{"id":316976,"date":"2026-08-09T00:02:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T00:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/316976\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T00:02:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T00:02:26","slug":"news-12-brooklyn-brooklyns-first-jamaican-day-parade-draws-crowds-to-flatbush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/316976\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Brooklyn | Brooklyns First Jamaican Day Parade Draws Crowds To Flatbush"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Flatbush was filled with the sights and sounds of Jamaica on Saturday as hundreds gathered for Brooklyn&#8217;s <a data-rich-text-hyperlink=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/brooklyn.news12.com\/brooklyn-to-host-first-ever-jamaica-rising-day-parade\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">first-ever Jamaican Day Parade.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Waving Jamaican flags, dancing to music and proudly showcasing their heritage, paradegoers packed the streets to celebrate Jamaican culture and community.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The event brought together people from across New York and beyond, including some who traveled internationally to take part in the historic celebration.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">&#8220;My mother here has been living in Brooklyn for many, many years,&#8221; one attendee said. &#8220;I came all the way from London to celebrate this amazing day with my mother.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The festive atmosphere stretched along the parade route, with vibrant displays of national pride.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">&#8220;So patriotic,&#8221; another paradegoer said. &#8220;I&#8217;m Jamaican through and through.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Organizers and attendees called the inaugural parade a success and hope it becomes an annual tradition in Brooklyn.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Many are already looking ahead to next year&#8217;s celebration, which is expected to be even bigger as Jamaica marks the 65th anniversary of its independence.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Flatbush was filled with the sights and sounds of Jamaica on Saturday as hundreds gathered for Brooklyn&#8217;s first-ever&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316977,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-316976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316976","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=316976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}