New York Knicks fans waited 53 years for a championship.
That wait ended on June 13 with a victory over the San Antonio Spurs, and on June 18, the fans turned out in force.
Energized Knicks fans packed the streets of Lower Manhattan, eager for a view of the NBA champions in the ticker-tape parade from the tip of Manhattan to City Hall.
The stretch of Broadway known as the “Canyon of Heroes” from Battery Park to City Hall was overwhelmed by throngs of people who gathered in the pre-dawn hours—with some camping out overnight—to secure a spot behind police barricades for what Mayor Zohran Mamdani said could be the largest parade in the city’s history….