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Queuing Up
Image Credit: Griffin Lotz for Rolling Stone Knicks fans lined up in the early-morning hours to find a spot in the Canyon of Heroes.
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OG and the Mayor
Image Credit: Griffin Lotz for Rolling Stone Knicks forward OG Anunoby acknowledges the crowd alongside New York’s mayor, Zohran Mamdani.
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HIstoric
Image Credit: Griffin Lotz for Rolling Stone This morning’s festivities marked the first-ever ticker-tape parade in the Knicks’ franchise history.
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Eleven Up
Image Credit: Griffin Lotz for Rolling Stone Fans flooded the streets wearing Jalen Brunson jerseys to celebrate the Knicks’ first championship since 1973.
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Packed to the Gills
Image Credit: Griffin Lotz for Rolling Stone 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.
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Biggest of All Time?
Image Credit: Griffin Lotz for Rolling Stone 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.
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Tight Spaces
Image Credit: Griffin Lotz for Rolling Stone Ticker-tape parades in New York go through the city’s narrow downtown streets before arriving at City Hall.
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We Haven’t Forgotten
Image Credit: Griffin Lotz for Rolling Stone Knicks fans are still fuming over Elmo’s declared neutrality at the start of the NBA Finals.
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Brunson, Burning
Image Credit: Griffin Lotz for Rolling Stone 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.”
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Kool KAT
Image Credit: Griffin Lotz for Rolling Stone Knicks Center Karl-Anthony Towns celebrates with a cigar.
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Hanging Around
Image Credit: Griffin Lotz for Rolling Stone 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.
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Kid-Friendly
Image Credit: Griffin Lotz for Rolling Stone 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.
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On the Beat
Image Credit: Griffin Lotz for Rolling Stone 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.
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Heady
Image Credit: Griffin Lotz for Rolling Stone Eager to formally celebrate their team back home, Knicks fans came out wearing a colorful array of custom and official team gear.
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Good Spot
Image Credit: Griffin Lotz for Rolling Stone 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.
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More Hardware
Image Credit: Griffin Lotz for Rolling Stone The Knicks’ Trey Jemison III also flaunted the teams’ (significantly less important) 2026 NBA Cup championship trophy at the parade.
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Shutting Down the City
Image Credit: Griffin Lotz for Rolling Stone 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.
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Truancy, But Worth It
Image Credit: Griffin Lotz for Rolling Stone Young Knicks fans playing hooky
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Five Sauce
Image Credit: Griffin Lotz for Rolling Stone One of the most common refrains of the afternoon (and, likely, of the summer in the city): “Knicks in five.”
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New York Forever
Image Credit: Griffin Lotz for Rolling Stone A banner at the Knicks’ championship parade on June 18