Where is the parade for the U.S. women's soccer World Cup team?

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Thursday, July 9, 2015
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Stacey Sager reporting

The parade for the United States Women's National Soccer Team to celebrate their World Cup victory last Sunday will be Friday, starting at 11 a.m. in Lower Manhattan.

The parade will start in front of the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House, near Broadway and Battery Place traveling north on Broadway to Worth Street, then to Lafayette Street, and concluding with ceremonies at City Hall at about 1 p.m.

(Map courtesy of NYC.gov)

WATCH LIVE COVERAGE OF THE PARADE WITH SADE BADERINWA AND ROB POWERS ON CHANNEL 7, WATCH ABC AND 7ONLINE BEGINNING AT 11:00 A.M. ON FRIDAY

HOW TO GET THERE:

Extra trains and buses are available for fans going to New York City's parade for the women's World Cup soccer champions.

The Port Authority says additional PATH service will operate Friday during midday hours on the Newark to World Trade Center line for the parade. All other PATH lines will operate on normal schedules.

New Jersey Transit is providing additional buses during regularly scheduled midday service on 15 routes. Midday rail service will not change, but NJ Transit plans to add additional cars on some trains.

The Long Island Rail Road is providing 16 extra trains, six westbound between 9-10 a.m. and 10 eastbound between 2-4 p.m. Ride the LIRR to either Penn Station or Atlantic Terminal, Brooklyn.

Metro-North is providing four extra trains, two inbound trains in the morning and two outbound trains in the evening on the Hudson and New Haven Lines. Two NYC-bound trains will arrive at Grand Central Terminal between 9:54 a.m. and 10:03 a.m., and two trains will depart Grand Central between 3:29 p.m. and 3:45 p.m.

From Penn Station: catch the 1 to South Ferry or the 2 or 3 to Fulton Street or Wall Street. From Atlantic Terminal, catch a Manhattan-bound subway. Ride the 2 or 3 to Fulton St or Wall St, the 4 or 5 to Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall, or the R to Rector Street or Cortlandt Street.

From Grand Central: Catch the downtown 4,5,6 subway to Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall.


For crowd safety five subway stations noted below will be closed starting at 10 a.m.:

Fulton St 45

Fulton St AC

Wall St 45

City Hall R

Chambers St AC

World Trade Center E

E trains will terminate at Canal Street. The NYPD may close some additional subway entrances near the parade.

These eight stations are the best way to get to the parade route:

R to Rector St

R to Cortlandt St

2 or 3 to Wall St or Fulton St

1R to South Ferry or Whitehall St

456 to Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall

J to Chambers St

New York City bus service along Broadway in Lower Manhattan will be rerouted to Water Street from 9 a.m. Express and local buses traveling downtown on Broadway, and uptown on Greenwich Street, Trinity Place, and Church Street will be rerouted via Bowery Street, St James Street, Pearl Street and Water Street.

Specific route change information will be posted at affected stops. Plan ahead, and leave extra time for travel if you plan to use buses in Lower Manhattan during the parade.