New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade
From its earliest days, right up to the present time, our parade has been run entirely by volunteers, many of whom come from generations of families dedicated to the organization of the parade.
It takes months of preparation and countless hours of time to run the world's oldest and largest parade and we could not do it without the commitment of these great men and women.
The New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade is our country's oldest and proudest Irish tradition, marching for the first time 250 years ago, on March 17, 1762 - fourteen years before the Declaration of Independence.
Today, the New York City Saint Patrick's Day Parade is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and all operating expenses come from private donations. New York City provides no financial assistance for the parade nor does any other government agency. We rely entirely on the generosity of people like you.
The Parade starts at 44th Street at 11:00 am and is held every March 17th, except when March 17th falls on a Sunday, it is celebrated the day before, Saturday the 16th due to religious observances.
The parade marches up Fifth Avenue past St. Patrick's Cathedral at 50th Street all the way up past the American Irish Historical Society at 83rd and the Metropolitan Museum of Art at 83rd Street to 86th Street, where the parade finishes at around 4:30 - 5:00 pm.
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