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Live Updates: Knicks parade celebrates NBA championship win in Manhattan The New York Knicks are being honored with a ticker-tape parade at 10 a.m.
Thursday through the Canyon of Heroes in Lower Manhattan.
starts at 10 a.m.
and follows the traditional route up Broadway from Battery Park to City Hall, where the team will be presented a Key to the City during a special ceremony.basis, and not everybody is going to be allowed into the parade route.
When the pens are full, police will close down the access points.
City officials are encouraging parade-goers to use mass transit to get to the route, as there will be many street closures.
The NYPD said all the viewing pens for the parade are full as of 7:24 a.m.The parade will step off at 10 a.m.
near Battery Park and travel north along Broadway before arriving at City Hall, where a ceremony will be held.Although it was early, spirits were high as spectators started cheering and clapping while wearing their Knicks gear.
Police sources say there will be assets that the public will be able to see and assets it won't see.
The NYPD isn't messing around when it comes to security for the Knicks championship parade on June 18, 2026.
There will be more than 10,000 officers patrolling the route, along with heavy weapons teams.The NYPD's security plan will also feature heavy weapons teams, explosive detection K9s, transportation, transit, highway and aviation officers, as well as the Fans are encouraged to arrive at least two hours early as city officials are expecting thousands of people to attend.Take the 4 and 5 lines to the Bowling Green station, which drops you at the southern start of the parade routeTake the 2 and 3 lines to the Park Place station, which puts you near the City Hall ceremonyTake the A, C, E line to Fulton Street for central access to the route Wall Street station on the 4/5 line and City Hall station on the R/W line closed at 4:30 a.m.
and will reopen by approximately 5 p.m.Knicks parade viewing pens are full, so nobody else will be allowed in, NYPD says.