The West Indian Day Parade and J’Ouvert will be celebrated in Brooklyn on Monday, the second year the festivities are back in-person following the pandemic.
J’Ouvert, French for “day break,” kicks off at 6 a.m. at Grand Army Plaza, marking the start of the Caribbean carnival.
The West Indian Day Parade, featuring vibrant costumes, festive music and food, will begin right after J’Ouvert ends at 11 a.m.
The NYPD say they will be patrolling the event.
“There are 13 entrance points into the J’Ouvert parade, and everybody who does participate and attends is subject to search,” NYPD Chief Charlie Mcavoy, commanding officer of patrol borough Brooklyn south, said Thursday.
According to NYPD officials, revealers can expect road closures Sunday night along the parade route.
Below are the street closures, at the discretion of the NYPD:
Grand Army Plaza (entire circle)
Buffalo Avenue between East New York Avenue and Sterling Place
Rochester Avenue between East New York Avenue and Sterling Place
Ralph Avenue between Eastern Parkway and East New York Avenue
East New York Avenue between Howard and Utica avenues
Eastern Parkway between Howard Avenue and Grand Army Plaza
Washington Avenue between Sterling Place and Lincoln Road
Flatbush Avenue between Grand Army Plaza and Caton Avenue
Ocean Avenue between Empire Boulevard and Parkside Avenue
Butler Place between Grand Army Plaza and Sterling Place
St. Johns Place between Underhill Avenue and Grand Army Plaza
Rockaway Parkway between East New York Avenue and Rutland Road
Parkside Avenue between Park Circle and Flatbush Avenue
Bedford Avenue between Eastern Parkway and Empire Boulevard
Empire Boulevard between Flatbush and Nostrand avenues
Nostrand Avenue between Empire and Linden boulevards
Lincoln Place between Eastern Parkway and East New York Avenue