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27 / BLACK FRIDAY

  • Public schools are still CLOSED.
  • OPEN: Government offices, including the DMV, libraries, and city and state courts.
  • Mail delivery follows a regular schedule.
  • IN EFFECT: Alternate Side Parking regulations and meters.
  • Regular Schedule: Garbage, recycling, and organics pick-up. Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, complaints about missed garbage, organics, and recycling pickup are not accepted for that day.
  • See above regarding Thursday garbage, organics, or recycling pick-up.
  • The Staten Island Ferry follows a normal weekday schedule.

Also, here are the Brooklyn streets that will be closed to traffic from Friday, November 27 through Sunday, November 29, according to the Department of Transit.

Have a safe, happy, and healthy Thanksgiving!