NEW YORK (AP) — Steel drums, flag-draped floats and the smell of jerk chicken filled Brooklyn’s Eastern Parkway on Monday as thousands celebrated Caribbean culture at the West Indian Day Parade.
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People participate in J’Ouvert festivities ahead of the West Indian Day Parade at sunrise on Labor Day in the Crown Heights and Flatbush neighborhoods of Brooklyn, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
People participate in J’Ouvert festivities ahead of the West Indian Day Parade at sunrise on Labor Day in the Crown Heights and Flatbush neighborhoods of Brooklyn, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
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Participants take a selfie as they wait to walk in the West Indian Day Parade on Monday, Sept. 7, 2026, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
Participants take a selfie as they wait to walk in the West Indian Day Parade on Monday, Sept. 7, 2026, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
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Members of the Haitian group Lamar wait for the start of the West Indian Day Parade on Monday, Sept. 7, 2026, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
Members of the Haitian group Lamar wait for the start of the West Indian Day Parade on Monday, Sept. 7, 2026, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
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People participate in J’Ouvert festivities ahead of the West Indian Day Parade at sunrise on Labor Day in the Crown Heights and Flatbush neighborhoods of Brooklyn, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
People participate in J’Ouvert festivities ahead of the West Indian Day Parade at sunrise on Labor Day in the Crown Heights and Flatbush neighborhoods of Brooklyn, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
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People participate in J’Ouvert festivities ahead of the West Indian Day Parade at sunrise on Labor Day in the Crown Heights and Flatbush neighborhoods of Brooklyn, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
People participate in J’Ouvert festivities ahead of the West Indian Day Parade at sunrise on Labor Day in the Crown Heights and Flatbush neighborhoods of Brooklyn, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
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Participants walk in the West Indian Day Parade on Monday, Sept. 7, 2026, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
Participants walk in the West Indian Day Parade on Monday, Sept. 7, 2026, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
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Members of the Belmont Baby Dolls throw baby powder as they wait for the start of the West Indian Day Parade on Monday, Sept. 7, 2026, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
Members of the Belmont Baby Dolls throw baby powder as they wait for the start of the West Indian Day Parade on Monday, Sept. 7, 2026, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
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Members of the Lespri Ayiti Haitian carnival band participate in the West Indian Day Parade on Monday, Sept. 7, 2026, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
Members of the Lespri Ayiti Haitian carnival band participate in the West Indian Day Parade on Monday, Sept. 7, 2026, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
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Members of the Belmont Baby Dolls pose for a photo as they wait for the start of the West Indian Day Parade on Monday, Sept. 7, 2026, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
Members of the Belmont Baby Dolls pose for a photo as they wait for the start of the West Indian Day Parade on Monday, Sept. 7, 2026, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
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People participate in J’Ouvert festivities ahead of the West Indian Day Parade at sunrise on Labor Day in the Crown Heights and Flatbush neighborhoods of Brooklyn, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
People participate in J’Ouvert festivities ahead of the West Indian Day Parade at sunrise on Labor Day in the Crown Heights and Flatbush neighborhoods of Brooklyn, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
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