NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) -- New York City officials laid out their plans on Friday to ensure a safe celebration for the annual J'ouvert and West Indian Day Carnival on Labor Day. Marking the biggest change from last year, the carnival will be cut down by 30 minutes for 2026, set to wrap up at [...]
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West Indian Day Carnival to be shortened for security
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Brooklyn comes alive as city balances safety and celebration at West Indian Day Parade
Ten of thousands of revelers and masqueraders and millions of spectators are expected on Monday, Labor Day, to converge on Brooklyn’s sprawling Eastern Parkway for the 59th annual West Indian American Day Carnival Parade.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn (PIX11) -- Labor Day weekend is upon us, and while some folks are heading out of town, millions are gearing up for the West Indian American Day Parade on Monday. It has been high-energy and will remain that way through Monday.
For its 59th anniversary, NYC’s legendary West Indian American Day Parade will dance down Eastern Parkway this Labor Day to celebrate all things Caribbean culture — with its biggest champions having a whole new reason to party this year.
BROOKLYN (PIX11) -- Dozens of marchers, performers, floats and more are preparing to make their way down the parkway for one of New York City's biggest and brightest celebrations. The 59th annual J’Ouvert and West Indian Day Carnival returns to Eastern Parkway on Sunday, bringing the brightest costu…
NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) -- New York City officials laid out their plans on Friday to ensure a safe celebration for the annual J'ouvert and West Indian Day Carnival on Labor Day. Marking the biggest change from last year, the carnival will be cut down by 30 minutes for 2026, set to wrap up at [...]
Thousands of cops will be on the beat during the West Indian Day Parade and the early-bird J'Ouvert Festival, which begins at 6 a.m. and runs until the parade kicks off.
New York City will end Monday’s West Indian Day Parade promptly on Labor Day Monday afternoon — a cutoff officials say is aimed at preventing the late-day gun violence that marred last year’s celebration.
BROOKLYN, NY (PIX 11) — As New Yorkers gear up for the West Indian American Day Carnival Monday, the sounds of the Caribbean took over the Brooklyn Museum with the annual New York Panorama Steel Pan competition — one of carnival weekend’s signature events.
NEW YORK (AP) — Steel drums, flag-draped floats, and the smell of jerk chicken will fill Brooklyn’s Eastern Parkway on Monday, as hundreds of thousands turn out for the West Indian Day Parade, one of the largest celebrations of Caribbean culture in the country.
The colors, sounds, and spirit of the Caribbean took over Brooklyn on Labor Day as thousands of revelers gathered along Eastern Parkway for New York City’s annual West Indian American Day Carnival Parade.
Huge crowds flocked to Brooklyn’s Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn on Sept. 7 for the 59th annual West Indian American Day Parade. The parade kicked off at 11 a.m. and stretched from Utica Avenue to Grand Army Plaza, where the streets featured floats, music, and a broad display of Caribbean culture.
At least nine people were injured in stabbings and shootings related to J’Ouvert and West Indian Day celebrations in Brooklyn on Monday, authorities said. Despite checkpoints set up by the NYPD and an early scheduled end to the West Indian Day parade down Eastern Parkway, the Caribbean cultural fest…
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