City of Rensselaer will conduct its annual Memorial Day Parade festivities on
Sunday May 24, 2026, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. which will cause certain streets to be closed and "No Parking" restrictions will be implemented during the hours of 11am and 4pm.
Washington Avenue from Eighth Street to Fourth Street will be closed to traffic commencing at 1:30pm on Sunday, May 24, 2026.
There will be no parking of vehicles on both sides of the streets along the Parade Route between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 4:00p.m. to allow for maximum viewing of the Parade for our residents. This includes Washington Avenue between Forbes Avenue and Broadway; Broadway from Washington Avenue to Third Avenue and Third Avenue from Broadway to Green Street.
The Streets along the parade route will be closed to traffic beginning at 1:30pm and will remain closed until the parade is completed.
The streets to be closed along the Parade route are as follows: beginning at the intersection of Washington Avenue and Forbes Avenue and continuing on Washington Avenue to Broadway then South past Partition Street and continuing South on Broadway to Third Avenue, turning East onto Third Avenue and ending at the intersection of Third Avenue and Walker Street with the reviewing stand across from Huyck Square on Third Avenue.