(AP/ABC7) - The annual Halloween celebration in Georgetown will restrict parking and shut down many side streets, and city officials are urging visitors to take public transportation.

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Parking restrictions will begin Monday afternoon on K and M streets and along Wisconsin Avenue. The restrictions begin at 4 p.m. and will last until 6 a.m. Tuesday.

Many side streets also will be closed to through traffic beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Monday through 3 a.m. on Tuesday morning. Numbered streets from 27th through 34th streets are affected, along with N, O and P streets, among others. Only residents and employees in the area will be granted access with cars.

From authorities:

Parking Restrictions
No-Parking restrictions will be in effect along the following routes from 4 pm on Monday, October 31 to 6 am on Tuesday, November 1:
• K Street, NW from 30th Street to Wisconsin Avenue
• Water Street, NW from 32rd Street west to the Capital Crescent Trail
• 1000-1300 Blocks of Wisconsin Avenue, NW
• M Street, NW from 25th Street to the Key Bridge
• 1100 block of 26th Street, NW
Road Closures
The following streets will be closed to through traffic from 6:30 pm on Monday, October 31 to 3 am on Tuesday, November 1:
• 3300-3400 blocks of Cady's Alley NW (Residents only)
• 1000 Block of Grace Street NW (Residents only)
• 3200 Block of Cecil Place NW (Residents Only)
• 3100 Block of South Street NW (Employees and Residents only)
• 3100 Block of Oak Alley NW (Residents and Employees only)
• 3100 Block of Blues Alley (Residents and Employees only)
• 1200-1500 blocks of 27th Street (Residents and Employees Only)
• 1200-1500 blocks of 28th Street (Residents and Employees Only)
• 1000-1500 blocks of 29th Street (Residents and Employees Only)
• 1000-1500 blocks of 30th Street (Residents and Employees Only)
• 1000-1500 blocks of 31st Street (Residents and Employees Only)
• 1000 Block of Thomas Jefferson Street NW (Employees and Residents Only)
• 1200-1600 blocks of 33rd Street (Residents and Employees Only)
• 1200-1700 blocks of 34th Street NW (Residents and Employees Only)
• 3200-3600 blocks of Prospect St. NW (Residents and Employees Only)
• 2700-2900 blocks of Olive St. NW (Residents and Employees Only)
• 2700 block of Poplar Lane NW (Residents and Employees Only)
• 2700-3600 blocks of N St NW (Residents and Employees Only)
• 2600-3100 blocks of Dumbarton St NW (Residents and Employees Only)
• 2600-3600 blocks of O St NW (Residents and Employees Only)
• 2600-3100 blocks of P Street NW (Residents and Employees Only)
• 1500 blocks of 32nd Street (Residents and Employees Only