Caribbean Culture Fills Brooklyn’s Eastern Parkway, in photos

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. Angelina Katsanis - FR172095 AP▲

Participants 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. Heather Khalifa - FR172147 AP▲

Members 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. Heather Khalifa - FR172147 AP▲

Participants walk in the West Indian Day Parade on Monday, Sept. 7, 2026, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Heather Khalifa - FR172147 AP▲

Members 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. Heather Khalifa - FR172147 AP▲

Members 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. Heather Khalifa - FR172147 AP▲

Members 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. Heather Khalifa - FR172147 AP▲

By ANGELINA KATSANIS and HEATHER KHALIFA - Associated Press

6 hrs ago

NEW YORK (AP) — Steel drums, flag-draped floats and the smell of jerk chicken filled Brooklyn’s Eastern Parkway on Monday as thousands celebrated Caribbean culture at the West Indian Day Parade.

This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

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