Guide to the Giants' Super Bowl parade
Giants quarterback Eli Manning holds the NFL's VInce Lombardi Trophy after the Giants won Super Bowl XLVI against the New England Patriots at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. (Feb. 5, 2012) Credit: Newsday/Thomas A. Ferrara
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*Parade route
New York Giants Super Bowl victory parade begins at 11 a.m. at Battery Place and Washington Street in lower Manhattan and continues northbound on Broadway. Ceremony at City Hall Plaza begins at 1 p.m.
*Best subway stops
1 to South Ferry
2 or 3 to Wall Street or Fulton Street
4, 5 or 6 to Brooklyn Bridge/City Hall
J to Chambers Street
R to Rector Street
*Stops to avoid
Beginning at 10 a.m. trains will not stop at the following stations:
4 and 5 at Wall Street
R at City Hall
A or C at Chambers Street
E at the World Trade Center
4, 5, A or C at Fulton Street
*Extra rides
Long Island Rail Road, PATH and Metro-North Railroad are all adding extra trains to carry fans to the parade. Contact the agency for more information on times.
*Gridlock
City officials recommend not driving to lower Manhattan for the festivities.
The following streets will be closed to vehicular traffic:
All streets between Broadway and Church Streets from Canal to Pearl Street
Lafayette and Centre Street from Canal to Chambers
Park Row between Chambers Street and Broadway
Spruce Street between Gold Street and Park Row
Battery Place between Broadway and West Thames Street
Worth Street between Church and Baxter streets
No Brooklyn Bridge access to and from Park Row
Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel's Trinity Place exit in Manhattan will be closed
*Security
Thousands of extra uniformed and plainclothes police will be on duty.
Police will patrol subways with dogs capable of detecting explosives.
Snipers armed with high-powered weapons will be on some rooftops.
Some manhole covers will be sealed.
Garbage cans and mailboxes will be removed from some street corners.
*Best viewing spot
A second--floor office in one of the office buildings along Broadway. Otherwise, get to the parade route early and claim a spot.
*The crowd
The NYPD declines to give crowd estimates, but Big Blue's 2008 Super Bowl victory parade attracted more than 1 million fans.
*Confetti
Shredded waste paper was provided by Atlas Materials of Red Hook, Brooklyn.
*If you can't make it downtown
Watch it live on newsday.com/parade
*TV/radio coverage
TV: WABC/7, WCBS/2, WNBC/4, WPIX/11, WNYW/5, WWOR/9, WXTV/41, WNJU/47, News12 Long Island, SNY and MSG. Coverage starts on most channels at 11 a.m. (SNY begins at 10:45 a.m.).
Radio: WFAN/660, WCBS/880, WINS/1010 and WEPN/1050.
*Weather
Big Blue skies and sunny. High near 50. Light winds.
*In New Jersey
Gov. Chris Christie will host a 3 p.m. rally for the team at MetLife Stadium.
Sources: MTA, NYPD, National Weather Service, AP
