The New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade is the oldest and largest St. Patrick’s Day Parade in the world.

The NYC Parade will be held on Saturday March 16th at 11AM (Since St. Patrick’s Day falls on a Sunday, the Parade is held the day before).

The Parade begins on 5th Avenue at 44th Street at 11am. and ends on 5th Avenue at 79th Street around 4:30pm.

The first parade was held on March 17, 1762. Today, around 150,000 people march in the parade, which draws about 2 million spectators.