Where to watch the Knicks parade live online and on TV — and is it on Netflix?
Can’t make it to the route? Stream the Kicks victory parade from home with our guide to start time, platforms, and can’t-miss moments.
New York waited 53 years to do this, and now it finally is: the Knicks won the title, the Canyon of Heroes is ready, and yes, the whole city is about to act like it just hit a game-winner at the buzzer.
"No, Netflix is not streaming the Knicks parade."
When and where this thing rolls
The parade kicks off at 10 a.m. ET near Battery Park, heads north up Broadway through the Canyon of Heroes, and wraps at City Hall with a ceremony. Around 1 p.m. ET, Alicia Keys is set to close it out with 'Empire State of Mind' because of course she is. Peak New York move.
How to watch if you cannot squeeze into Lower Manhattan
Despite what the last few years of live-event landgrabs might have trained you to expect, Netflix is not your parade plug today. Local TV is doing the heavy lifting, with a few streaming routes if you have live TV packages or certain apps.
- Local broadcasts: ABC7 New York, NBC 4 New York, CBS News New York, Fox 5 New York, and MSG Network
- Live TV streaming options: DirecTV, Sling TV, and Hulu + Live TV
- Other places to look: Peacock, Disney+, and the official NYC.gov stream
Heads up: local affiliates are often geo-locked. If you are not in the New York market, you may need a VPN to access some of these streams.
Why this matters (beyond the confetti)
This is the Knicks first championship since 1973, ending a title drought that was basically old enough to rent a car twice. Jalen Brunson went full supernova in the clincher: 45 points, a huge fourth-quarter comeback push, and the Finals MVP to cap it. The win had half the celebrity row crowd short-circuiting — Adam Sandler, Taylor Swift, Jerry Seinfeld, the whole courtside bingo card — because apparently nobody is immune to a Knicks mood swing.
Security and the early-bird chaos
City officials are not messing around. More than 10,000 NYPD officers are on duty, with drones overhead, K9 units working the route, and heavy weapons teams on standby. Translation: expect tight checkpoints and big crowds. Lines started forming around 6 a.m., because New Yorkers will absolutely pregame a parade with a sidewalk stakeout.
Bonus for fans: a Ben Stiller doc is brewing
Ben Stiller — yes, the 'Tropic Thunder ' and 'Zoolander' Ben Stiller, and a very public Knicks die-hard — has confirmed he is making a documentary about the team’s 2026 run. From the sound of it, he has been gathering footage all season and kept the cameras rolling through the Finals. If you were waiting for a definitive victory-lap time capsule, that is probably it.
Parade, ceremony, Alicia belting the unofficial city anthem — after five decades of waiting, New York is doing this loud. See you on Broadway, or on one of those streams if you are watching from a safer distance.