Overview

• The NYPD will deploy about 2,500 officers on foot posts, which Commissioner Jessica Tisch called the largest police deployment of the year.
• Security steps include 13 screening checkpoints with handheld metal detectors along Empire Boulevard and Nostrand Avenue, a double row of barricades, drone and helicopter surveillance, and real-time social media monitoring.
• Officials reported no specific, credible threats, but all spectators must pass screening to enter the frozen zone near Eastern Parkway.
• About 200 city-funded violence‑prevention workers will conduct outreach, conflict mediation and rapid response in neighborhoods throughout the celebrations.
• J’Ouvert is set for 6 a.m. Monday with spectator access opening at 2 a.m., followed by the parade from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. along Eastern Parkway from Utica Avenue to Grand Army Plaza, with street closures beginning Sunday night.