{"id":271082,"date":"2026-06-18T18:02:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T18:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/271082\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T18:02:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T18:02:05","slug":"knicks-championship-parade-in-lower-manhattans-canyon-of-heroes-in-financial-district-manhattan-citizen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/271082\/","title":{"rendered":"Knicks Championship Parade in Lower Manhattan&#8217;s Canyon of Heroes in Financial District, Manhattan | Citizen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jun 18, 11:47AM<\/p>\n<p class=\"timeline__TimelineText-sc-5gl5p2-3 hltYDL\">User video continues to show the parade arriving at City Hall for a ticketed event. The Knicks players and coaches will receive the keys to New York City.<\/p>\n<p>Jun 18, 11:26AM<\/p>\n<p class=\"timeline__TimelineText-sc-5gl5p2-3 hltYDL\">Videos continue to show fans peacefully sitting or standing on top of scaffolding along the parade route.<\/p>\n<p>Jun 18, 10:46AM<\/p>\n<p class=\"timeline__TimelineText-sc-5gl5p2-3 hltYDL\">User video shows a float packed with well-known Knicks fans and supporters, including Spike Lee and Mariska Hargitay.<\/p>\n<p>Jun 18, 10:26AM<\/p>\n<p class=\"timeline__TimelineText-sc-5gl5p2-3 hltYDL\">Fans are seen sitting calmly atop Sanitation trucks near the parade route.<\/p>\n<p>Jun 18, 10:20AM<\/p>\n<p class=\"timeline__TimelineText-sc-5gl5p2-3 hltYDL\">A diverse crowd gathers outdoors, engaging in various activities before the Knicks parade celebration.<\/p>\n<p>Jun 18, 10:10AM<\/p>\n<p class=\"timeline__TimelineText-sc-5gl5p2-3 hltYDL\">Citizen contributor @KobeBryant428 shows Knicks busses arriving in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Jun 18, 10:07AM<\/p>\n<p class=\"timeline__TimelineText-sc-5gl5p2-3 hltYDL\">Crowds are already seen throwing rolls of &#8220;ticker tape&#8221; at the beginning of the parade.<\/p>\n<p>Jun 18, 10:03AM<\/p>\n<p class=\"timeline__TimelineText-sc-5gl5p2-3 hltYDL\">Large crowds are patiently waiting along the parade route, capturing moments with phones and cameras.<\/p>\n<p>Jun 18, 9:50AM<\/p>\n<p class=\"timeline__TimelineText-sc-5gl5p2-3 hltYDL\">A large NYPD and Sanitation Department presence is spotted at the beginning of the parade near Bowling Green. Fans are lining the streets near Pearl Street to catch the parade&#8217;s kick off.<\/p>\n<p>Jun 18, 9:45AM<\/p>\n<p class=\"timeline__TimelineText-sc-5gl5p2-3 hltYDL\">Huge crowds have also gathered on Broad Street to catch a peek of the parade.<\/p>\n<p>Jun 18, 9:33AM<\/p>\n<p class=\"timeline__TimelineText-sc-5gl5p2-3 hltYDL\">Crowds are seen lining John Street to get a glimpse of the parade when it kicks off at 10 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Jun 18, 9:31AM<\/p>\n<p class=\"timeline__TimelineText-sc-5gl5p2-3 hltYDL\">NotifyNYC reports bus service is suspended in much of lower Manhattan, as subway service continues to skip stations in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Jun 18, 9:26AM<\/p>\n<p class=\"timeline__TimelineText-sc-5gl5p2-3 hltYDL\">The NYPD reports that there continues to be significant disruptions in subway service south of Canal Street due to large crowd conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Jun 18, 9:24AM<\/p>\n<p class=\"timeline__TimelineText-sc-5gl5p2-3 hltYDL\">Large crowds remain densely packed along parade route, moving slowly through streets and plazas.<\/p>\n<p>Jun 18, 9:11AM<\/p>\n<p class=\"timeline__TimelineText-sc-5gl5p2-3 hltYDL\">A Citizen user shows a unique view of the parade route and crowds from above.<\/p>\n<p>Jun 18, 9:02AM<\/p>\n<p class=\"timeline__TimelineText-sc-5gl5p2-3 hltYDL\">Citizen contributor @cgutter_ is on scene, showing the crowd decked out in blue and orange outside the New York Stock Exchange.<\/p>\n<p>Jun 18, 8:57AM<\/p>\n<p class=\"timeline__TimelineText-sc-5gl5p2-3 hltYDL\">Officers are guiding traffic and pedestrians at crosswalks near the parade to maintain smooth flow.<\/p>\n<p>Jun 18, 8:36AM<\/p>\n<p class=\"timeline__TimelineText-sc-5gl5p2-3 hltYDL\">Knicks fans have lined both sides of the streets near the Charging Bull statue on Broadway near Morris Street.<\/p>\n<p>Jun 18, 7:55AM<\/p>\n<p class=\"timeline__TimelineText-sc-5gl5p2-3 hltYDL\">UPDATE: According to an alert from the [NYPD on their X account](https:\/\/x.com\/nypdnews\/status\/2067570163659026727?s=46), as of 7:28 a.m., all viewing pens are full. No one else will be allowed in the viewing area.<\/p>\n<p>As a reminder, if you leave the viewing pens, you will not be allowed reentry.<\/p>\n<p>There are no trains stopping south of Canal St in Manhattan.<\/p>\n<p>Jun 18, 7:46AM<\/p>\n<p class=\"timeline__TimelineText-sc-5gl5p2-3 hltYDL\">Police continue managing crowd and directing pedestrian and vehicle traffic near the parade route.<\/p>\n<p>Jun 18, 7:14AM<\/p>\n<p class=\"timeline__TimelineText-sc-5gl5p2-3 hltYDL\">Videos also show Knicks fans making their way off the Staten Island Ferry towards the Canyon of Heroes.<\/p>\n<p>Jun 18, 7:14AM<\/p>\n<p class=\"timeline__TimelineText-sc-5gl5p2-3 hltYDL\">A large crowd of fans gathers along the parade route with police monitoring the area.<\/p>\n<p>Jun 18, 7:04AM<\/p>\n<p class=\"timeline__TimelineText-sc-5gl5p2-3 hltYDL\">Citizen user videos show fans dressed head to toe in Knicks gear as they make their way towards the parade route.<\/p>\n<p>Jun 17, 2:51PM<\/p>\n<p class=\"timeline__TimelineText-sc-5gl5p2-3 hltYDL\">The New York Knicks Championship Parade kicks off at 10 a.m. on Thursday, June 18, stepping off along Broadway\u2014the Canyon of Heroes\u2014in Lower Manhattan. The route begins near Bowling Green and travels north to City Hall.<\/p>\n<p>Jun 17, 2:51PM<\/p>\n<p class=\"timeline__TimelineText-sc-5gl5p2-3 hltYDL\">Incident reported at Broadway, Lower Manhattan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jun 18, 11:47AM User video continues to show the parade arriving at City Hall for a ticketed event.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248584,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-271082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271082","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=271082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}