Whether for Christmas shopping or sightseeing in the winter metropolis: New York attracts many people in the run-up to Christmas. A special visitor magnet is the famous Christmas tree in front of the Rockefeller Center. From this, the city has now drawn conclusions. Part of the area becomes a pedestrian area during the Christmas season.
On the streets around Rockefeller Center and Radio City Music Hall in the middle of Manhattan, from the end of November to the beginning of January, cars are not allowed to drive for part of the day, especially to protect visitors, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said.
"The Rockefeller Center's Christmas tree is the crowning jewel of the New York Holidays, and we're always happy to invite the world to see it," the politician said, "but if the world storms Rockefeller Center for a month, then it'll take we obviously need additional measures. "
With the traditional lighting of more than 50,000 lights in the world's most famous Christmas tree, the Christmas season begins in New York, this year on the 4th of December. Celebrated annually since the early 1930s, the festive lighting of tree lights is considered one of New York's most celebrated Christmas traditions. By the beginning of January, about 750,000 people come daily to look at the tree. In recent years, this has become a huge crowd and traffic chaos.