"Though Carnival is celebrated across the Caribbean diaspora, in Brooklyn, it has exploded into a multi-day celebration of French- and English-speaking Caribbean music, food, and culture, culminating in a Labor Day parade on Eastern Parkway that's preceded by a party called J'ouvert until dawn. But because Brooklyn's Carnival is often "marred by violence," as , NYPD commissioner Jessica Tisch promised "the largest police deployment of the year" at a Saturday press conference alongside Mayor Eric Adams."
""It's definitely very different from when, like, my mom was going," Marlon said. "The way she talks about it, it was all night partying outside." Now, he said, people mainly go to house parties all night and then spill out into the street at dawn, heading towards the designated parade route on Nostrand Avenue, which is guarded by police barricades where NYPD officers conduct searches before entry."
Brooklyn Carnival has grown into a multi-day celebration of French- and English-speaking Caribbean music, food, and culture culminating in a Labor Day parade on Eastern Parkway and a J'ouvert party until dawn. City officials pledged a massive police deployment, with Mayor Eric Adams prioritizing heavy NYPD presence at the parade and related events. Despite the large deployment, four shootings and one stabbing left seven people injured after the festival. Celebrants report changing behaviors: many now attend house parties overnight and converge at dawn toward the parade route, where police barricades and searches are conducted before entry.
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