The best way to reach the parade is by public transportation, notably the subway.  Below find directions by mass transit and also by car. 

Your Destination: The West Indian Caribbean American Labor Day Parade and preceding Carnival events all take place in Brooklyn, in the neighborhoods of Crown Heights and Prospect Heights, along Eastern Parkway.

By Subway to the Brooklyn Museum:  Take the 2 or 3 to Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum.


Transfers to the 2 and 3 are available from the 4 and 5 (at Nevins Street) and the B, D, Q, N, R, and LIRR (at Atlantic Avenue/Pacific Street). Check MTA service advisories for subway changes to the 2,3 routes, especially on weekends.

By Car: Directions to the Labor Day Parade, provided by WIADCA, the organizers:

• From Manhattan: Take the Manhattan Bridge. The Manhattan Bridge becomes Flatbush ave. Stay straight to go onto Flatbush ave. Turn Slight Right onto Grand Army PLZ. Go Straight for about 0.1 miles. Turn Slight Right onto Eastern Parkway go approx. 2.0 miles End at Utica ave & Eastern Parkway Brooklyn NY.
• From Westchester, the Bronx, Queens, or Connecticut: Triborough Bridge to Brooklyn Queens Express (BQE)/Manhattan Bridge exit to Tillary Street, follow directions from Manhattan.
• From Staten Island and Southern or Central New Jersey: Verrazano-Narrows Bridge to Gowanus Expressway (Route 278 towards Manhattan); exit to 38th Street; left on Fourth Avenue for approximately 2 miles; right on Union Street; 5 blocks to Grand Army Plaza; go 1/2 around Plaza; turn right on Eastern Parkway. Go approx. 2.0 miles End at Utica Ave & Eastern Parkway.

• From Long Island: Grand Central Parkway to Jackie Robinson Parkway; exit at Bushwick Avenue; left at third traffic light to Eastern Parkway; approximately 1.5 miles to Utica Avenue.