CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn (WABC) — The New York Carnival, one of the city’s biggest summer festivals, will return for its 59th anniversary on Labor Day in a celebration of Caribbean pride, culture and creativity.
Organized by the West Indian American Day Carnival Association (WIADCA), the New York Carnival is considered the nation’s largest Caribbean cultural festival, attracting more than a million participants and spectators.
Crowds of marchers and spectators will descend on Eastern Parkway to celebrate the New York Carnival Parade, more commonly known as the West Indian Day Parade.
New York’s weekend-long Caribbean Carnival dates to the 1920s, when historians believe it started in Harlem before moving to Brooklyn in the mid-1960s, where it continues to draw millions of people each year.
