What to Know
- The Knicks’ parade steps off from Battery Park at 10 a.m. Thursday and travels through Broadway to City Hall, where the mayor will present the team with the Keys to the City.
- New York beat the Spurs in the NBA Finals 4-1 earlier this month, securing the team’s first NBA championship in 53 years and propelling the city into a rare sense of unity.
- Anyone can go to the parade, but access is going to be tough, and you can’t bring any bags; the NYPD has shared a list of in-routes and details on security protocols.
- The forecast calls for thunderstorms, potentially severe ones, for the NYC area. At this point, it looks like the highest risk for scattered storms is around 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
- Where are the best viewing spots to catch star players like Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns? And where are you most likely to get showered with confetti? We break it down below.
- NYC last held a ticker-tape parade in 2024 to celebrate the New York Liberty’s first-ever WNBA Championship. Before that, it was the FIFA World Cup champion U.S. women’s national soccer team.
It may very well be the biggest parade in New York City history.
The Big Apple is feting the New York Knicks with a ticker-tape parade for their first NBA Championship title in 53 years. Millions of people are expected to attend.
And an unprecedented number of cops — more than 10,000 –– are assigned in what the NYPD calls its largest-ever deployment for a single event.
So how can you watch? Where are the best viewing spots? Who is performing at City Hall? And where are you most likely to get showered with confetti? Speaking of, what happens if it really rains?
Track live developments below for all the parade excitement, from Battery Park to City Hall and beyond.
