NYC reveals new details about what could be its biggest parade ever to hail Knicks

City officials revealed new details Sunday about what could be the biggest parade in Big Apple history — the ticker-tape extravaganza for the NBA champion Knicks.

The hometown hoopster heroes will get a much-deserved victory parade up the Canyon of Heroes on Thursday morning after winning the finals against the San Antonio Spurs in five games.

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It was the team’s first title since 1973.

New York Knicks owner James Dolan celebrates with his team after becoming the 2026 NBA Finals Champions. Jason Szenes for the New York Post

“It will be a tremendous turnout,” predicted a retired NYPD supervisor who worked the mind-blowing New York Rangers and Yankees parades after they won national titles in the 1990s.

“Don’t forget, the Knicks have no competition” when it comes to the team’s famed legion of diehard longtime basketball fans, the source said.

“The Yankees had the Mets. The Giants had the Jets. The Rangers had the Devils and the Islanders – everyone is a Knick fan.”

The parade will kick off at Battery Park at 10 a.m. and proceed north on Broadway — a k a the Canyon of Heroes — and wind up at City Hall for a celebration hosted by the mayor.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani called the Knicks’ historic run “incredible.” Tomas E. Gaston for NY Post

One wrinkle is that some state high-school Regents exams appear to be scheduled the same day, which means many teen Knicks fans could be forced to be indoors taking their exams rather than cheering on their beloved championship team in the once-in-a-lifetime experience.

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Big Apple ticker-tape parades have historically been reserved for the biggest celebrations in the city, from the World War II victory parades to New York Yankees’ World Series wins.

Now it’s the Knicks turn.

“I think I’ll take the day off to go,” lifelong Knicks fan Andy Yu said of the upcoming parade. “I’ll just scream my lungs out during the parade when the bus [of players] goes past and seeing the trophy in person. It will be pretty special.”

Queens resident Victor Abreau said he’ll also play hooky.

“I’m calling out from work,” he said. “We are…

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