The 2010 West Indian American Day Carnival and parade, -- celebrating its 43rd year! -- takes place this Labor Day weekend. The main parade will be held on Eastern Parkway between Schnectady Avenue and Grand Army Plaza on Monday, September 6, 2010. The parade kicks off at Schenectady Ave and Eastern Parkway at noon and will continue until 6PM The Carnival Parade takes over Eastern Parkway during Labor Day weekend, with events Thursday through Monday. The famous Carnival parade -- probably the largest parade in North America -- takes place on Labor Day (always a Monday) along Eastern Parkway between Utica Avenue and Grand Army Plaza / Flatbush Avenue Extension. (map and directions below) The parade runs between noon and 6PM Monday. The best way to get to the Parade is to use the subway: SUBWAY DIRECTIONS: On Monday, ALL Trains will skip the Eastern Parkway / Brooklyn Museum station! Best stations to use are: to Grand Army Plaza or to Nostrand Avenue or to Kingston Avenue or to Utica Avenue You should avoid the Nostrand Avenue and Franklin Avenue stations on the 2 and 4 lines, due to the crowding that is expected at those stations. No trains will stop at the Eastern Parkway / Brooklyn Museum station.

Click here for a map of the parade route.
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Driving to the parade is very strongly discouraged. Parking is already very tight in this neighborhood on a "normal" day, and during the parade the police block off a lot of additional parking spaces and they will tow away illegally parked cars! You don't want to come back from the parade and find your car missing....
DO NOT DRIVE TO THE PARADE!

Expect LARGE crowds, street closures, and NYPD crowd control measures very similar to Times Square / New Years Eve!

For the full event schedule and directions, click "read more" below...