New Yorkers on the way Tree lighting ceremony at Rockefeller Center on Wednesday should plan ahead and prepare for numerous road closures and changes in bus service around Midtown Manhattan.

The tree lighting will happen on Dec. 4 at 8 p.m. at 30 Rockefeller Plaza near Fifth Avenue, but street closures have already begun.

According to the NYC Department of Transportation, the following streets will be closed from December 2nd through December 4th at the discretion of the NYPD:

• 46 Street between the 5th avenue and 6 avenue
• 47 Street between the 5th avenue and 6 avenue
• 48 Street between the 5th avenue and 6 avenue
• 49 Street between the 5th avenue and 6 avenue
• 50 Street between the 5th avenue and 6 avenue
• 51 Street between the 5th avenue and 6 avenue
• 52 Street between the 5th avenue and 6 avenue
• Rockefeller Plaza between 48th and 48th Street and 51 Street
• 6 avenue between the 46th Street and 52 Street
• 5 avenue between the 46th Street and 52 Street

Street Closings on December 4th:

• Madison avenue between the 42nd Street and 57 Street
• 6 avenue between the 42nd Street and 57 Street
• 5 avenue between the 42nd Street and 57 Street

Changes to bus services on December 4th

Buses traveling along Fifth Avenue will be rerouted to use Lexington Avenue between 72nd and 42nd Streets.

In addition to bus service, subway options include the B/D/F/M trains to 47-50 Streets-Rockefeller Center, the 6 train to 51 Street, the 1 train to 50 Street, or the N/Q/R/ W trains up to 49 hours

The following buses serving Midtown will be rerouted on December 4th:

• Manhattan: M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, M7 and M50
• Women: Q32, QM2, QM4, QM5 and QM6
• Staten Island: SIM1C, SIM3, SIM3C, SIM4C, SIM8, SIM8X, SIM10, SIM 23, SIM24, SIM25, SIM30, SIM31 and SIM33C
• Brooklyn: X27, X28, X37 and X38
• Bronx: BxM2 (northbound only), BxM3, BxM4, BxM6, BxM7, BxM8, BxM9, BxM10 and BxM11

About this year’s Christmas tree and lighting ceremony at Rockefeller Center

This year’s tree is a Norway spruce that hails from West Stockbridge, Mass. It is the state’s first tree since 1959 70 years old, it weighs an impressive 11 tons and will illuminate over 50,000 multi-colored LED lights when it is lit at the ceremony.

Tree lighting fans can watch the ceremony in person at 30 Rockefeller Plaza or watch live on NBC TV on December 4 at 8 p.m.