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Where Not to Drive During West Indian Day Parade

By Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska | September 7, 2015 10:38am
 A number of streets will be closed Monday for the annual West Indian Day Parade. 
A number of streets will be closed Monday for the annual West Indian Day Parade. 
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BROOKLYN — Many streets were closed to traffic Monday as hundreds of thousands of parade-goers packed Brooklyn to celebrate Caribbean culture.

The colorful West Indian Day Parade, which kicks off at 11 a.m., will wind along Eastern Parkway, between Howard Avenue and Grand Army Plaza. Several other roads along the route will also remain closed until the parade ends at about 6 p.m.

Cars will not be allowed along the following streets:

Formation:

► Buffalo Avenue between Eastern Parkway and East New York Avenue

► Rockaway Parkway between East New York Avenue and Rutland Road

► Ralph Avenue between Eastern Parkway and East New York Avenue

► East New York Avenue between Howard and Utica avenues

Route:

► Eastern Parkway between Howard Avenue and Grand Army Plaza

Dispersal:

► Flatbush Avenue between Grand Army Plaza and Caton Avenue

Other street closures: 

► Ocean Avenue between Empire Boulevard and Parkside Avenue

► Butler Place between Grand Army Plaza and Sterling Place

► St. John’s Place between Underhill Avenue and Grand Army Plaza

► Rochester Avenue between East New York Avenue and Sterling Place

► Parkside Avenue between Park Circle and Flatbush Avenue

► Bedford Avenue between Eastern Parkway and Empire Boulevard

► Empire Boulevard between Flatbush and Nostrand avenues