No Mail, Alternate Side Parking Suspended & More To Know On Christmas Day

Thursday, December 25 is Christmas, and if you’re headed out of town, here’s hoping your travels are safe and easy despite the crummy weather.

If you’re sticking around the neighborhood, note that Christmas Eve, Wednesday, December 24, is not an official city holiday, so all city government offices, including courts, are open.

Here’s some information you might need to know for the holidays this week:

Government Offices, Parking, And Sanitation

All government offices are closed on Christmas Day, including courts.

There is no mail delivery.

All NYC public schools are closed Wednesday, December 24 through Friday, January 2, 2015, for Winter Recess. Students return to school on Monday, January 5, 2015.

Alternate side parking regulations are suspended and parking meters do not have to be paid on Christmas Day. Additionally, no stopping, no standing, and no parking regulations are suspended, except where those regulations are in effect at any time or seven days a week.

There is no sanitation collection on Christmas Day. If Thursday is your regular garbage or organics day, place your items out after 4pm on Thursday, December 25. If Thursday is your regular recycling day, wait until after 4pm on January 1 to put out your recycling.

Subways And Buses

The New York City Subway will operate on a regular weekday schedule on Wednesday. New York City subways and buses will operate on a Sunday schedule (which means no B train).

Libraries

All branches of the New York library systems are closed on Thursday for Christmas. Select branches of the Brooklyn Public Library system will be open on Wednesday from 9am-1pm, including the Kensington and Windsor Terrace branches.