Resource Map – Your Guide Around Manhattan and CB 5
Useful Links and Additional Resources
– How to Start a Block Association
– Buildings After Hours: Free in-person information session with DOB staff every Tuesday from 4 PM to 7 PM at your local borough office.
– NYC Well: NYC Well is your connection to free, confidential crisis counseling, mental health and substance use support, information and referrals. You can reach the toll-free help line 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by phone, text and online chat.
– Notify NYC: Enroll for free in New York City’s dedicated emergency public communications program.
– Food Help NYC: Free food locations including food pantries & soup kitchens.
Upcoming Parades:
September 21, 2025
Mexican Day Parade
Oct 6
Oct 14
Nigeria Independence Day Parade – Saturday, October 5, 2024 from 10 am to 5 pm – 65th Annual Nigerian Independence Day Parade & Carnival – Begins along 5th Avenue at 38th Street and marches south to 26th Street at Madison Square Park where they’ll have their after party.
Sunday, October 6, 2024 beginning at 12.30 pm – The 87th Annual Pulaski Day Parade – begins at 39th Street and marches up to 54th Street. There’s a mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on 5th Avenue at 50th Street at 9 am preceding the parade, followed by a breakfast at 10.15 am at 3 West Club. For details see – https://pulaskiparade.com
The Columbus Day Parade. from 11.30 am to 3.30 pm, with parade beginning at 12 noon The Manhattan Columbus Day Parade kicks off at Fifth Avenue at 44th Street and marching up to 72nd Street along the Upper East Side.
Indigenous Peoples of the Americas Parade NYC – Saturday, October 19, 2024 from 9 am to 3 pm – 3rd Annual Indigenous People’s Parade. There’s a ceremony that begins at 9 am and the parade begins at 12 noon marching down South Broadway from Madison Square Park at 26th Street to Union Square Park at 17th Street
105th Veterans’ Day Parade – Monday, November 11, 2024 from 10.55 am – 3.30 pm. Beginning at 10.55 am there will be ceremonies honoring the dead, ending with a wreath laying at the Eternal Light Monument in Madison Square Park at 5th Avenue at 24th Street. Then the parade steps off from 25th Street at 12.30 pm, marching up 5th Avenue to 45th Street, ending about 3.30 pm.
Monday, November 11, 2024 from 10 am – 6 pm – Veterans’ Day Festival – Along Broadway from Liberty Street to Battery Place
Upcoming Street Festivals:
- 6th Avenue Spring Fair
- Gathering After Sikh Parade 2025
- NoMad Fair
- Lexington Avenue Spring Festival
- Times Square Springfest
- 8th Avenue Midtown Fair
- Kulturefest of Sixth
- Lower 6th Avenue Merchandise Fair
- Union Square Spring Fair
- Festival of the Americas
- The 41st Annual Brazilian Day Festival
- Earth Awareness Fair
- Big Apple Performing Arts Fair
- Korean Parade & Festival. Saturday, October 5, 2024 from 10 am to 6 pm – The parade runs from 12 noon to 2 pm, beginning along 6th Avenue at 38th Street and marching down to 28th Street. The festival runs the whole time [10a – 6p] along 32nd Street between Broadway and 5th Avenue [aka Koreatown]. There will be food, beverages and cultural performances. Korean parades and festivals in Manhattan NYC.
- Saturday, October 5, 2024 from 10 am – 6 pm – Times Square Expo Along 7th Avenue between West 47th and West 57th Streets –
- Sunday, October 6, 2024 from 10 am – 6 pm – 6th Avenue Chelsea Fair – Along 6th Avenue from 23rd to 34th Street in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan NYC. NYC street fairs in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan NYC.
- Sunday, October 6, 2024 from 10 am – 6 pm – Lexington Avenue Autumn Fair – Along Lexington Avenue from 42nd Street to 51st Street
- Wednesday, October 9, 2024 from 10 am – 6 pm – 45th Street formerly Midtown East Fall Fair – Along 45th Street from 3rd to Lexington Avenue
- Saturday, October 12, 2024 from 10 am – 6 pm – USO Avenue of the Americas Autumn Fest – Along 6th Avenue from 42nd to 56th Streets
- Sunday Oct 20th, 10-6 Lexington Avenue Festival – Along Lexington Avenue between 42nd & 57th Streets
- Sunday, October 27, 2024 from 10 am – 6 pm – Bryant Park Autumn Fair – Along 41st Street between Broadway and 6th Avenue in Midtown
- Saturday, October 26, 2024 from 10 am – 6 pm – 6th Avenue Fall Festival – Along 6th Avenue from 34th to 42nd Streets in Midtown
- Sunday, October 29, 2023 from 11 am to 5 pm – Korean Festival in Union Square Park at 17th Street between Broadway and Park Avenue. Korean food, shopping and cultural performances.
- Saturday, November 2, 2024 from 4 to 9 pm – Dia de Muertos – Between 42nd and 47th Street and between Broadway and 7th Avenue
- Saturday, November 2, 2024 from 10 am to 6 pm – Midtown West Fall Fair – Along 8th Avenue between 42nd & 52nd streets