The New York Knicks will roll through Manhattan Thursday in a ticker‑tape parade guarded by 10,000 NYPD officers, the largest police deployment ever for a planned event. The route starts at Bowling Green, snakes north on Broadway, and ends at City Hall where Mayor Zohran Mamdani will hand the team the keys to the city. Heavy‑weapons teams, explosive‑detection K9s, drones and aviation assets will augment street security.

Celebrations over the Knicks’ seven‑game win over the San Antonio Spurs turned volatile, prompting 63 arrests and injuring ten officers, NYPD officials said. The heightened risk drove the department to field specialized units, including bomb‑squad technicians and transit police, to keep crowds orderly. Legends Walt “Clyde” Frazier and Patrick Ewing will march alongside current stars, while singer Alicia Keys is slated to perform.

The parade marks the Knicks’ first city‑wide ticker‑tape celebration since their 1973 title, underscoring a generational shift for a franchise long starved of championships. By deploying unprecedented police resources, the city signals zero tolerance for the riots that marred earlier celebrations and aims to preserve the festive atmosphere for fans lining the “Canyon of Heroes.”