Blocks of Midtown Manhattan are being shut Friday for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s star-studded wedding at Madison Square Garden — adding to the hellish conditions commuters already face as the city sizzles under record heat.
Pedestrians and drivers were already seeing streets blocked off early Friday, even though the official closures were not due to start until 1 p.m.
The celebrity bride and groom and their A-list pals will leave regular New Yorkers and tourists struggling to get around MSG and hence Penn Station, which is set to be stricken for another day with horrendous delays and cancellations as the train network struggles to cope with potential triple-digit heat.
Read more at https://nypost.com/2026/07/03/us-news/street-closures-for-taylor-swifts-wedding-add-to-chaos-for-commuters-already-striken-by-record-heat/
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