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Throngs of Knicks fans surge into Lower Manhattan to witness historic parade 18%
By Ryan Kost75% Brittany Kriegstein66% Elizabeth Kim84%
6/18/2026, 11:18:00 AM
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For more than half a century, New York waited for a Knicks championship.
On Thursday, the drought ends in confetti and a trip down the Canyon of Heroes in what may be the largest parade in the city’s history.
The Knicks, NBA champions for the first time since 1973, will roll up Broadway in their first-ever ticker-tape parade in front of an audience that could number in the millions.
By 7:30 a.m., the NYPD announced that viewing pens were full and nobody else would be allowed into the viewing area.
Police also said no trains would be stopping south of Canal Street.
Local television stations were carrying live coverage of the event for those who weren’t able to make it to lower Manhattan before the area reached capacity.
Lower Manhattan was a sea of blue and orange as large crowds waited along the route with signs, pom poms and their best Knicks merch.
Every few minutes, the crowds erupted in cheers of “Knicks in 5.”
The parade is set to begin at 10 a.m. near Bowling Green and head north toward a ceremony at City Hall, complete with a performance by Alicia Keys and a presentation of the key to the city.
Office workers are expected to toss thousands of pounds of shredded paper from their windows, showering the parade below in a New York tradition dating back more than 100 years.
(More than 700 sanitation department workers will be on hand to sweep up afterward.)
Among those arriving early to secure a spot was 8-year-old Corie Jackson, who was most excited to see Jalen Brunson.
She was joined by her dad and her older brother, all of whom woke up by 4:45 a.m. so they could secure a spot to watch.
They were among the first in line to go through a checkpoint at Broad Street and Exchange Place.
Patricia Macklinlee, her family – and her dog, Diamond, a yorkie with one ear dyed orange and the other blue – took the first ferry over from Staten Island at 5:30 a.m.
“The last-ticker tape parade I saw was when the Yankees won the series … I was working on Broadway and Chambers by the mayor's office and I couldn't go,” Macklinlee said.
“But today is history.
I'm here.”
The event will be heavily guarded.
The NYPD has said it is deploying more than 10,000 officers, the largest force ever assigned to a planned event in the city, bigger even than New Year's Eve in Times Square.
The security detail includes heavy weapons teams, explosive-detection K-9s, drones, and aviation, highway and transit units.
Elected officials including Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Gov.
Kathy Hochul are among those expected to join the parade.
The festivities also complicated the morning’s commute.
Starting at 4:30 a.m., the 4 and 5 closed at Wall Street and the R and W closed at City Hall.
But hours later, police announced that trains would not be stopping at any station south of Canal.
The entire area south of Canal Street between the Hudson and East rivers also was closed to car traffic.
By 7 a.m., crews of workers were performing finishing touches on the plaza at City Hall that has been transformed into a performance space.
The Knicks will be honored with a ceremony that includes Alicia Keys singing “Empire State of Mind,” a song that has become the city’s anthem.
There are a little under 4,000 white chairs set up in front of the building.
The seats are divided between the Knicks and City Hall.
Banners for the team, including their jersey numbers, were hung on the building.
Along with Keys, Thursday’s ceremony is set to feature other musicians from the city.
They include Brass Queens, an all-female brass band based in Brooklyn.
Stephanie King, who plays trumpet, described the band’s music as “the Big Easy meets the Big Apple.”
She said the band got an email from the mayor’s office on Wednesday asking if they wanted to perform at the ceremony.
The answer was a no-brainer: “We got nine horn and percussion players today, ready to rock it for the crowd,” she said.
Among those who will be on stage is James Dolan, the Knicks owner.
He’s long been a lightning rod in New York City for his clashes with fans, former players and use of facial recognition at Madison Square Garden.
City officials have spent years trying to undo a lucrative tax break enjoyed by MSG.
But many seem willing to set that aside on Thursday.
“One thing sports does is it does transcend politics,” said Queens borough president Donovan Richards, who arrived dressed in full Knicks regalia that included faux gold chain with the team’s logo.
“We’ve had people who technically shouldn’t be dancing in the streets together, dancing with each other,” he added.
The ceremony is set to start around noon, but State Sen.
Zellnor Myrie wasn’t taking any chances in securing a good seat.
“I left my house at 5:15,” Myrie said.
“The train was packed, energy high.
I feel amazing.
It’s gonna be one of the best days of my life.”
“There’s no better place to throw a party than in the capital of the world,” he added.
*This story has been updated.
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