{"id":340385,"date":"2026-09-08T03:46:57","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T03:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/340385\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T03:46:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T03:46:57","slug":"caribbean-culture-fills-brooklyns-eastern-parkway-in-photos-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/340385\/","title":{"rendered":"Caribbean Culture Fills Brooklyn\u2019s Eastern Parkway, in photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

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)<\/p>\n

NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Steel drums, flag-draped floats and the smell of jerk chicken filled Brooklyn\u2019s Eastern Parkway on Monday as thousands celebrated Caribbean culture at the West Indian Day Parade.<\/p>\n

This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.<\/p>\n

\"CaribbeanPeople participate in J\u2019Ouvert 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)<\/p>\n

\"CaribbeanParticipants 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)<\/p>\n

\"CaribbeanMembers 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)<\/p>\n

\"CaribbeanPeople participate in J\u2019Ouvert 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)<\/p>\n

\"CaribbeanPeople participate in J\u2019Ouvert 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)<\/p>\n

\"CaribbeanParticipants walk in the West Indian Day Parade on Monday, Sept. 7, 2026, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo\/Heather Khalifa)<\/p>\n

\"CaribbeanMembers 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)<\/p>\n

\"CaribbeanMembers 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)<\/p>\n

\"CaribbeanMembers 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)<\/p>\n

\"CaribbeanPeople participate in J\u2019Ouvert 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)<\/p>\n

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