Day | Date | What | Why |
---|---|---|---|
Wednesday | January 1 | Legal Holiday | New Year's Day |
Monday | January 20 | Alternate side suspended | Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday |
Saturday | February 8 | Alternate side suspended | Idul Fitr - 1st Day |
Monday | February 10 | Alternate side suspended | Idul Fitr - 3rd Day |
Wednesday | February 12 | Alternate side suspended | Lincoln's Birthday |
Monday | February 17 | Alternate side suspended | Washington's Birthday |
Thursday | March 27 | Alternate side suspended | Holy Thursday |
Friday | March 28 | Alternate side suspended | Good Friday |
Thursday | April 17 | Alternate side suspended | Idul Adha - 1st Day |
Friday | April 18 | Alternate side suspended | Idul Adha - 2nd Day |
Saturday | April 19 | Alternate side suspended | Idul Adha - 3rd Day |
Tuesday | April 22 | Alternate side suspended | Passover - 1st Day |
Wednesday | April 23 | Alternate side suspended | Passover - 2nd Day |
Thursday | April 24 | Alternate side suspended | Orthodox Holy Thursday |
Friday | April 25 | Alternate side suspended | Orthodox Good Friday |
Monday | April 28 | Alternate side suspended | Passover - 7th Day |
Tuesday | April 29 | Alternate side suspended | Passover - 8th Day |
Thursday | May 8 | Alternate side suspended | Solemnity of Ascension |
Monday | May 26 | Legal Holiday | Memorial Day |
Wednesday | June 11 | Alternate side suspended | Shavuot - 1st Day |
Thursday | June 12 | Alternate side suspended | Shavuot - 2nd Day |
Friday | July 4 | Legal Holiday | Independence Day |
Friday | August 15 | Alternate side suspended | Assumption of Mary Into Heaven |
Monday | September 1 | Legal Holiday | Labor Day |
Thursday | October 2 | Alternate side suspended | Rosh Hashanah - 1st Day |
Friday | October 3 | Alternate side suspended | Rosh Hashanah - 2nd Day |
Saturday | October 11 | Alternate side suspended | Yom Kippur |
Monday | October 13 | Alternate side suspended | Columbus Day |
Thursday | October 16 | Alternate side suspended | Sukhot - 1st Day |
Friday | October 17 | Alternate side suspended | Sukhot - 2nd Day |
Thursday | October 23 | Alternate side suspended | Shemini Atzeret |
Friday | October 24 | Alternate side suspended | Simchat Torah |
Saturday | November 1 | Alternate side suspended | All Saints Day |
Tuesday | November 4 | Alternate side suspended | Election Day |
Tuesday | November 11 | Alternate side suspended | Veterans Day |
Thursday | November 27 | Legal Holiday | Thanksgiving |
Monday | December 8 | Alternate side suspended | Immaculate Conception |
Thursday | December 25 | Legal Holiday | Christmas |
To confirm these or additional days when the rules may be suspended (e.g. for snow removal), call 212-442-7080.
When alternate side rules (now known as street
cleaning regulations) are suspended, only the
following are suspended:
On major legal holidays stopping, standing and
parking are permitted except in areas where stopping,
standing and parking rules are in effect seven days a week (for
example "No Standing Anytime"). This rule was formerly known as the
"Sunday Rule."
Fuat Baran
<fuat@columbia.edu>