Labor Day: What's Open/What's Closed

Labor Day is held on the first Monday in September each year.  

Unofficially the last day of summer, the holiday, according to the U.S. Department of Labor, "constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country."

Here's the list of what is open and closed on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 2:

OPEN

• Restaurants, generally, unless they're normally closed on Mondays.
• Grocery stores.
• Other businesses: open at the owner’s discretion.
• Call ahead before heading to any of the above establishments to confirm they are open. Many retail stores or gyms/health clubs may be operating on a Sunday schedule or with limited hours.

• Banks have the option of remaining open, but hardly any do.
• New Rochelle Public Library and Huguenot Children's Library are closed Saturday through Monday.
• Financial markets, such as the New York Stock Exchange.
• Post offices.
• New Rochelle City Hall.
• State offices, including the state Department of Motor Vehicles in Yonkers (which will close Friday, Aug. 30, at 4 p.m. and will reopen Tuesday, Sept. 3, at 7:30 a.m.").
• U.S. government offices.
• Metro-North Railroad's Grand Central north entrances will be closed.
• Costco.
• New Rochelle YMCA.

• The Bee-Line buses will operate on a Sunday schedule.
• Metro-North will operate on a Sunday schedule.