With the major soccer event, Knicks watch parties and an Madison Square Garden concert tonight, the city has declared a Gridlock Alert, with severe traffic congestion expected in midtown Manhattan. Street closures and limited access to parts of Penn Station will be in effect for each of the eight World Cup matches at NY, NJ Stadium.
Starting at noon, two streets adjacent to the Garden - 32nd and 33rd - will be closed to vehicle traffic and used as queues for people waiting for trains from Penn Station to the World Cup. They will reopen three hours after the match ends.
The city is also barring truck deliveries from 30th Street to 60th Street from noon to 11 p.m., closing streets around the Lincoln Tunnel to New Jersey and converting some streets to bus-only corridors, including 42nd Street, which traverses Times Square. Of late, the tourist haven has been co-opted as yet another place for New York fans to cheer.
Find out all you need to know in the Eyewitness News World Cup blog.
AP Wire Services contributed to this report.
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