What to KnowThe Knicks’ parade steps off from Battery Park at 10 a.m. Thursday and travels through Broadway to City Hall, where the mayor will present the team with the Keys to the City. New York beat the Spurs in the NBA Finals 4-1 earlier this month, securing the team’s first NBA championship in 53 years and propelling the city into a rare sense of unity.Anyone can go to the parade, but access is tough, and you can’t bring any bags; by 7:30 a.m., the NYPD said viewing pens were full, and officers were turning thousands of fans away.The forecast calls for thunderstorms, potentially severe ones, for the NYC area today. At this point, it looks like the highest risk for scattered storms is around 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.When can you expect to see your favorite players? We’ve got a complete list of the parade order.NYC last held a ticker-tape parade in 2024 to celebrate the New York Liberty’s first-ever WNBA Championship. Before that, it was the FIFA World Cup champion U.S. women’s national soccer team. It certainly looks like the biggest parade in New York City history. The Big Apple is feting the New York Knicks with a ticker-tape parade for their first NBA Championship title in 53 years. Millions of people are overflowing Lower Manhattan. And an unprecedented number of cops — more than 10,000 –– are assigned in what the NYPD calls its largest-ever deployment for a single event. Follow along for live Knicks parade updates: ...read more read less