{"id":267520,"date":"2026-06-15T17:06:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T17:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/267520\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T17:06:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T17:06:05","slug":"brooklyn-pride-marks-milestone-30th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/267520\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn Pride Marks Milestone 30th Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brooklynites were not just focused on the Knicks on Saturday, as hundreds of participants enjoyed the Brooklyn Pride Twilight Parade on Saturday in Park Slope.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/brooklynpride.org\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Brooklyn Pride <\/a>hosted\u00a0its 30th <a href=\"https:\/\/brooklynpride.org\/events\/2026-pride-twilight-parade-enhd3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Annual Brooklyn Pride Twilight <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/brooklynpride.org\/events\/2026-pride-twilight-parade-enhd3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Parade<\/a>\u00a0on Saturday by taking over a stretch of Park Slope\u2019s 5th Avenue for a day of fun, laughter and joy.<\/p>\n<p>Brooklyn Pride began in 1996 thanks to organizers\u2019 insistence that since Brooklyn has its own distinct flavor, it also deserves its own Pride celebration. The nonprofit organization works year-round to prepare for June. It\u2019s entirely staffed by volunteers and run on donations.<\/p>\n<p>The twilight parade gathered many local organizations, Brooklyn elected leaders and LGBTQIA+ supporters along 5th Avenue.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"street-parade-with-costumed-performer-and-spectators\" id=\"file-4420962\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/street-parade-with-costumed-performer-and-spectators.jpg;w=960.jpeg\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n2026 Brooklyn Pride Parade. Photo: Howard Weiss for BK Reader&#13;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"man-dancing-in-street-parade\" id=\"file-4420952\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/man-dancing-in-street-parade.jpg;w=960.jpeg\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\nA man dances at the 2026 Brooklyn Pride Parade on June 13, 2026. . Photo: Howard Weiss for BK Reader&#13;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"nyc-drumline-marching-at-dusk\" id=\"file-4420955\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/nyc-drumline-marching-at-dusk.jpg;w=960.jpeg\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\nA drum line performs in the 2026 Brooklyn Pride Parade. Photo: Howard Weiss for BK Reader&#13;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"brooklyn-pride-30-years-of-pride-banner-in-parade\" id=\"file-4420951\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/brooklyn-pride-30-years-of-pride-banner-in-parade.jpg;w=960.jpeg\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\nBrooklyn Pride Parade 2026. Photo: Howard Weiss for BK Reader&#13;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"woman-holding-sign-at-pride-parade-with-flags-and-bubble-gun\" id=\"file-4420967\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/woman-holding-sign-at-pride-parade-with-flags-and-bubble-gun.jpg;w=960.jpeg\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n2026 Brooklyn Pride Parade&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brooklynites were not just focused on the Knicks on Saturday, as hundreds of participants enjoyed the Brooklyn Pride&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":267521,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,103367,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-267520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-brooklyn-pride-parade","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}