New York Daily News

GRIDLOCK SAM

Fri. Jun. 3 -Sun. Jun. 5

- SAM SCHWARTZ

ALTERNATE SIDE PARKING RULES ARE IN EFFECT FRIDAY AND SATURDAY

The hottest ticket in NYC is for the ice! The Lightning take on the Rangers at 8 p.m. Friday in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals. MSG will be surrounded by media trucks so avoid Eighth Avenue, and 3 1 st Street until after the Stanley Cup arrives at the Garden!

There will be a plethora of parades this weekend. The Queens Pride March starts Sunday at noon. Marchers will proceed down 3 7 th Ave. from 8 9 th St. to 7 5 th

St. in Jackson Heights. The Philippine Independen­ce Day Parade commences at the same time at Madison Ave. and

3 8 th St., continuing to 2 7 th St. The Greek Independen­ce Day Parade kicks off at 1 :3 0 p.m. at 6 4 th St. and Fifth Ave. and will roll north to 8 1 st St.

On Sunday at 2 p.m., the One New York Love march will start at the Museum of Chinese in America on Centre St. and Grand St. in Manhattan, and head via the Manhattan Bridge to Young Israel Beth El, 4 8 th St. and 1 5 th Ave. in Borough Park.

There’s no business like show business! The Tony Awards return to Radio City Music Hall on Sunday at 7 p.m. Sixth Avenue will be jammed from 4 7 th to 5 3 rd streets.

The summer concert series at Forest Hills Stadium kicks off with Bon Iver,

Friday at 5 p.m. and Robert Plant and Allison Krauss, Saturday at 6 :3 0 p.m. These concerts will result in the closure of Burns St. from 7 1 st Ave. to 6 9 th Ave., as well as a partial closure of Station Square and significan­t slowdowns on 7 1 st Ave.

Times Square Alert! A street fair being held on Saturday, 1 0 a.m. to 6 p.m., will shutter Seventh Ave. from 4 7 th St. to 5 7 th St. The Avenue of the Americas Summer Fair runs Sunday, 1 0 a.m. to 6 p.m., on Sixth Ave. from 4 2 nd to 5 6 th St. The Bay Ridge Fifth Avenue Festival takes place at the same time between 6 9 th and 8 6 th St.

Stop the Slaughter, a global protest against Nike, will begin Sunday at 1 1 :1 5 a.m. on Fifth Ave. and 2 0 th St. The Rally Against the Fake Referendum in Kazakhstan starts at 2 p.m. in front of that country’s consulate, on Fifth Ave. and 45thSt.

The Tigers take on the Yankees, Friday at 7 p.m., Saturday at 1 p.m., and Sunday at 1 1 :3 5 a.m. The Liberty host the Lynx on Sunday at 2 p.m.

Justin Bieber plays Barclays on Friday at 7 :3 0 p.m.

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