Caribbean Pride Lights Up Brooklyn’s West Indian Day Parade

New Yorkers lined Eastern Parkway to celebrate Brooklyn’s West Indian American Day Parade, wrapping themselves in flags and Caribbean colors while vendors offered Caribbean fare and revelers enjoyed soca, dancehall, and reggae. The day included J’Ouvert celebrations and a heightened police presence to boost safety after past violence. Attendees praised the sense of community, but police reported three shootings and a stabbing near the route later in the day, with no arrests announced yet.