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NYPD Deploys Thousands as 4 Are Stabbed at Parade

9/9/2026

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NYPD Secures Parade

The 59th West Indian American Day Parade took place Monday, Sept 7 2026, on Brooklyn’s Eastern Parkway, running 11 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Center coverage notes the expanded NYPD deployment and a half-hour earlier finish, aimed at preventing violence.
The NYPD positioned thousands of officers and operated 13 metal-detector checkpoints along the route.
Four men were stabbed near Utica Avenue and Carroll Street; one remains critical, three stable.

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Parade Marred

The 59th West Indian American Day Parade took place Monday, Sept 7 2026, on Brooklyn’s Eastern Parkway, with J’Ouvert at 6 a.m. and parade 11 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Organizers noted police presence, but many attendees complained the double-row barricades and security ruined the festive atmosphere.
Three men—32, 23 and 36—were stabbed near Carroll Street and Utica Avenue, leaving 36-year-old critical.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Governor Kathy Hochul served as honorary grand marshals amid NYPD deployment.

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Historical Context

After a 1969 city permit allowed the West Indian American Day Parade to run on Eastern Parkway, the event has endured repeated violence—shootings in 2003, a fatal 2015 J’ouvert shooting, and a 2024 mass shooting that wounded five and killed one. Even as overall New York crime fell sharply since the 1990s, the 2026 parade still faced multiple attacks, highlighting persistent crowd-control challenges.

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NYPD Secures Parade

The 59th West Indian American Day Parade took place Monday, Sept 7 2026, on Brooklyn’s Eastern Parkway, running 11 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Center coverage notes the expanded NYPD deployment and a half-hour earlier finish, aimed at preventing violence.
The NYPD positioned thousands of officers and operated 13 metal-detector checkpoints along the route.
Four men were stabbed near Utica Avenue and Carroll Street; one remains critical, three stable.

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