Streets to shut down in Manhattan for 9/11 Memorial 5K Run/Walk
MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) – Streets around Manhattan will close on Sunday for the 13th annual 9/11 Memorial 5K Run/Walk.
The 5K retraces the steps first responders took to get to Ground Zero on Sept. 11, 2001, and in the months and years following, according to organizers. All funds raised at the event will help keep the 9/11 Memorial & Museum free and support educational programs.
Here's where the NYPD will be closing streets at its discretion:
- Inside Battery Park / River Terrace between North End Avenue and Chambers Street
- North End Avenue between Vesey Street and River Terrace
- Chambers Street between River Terrace and West Street
- Battery Place between 2nd Place and Little West Street
- Greenwich Street between Battery Place and Morris Street
- Trinity Place between Morris Street and Edgar Street
- Edgar Street between Trinity Place and Greenwich Street
- Greenwich Street between Edgar Street and Cortlandt Way
- Greenwich Street between Cortlandt Way and Fulton Street
The 5K kicks off at 8 a.m. and is for all ages, according to organizers.
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