The Puerto Rican Day Parade is back in Manhattan Sunday, filling the streets with floats, music and dancing.

Back for its 68th year, the largest Puerto Rican Day celebration in the country will step off at 11 a.m. on Fifth Avenue. This year’s theme, Plantando Bandera, “planting a flag,” honors the hundreds of thousands in the diaspora in New York City and millions worldwide.

Organizers say the theme captures “pride in our presence” which has been central to city history for the better part of a century.

The event will run until roughly 5 p.m. and it’s free to attend with barricades set up along the route.

Whether you are hoping to watch the parade or simply get around in the borough, be aware the festivities will shut down Fifth Avenue from 44th Street to 79th Street and several cros

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