documents obtained by PIX11<\/a> show that the NYPD rejected the proposed route on August 20. The department said its prior experience with events using that route suggested the parade would create an unreasonable disruption to traffic, including established bus and truck routes. It also said that the required staffing would affect its ability to maintain police and emergency coverage in the surrounding area.<\/p>\nIn the denial, the NYPD wrote that the proposed parade \u201cwould substantially and unreasonably interfere with traffic\u201d and require resources that could compromise coverage nearby.<\/p>\n
That explanation is likely to land with particular frustration for would-be attendees. Earlier this month, Brooklyn hosted its first Jamaica Day Parade along the same general Flatbush Avenue corridor, starting at Church Avenue and celebrating Jamaica\u2019s own 64th year of independence. The Trinidad and Tobago event would have added another major celebration to Little Caribbean, the stretch of Brooklyn that is both a cultural touchstone and commercial hub for the city\u2019s Caribbean diaspora.<\/p>\n
Trinidad and Tobago gained independence from Britain on August 31, 1962. Its national holiday is marked in Port of Spain with an annual parade at Queen\u2019s Park Savannah, combining military ceremony with music and displays of national pride. Brooklyn\u2019s planned event was intended as a local counterpart, arriving just before the city\u2019s much larger West Indian American Day Carnival celebrations around Labor Day.<\/p>\n
There may still be a path forward, just not this weekend. The NYPD\u2019s denial notes that alternate routes, dates and times could be discussed with organizers. It is not yet clear whether J\u2019Ouvert International for Arts and Culture, which was presenting the parade, will pursue a new route or reschedule it altogether. Stay tuned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brooklyn was set to add another burst of red, white and black to its summer calendar this Sunday,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":331223,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,1739,9,24,2529,63,904],"class_list":["post-331222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-categories-things-to-do","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news-events-festivals","tag-nyc","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331222","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=331222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}