j'ouvert festival

Eastern Parkway came alive on Monday for the annual J'Ouvert celebration and its accompanying West Indian American Day Parade.

Leaders say new cooperation between police and community groups made a difference.

Brooklyn-based and Haitian-born photographer, Allen M. Pierre, photographed the many scenes of the event's return.

As J’Ouvert returns to the streets of Brooklyn, people will once again dress in outlandish clothing to represent folkloric characters.

“It has been a trying two years for us,” said Yvette Rennie, the president of J’Ouvert City International.

The NYPD has announced plans for heavy security and a heightened police presence at the annual J’Ouvert celebration.

The party started early Monday morning when hundreds of Brooklyn residents flooded the streets for the annual J'Ouvert festival and parade.

At least one person was killed and multiple people were injured in pre-West Indian Day Parade festivities in Brooklyn early Monday morning.

Carey Gabay, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's first deputy counsel, was shot in the head by a stray bullet early this morning.