Coordinates: 40°45′49″N 73°58′45″W / 40.7635°N 73.9793°W / 40.7635; -73.9793 55th Street is a two-mile-long, one-way street traveling east to west across Midtown Manhattan. From Wikipedia
Preparations peaked with a gala fundraiser; the NYPD nearly doubled its officer deployment to secure the parade route.
