The Knicks Championship Parade: See the Photos

Knicks fans lined up in the early-morning hours to find a spot in the Canyon of Heroes.

Knicks forward OG Anunoby acknowledges the crowd alongside New York’s mayor, Zohran Mamdani.

This morning’s festivities marked the first-ever ticker-tape parade in the Knicks’ franchise history. 

Fans flooded the streets wearing Jalen Brunson jerseys to celebrate the Knicks’ first championship since 1973.

By 7:30 a.m, three and a half hours before the parade began, the NYPD had announced there was no more space to view the parade inside the designated viewing zone.

It’s too early to get a final count, but the city was anticipating that today’s parade would be the most highly attended event of its kind in the city’s history. 

Ticker-tape parades in New York go through the city’s narrow downtown streets before arriving at City Hall.

Knicks fans are still fuming over Elmo’s declared neutrality at the start of the NBA Finals.

Jalen Brunson took to the podium at City Hall. “There’s a lot of people that have a lot of negative stuff to say, a lot of people who have a lot of opinions,” Brunson told the crowd. “But when you prove them wrong, you don’t have to say shit to them.”

Knicks Center Karl-Anthony Towns celebrates with a cigar.

Fans clamored to find any space with a view of their championship team as the Knicks, usually with two players to a float, paraded down Broadway.

Fans of all ages headed downtown for the city’s first ticker-tape celebration since the WNBA’s New York Liberty won the championship two years ago. 

Appearing early to the parade was Ben Stiller, who will be directing a documentary about the team’s championship run, and was filming throughout the day.

Eager to formally celebrate their team back home, Knicks fans came out wearing a colorful array of custom and official team gear. 

Some of the most-prized parade-viewing real estate came from those lucky enough to live or work in a building on Broadway that overlooked the route. 

The Knicks’ Trey Jemison III also flaunted the teams’ (significantly less important) 2026 NBA Cup championship trophy at the parade.

The city was overrun by the parade, with subway stops shutting down and much of downtown Manhattan closed to traffic for a good portion of the day.

One of the most common refrains of the afternoon (and, likely, of the summer in the city): “Knicks in five.”

A banner at the Knicks’ championship parade on June 18