Simply earlier than midnight on Saturday, the New York Knicks gained the NBA championship for the primary time in additional than 50 years, reworking town into an orange and blue utopia all weekend.
Whereas New Yorkers have been nonetheless celebrating — loudly, and generally getting rowdy — Mayor Zohran Mamdani posted a easy message to X: “Parade. Thursday. Manhattan.”
The Knicks have gained two different championships — in 1970 and 1973 — however they by no means had a ticker-tape parade. (Blame a former mayor.) Their rabid, championship-starved fanbase is certain to come back out in pressure to have fun MVP Jalen Brunson, hoop hero OG Anunoby and Wemby-slayer Karl-Anthony Cities — irrespective of how sizzling it’s anticipated to be.
We’ve a couple of extra particulars on the ticker-tape parade now. Right here’s our information on learn how to get together with the workforce.
When and the place is the parade?
The Knicks’ ticker-tape parade is about to start at 10 a.m. on Thursday, June 18, close to Battery Park. It’ll march north by means of Decrease Manhattan’s “Canyon of Heroes” — the chunk of Broadway adjoining to the Wall Avenue Bull that’s traditionally used for New York’s ticker-tape parades — and finish at Metropolis Corridor. The route is adorned with plaques commemorating each ticker-tape parade within the metropolis’s historical past.
Wait, what’s a ticker-tape parade?
A ticker-tape parade is a uniquely New York celebration named initially for the flurry of inventory ticker paper tape that rained from workplace constructing home windows within the Monetary District. (Now, we simply use confetti.)
The primary such parade commemorated the arrival of the Statue of Liberty in 1886. Most just lately, town celebrated Gotham FC’s 2025 win within the Nationwide Ladies’s Soccer League. In 2024, the New York Liberty celebrated their first WNBA championship with their very own parade.
The place can I watch the parade in particular person?
You may present up wherever alongside the parade route to look at the festivities. Stake out your territory early Thursday morning — or possibly even Wednesday night time — for a great place: It’s anticipated to be packed from Battery Park to Metropolis Corridor.
Mamdani has stated this can be the most important parade in New York Metropolis historical past. In case you’re an area highschool pupil, although, you might need to overlook the get together for a state science examination.
Safety restrictions: What to not deliver
We’ve reached out to the NYPD for particulars on what safety measures will probably be in place for the parade that will prohibit what viewers can deliver. We are going to replace this text once we know extra.
Can I watch from the buildings subsequent to the parade?
Except you’re fortunate sufficient to work in a type of workplace buildings, no. There aren’t any public viewing areas within the many home windows lining the Canyon of Heroes, in response to the Downtown Alliance, the enterprise group within the Monetary District. The general public should squeeze onto the sidewalks, aspect streets and plazas alongside the route.
The place can I watch the parade remotely?
We’ve reached out to Metropolis Corridor and several other native TV stations for extra particulars on the place the parade will probably be broadcast. We’ll replace this text once we know extra.
What is going to occur on the parade?
The Knicks are anticipated to experience by means of the Canyon of Heroes, and the mayor will current the workforce with the keys to town round midday. Performances and speeches will observe. Metropolis Corridor, Brooklyn Borough Corridor and the David N. Dinkins Manhattan Municipal Constructing will probably be lit up orange and blue.
Development on the stage and press viewing platforms at Metropolis Corridor Plaza started Monday, and officers met all through the day for preparation. They’re bracing for main crowds: After the New York Rangers gained the Stanley Cup in 1994 following a 54-year drought, an estimated 1.5 million followers flocked to Decrease Manhattan.
When the New York Mets gained the World Collection in 1986, their first for the reason that 1969 win, greater than 2 million individuals got here to have fun the opposite orange and blue workforce.
Have the Knicks ever had a ticker-tape parade earlier than?
As The Metropolis Reporter wrote earlier this week, the workforce has by no means been celebrated with a ticker-tape parade, although they took dwelling NBA championships in 1970 and 1973. That’s as a result of former Mayor John Lindsay discontinued the custom in his second time period in favor of extra casual receptions.
Extra reporting by Katie Honan.
