Parking
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust's award-winning real-time parking website, ParkPGH, shows you exactly how many spaces are available in garages throughout the Cultural District and beyond — check it before you leave the house or have a passenger monitor it on the go! 5,000 parking spots are in the Cultural District alone, plus thousands more within a very short walk. Don't forget about options on the North Shore, which is a short and beautiful walk over the Allegheny River away. You can review those options at ParkPGH, too!
Public Transportation
Pittsburgh Regional Transit provides public transportation services throughout Pittsburgh and Allegheny County by bus, light rail, incline, and paratransit for more than 200,000 riders daily. All route and fare information is available at rideprt.org/firstnight2024.
If you plan to use public transportation, please plan ahead and check transit schedules — not all routes offer service after midnight.
Traffic Notice
Most major streets leading into and out of downtown’s Cultural District remain open to traffic before, during, and following Highmark First Night Pittsburgh.
Please note the following related to street closures that will help ensure a safe event. See the map below for a color-coded visualization of closures.
Sunday, December 31 @ 10 am – Monday, January 1 @ 3 am:
- Stanwix Street between Liberty Avenue & Ft Duquesne Blvd (mid-block between Penn & Ft Duquesne, allowing access to Stanwix & Ft Duquesne garage)
- Penn Avenue from 5th Street to Penn Avenue Extension.
- Cecil Place between Penn Avenue & Ft Duquesne Blvd
Local access only: Fifth Avenue between Liberty Avenue & Penn Avenue (access to Fifth Avenue Place garage only)
Sunday, December 31 @ 4 pm – Monday, January 1 @ 1 am:
- Fifth Avenue from Liberty Avenue to Penn Avenue
- Penn Avenue from 5th Avenue to 6th Street (6th & Penn Garage traffic allowed except during parade closures)
- Penn Avenue from 6th Street to 9th Street
- 7th Street from Liberty Avenue to Theater Square Parking Garage entrance (mid-block between Penn Avenue and Ft Duquesne Blvd)
- 8th Street from Penn Avenue to Ft Duquesne Blvd
- Tito Way from Liberty Avenue to Penn Avenue
- Exchange Way from Tito Way to 9th Street
- McCrea Way from 6th Street to Barkers Place
Local Access only: Barkers Place at Ft Duquesne Blvd (no access to Penn Avenue), Maddock Place from Ft Duquesne Blvd to Penn Avenue (no access to Penn Avenue)
Sunday, December 31 @ 8-8:30 pm (rolling parade closures)
- 9th Street from Liberty Avenue to French Street
- Penn Avenue from 9th Street to 10th Street
- Garrison Place from Liberty Avenue to French Street
- Intersection of 6th Street and Penn Avenue
- 10th Street from Fort Duquesne Blvd to Penn Avenue
Local access only: French Street from 9th Street to 10th Street (no access to 10th St) & Exchange from Garrison Place to 10th Street (no thru traffic)