Multiple people stabbed in Crown Heights as notoriously violent West Indian American Day parade kicks off

By New York Post (U.S.) | Created at 2026-09-07 13:41:37 | Updated at 2026-09-07 14:24:23 1 hour ago

Three men were stabbed in Crown Heights, Brooklyn early Monday morning — hours before the notoriously violent West Indian American Day parade was set to kick off, according to police.

A 32-year-old man and 23-year-old man were stabbed in the neck and a 36-year-old was stabbed in the face near Carroll Street and Utica Avenue around 5:48 a.m., cops said.

EMS responded and rushed all three to Kings County Hospital, were the 32-year-old man remains in critical condition.

A bloody Guyanese flag is seen in footage following a stabbing during J’Ouvert Celebrations in Brooklyn, New York, on Sept. 7, 2026. Police responded to a report of a 32-year-old male who was stabbed in the neck near Utica Avenue and President Street.

A bloody Guyanese flag is seen in footage following a reported stabbing during J’Ouvert Celebrations on Monday, Sept. 7, 2026, in Brooklyn, New York.

The 23-year-old man and 36-year-old man were listed in stable condition, according to police.
No arrests have been made, cops said.

The stabbing happened just blocks from the pre-dawn J’Ouvert Festival, which begins at 6 a.m. and runs until the parade kicks off at 11 a.m.

Police said the parade will be promptly shut down at 5:30 p.m. — a decision made after six people were shot during last year’s festivities, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said.

A bloody Guyanese flag is seen in video footage on Monday, Sept. 7, 2026, in Brooklyn, New York. Multiple people were stabbed on early Monday, Sept. 7, 2026.

First responders are on the scene of a stabbing in Crown Heights on early Monday, Sept. 7, 2026.

“Thousands of NYPD cops will be on the parade routes and in the surrounding neighborhoods from Sunday night through Monday. This is one of our department’s largest deployments of the year at this time,” she said Friday.

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