Brooklyn West Indian Day Parade with record security

Thousands of revelers packed Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn on Monday for the West Indian American Day Parade, one of the world’s largest celebrations of Caribbean culture, as city authorities mounted the largest police deployment of the year to bolster security after a fatal shooting at last year’s event. The two mile procession, which began near Utica Avenue and moved west toward the Brooklyn Museum, featured vibrant costumes, steel pan bands and the sounds of soca and reggae, and drew politicians and candidates seeking visibility ahead of the November mayoral election.

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said the department sent thousands of officers, supported by helicopters and drones, and established multiple checkpoints and barricade lines to separate marchers from spectators. Paradegoers were screened at 13 security checkpoints and passed handheld metal detectors before entering the route, and two rows of barricades created a pronounced buffer between crowds and participants. Tisch said more officers were assigned to the parade than to New Year’s Eve in Times Square or the Fourth of July fireworks on the East River.

Mayor Eric Adams, who said there were no specific credible...