The West Indian American Day Carnival & Parade is a great event to interact with people from different Caribbean countries. If you are from the Caribbean, you would definitely see people you haven't seen in a long time. It is a fun filled event, with lots of great parties preceding the parade which takes place every Labor Day. It is a taste of what you can expect when you go to Trinidad for Carnival.

I have been attending the Labor Parade for the past six years straight (excluding 2005) and always manage to have the time of my life. What I have noticed is the amount of trucks (floats), steel bands and islands represented seem to by dwindling. In the past it was usually a truck or steel band back to back (60

Clearly the best Caribbean Carnival in the United States. I always have a blast at the West Indian American Day Parade. Actually, that whole Labor Day weekend is a blast for me. I like the fact that ALL the Islands are represented on the parkway. Not just Trinidad or Jamaica, but everywhere including my beautiful Island GRENADA, where there are ...

IT IS DE BEST ...ALL DE ISLANDS COME TOGETHER AS ONE.BIGUP TO ALL JAMAICAN,HAITIAN,BAJAN AND TRINI MASSIVE.YA'LL MASH IT UP.DA PARADE IS GOOD.GOOD FOOD,MUSIC,AND PEOPLE.NOTHING IS WRONG WIT DE PARADE.

i LOVE brooklyn carnival. it's de closest ting to trinidad carnival and well it's one of de best ways to get close to yuh culture and meet new people from de islands. i am a trinidadian who was born and raised there and all that i experience in brooklyn west indian american day festival is ALWAYS memorable, entertaining, and de best way to end yuh summer and labor day weekend.

It was my first time at the parade and honestly at first i was aprehensive about all the negative things i had heard, but as soon as we got there, there was nothing but love from everyone. Loud music, smiling faces, elaborate costumes and a feeling of unity was very evident. I loved the culture rich experience and would recommend anyone with an open mind to attend!! Ill be there next year for sure!

That whole comming together of the steele bands and west indians in unity is something that everyone should experience. I read someone earlier putting it down and I can do nothing but dissagree. Its all about represents your roots.Big up to everyone who participated in the events and TO MANY MORE YEARS OF MASHIN IT UP!!!