J'Ouvert and West Indian Day parade 2025 route, timing, and street closures

PIX11 team members cover Brooklyn West Indian Day parade and remember their roots

Labor Day weekend in New York means it’s Carnival time, and Brooklyn is preparing to head to Eastern Parkway for the Caribbean food, music, costumes, and culture they’ve celebrated for years. However, one thing is even better than going to the parade and that’s covering it.That will be the job of PIX11 news team members Kendis Gibson, Nicole Johnson, and Kori Chambers, all of West Indian descent. They will be on hand Sept. 1 at the West Indian A…

NYPD will have 2,500 cops on foot posts for J’Ouvert, West Indian Day Parade

A record 2,500 cops will be on foot posts — including in some parks — during J’Ouvert and the West Indian Day Parade this Labor Day weekend, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Friday. All summer long, foot posts have been used to drive down shootings to record lows, Tisch said during a press conference at Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza. The Aug. 6 Police Academy graduation of nearly 1,000 recruits — the biggest in almost a decade — is giving th…

NYPD: Department will launch biggest deployment of the year Monday for West Indian American Day Parade and J'Ouvert

The commissioner wouldn't disclose the exact number of officers who will be on duty but it will be in the thousands.

‘Largest police deployment of the year’ to keep the peace at NYC’s raucous J’Ouvert festival

The peace at the J’Ouvert and the West Indian American Day Parade festivities will be enforced by a 2,500-cop deployment, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said.

West Indian Day Parade and J'Ouvert in Brooklyn: What you need to know for 2025

Lavish costumes, extraordinary floats and a whole lot of road closures.

J'Ouvert and West Indian Day parade 2025 route, timing, and street closures

BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) -- Get ready to don your brightest costumes and hit the parkway for all the dancing, singing and waving of flags for J'Ouvert and the 58th annual West Indian American Day Carnival in Brooklyn. Bands and marchers will take to Eastern Parkway near Utica Avenue at 10 a.m. on Monday for the jubilant parade. Things To Do Around NYC Ahead of the main event, dozens of other activities will help get New Yorkers in the Labor …