The West Indian Parade is the highlight of the New York Carnival

The 2023 West Indian Day Parade is the high point of the New York Carnival. The parade follows Trinidadian carnival traditions, but includes the cultures of: Trinidad and Tobago, Haiti, Barbados, Dominica, Saint Lucia, Jamaica, Saint Vincent and Grenada, Guyana, Suriname and Belize.

The 2023 West Indian Day Parade marches on Eastern Parkway from Schenectady to Grand Army Plaza; in Crown Heights, Brooklyn; Monday, September 4, 2023, Labor Day, at 11 a.m. FREE.