If you are heading to the carnival Monday, you can expect to enter through a security checkpoint.
BROOKLYN, New York --With two million people expected on the streets of Brooklyn for the annual New York Caribbean Carnival, police are strengthening security measures to allow revelers to celebrate safely.
Come Monday, you'll see plenty of the floats and dancing on Eastern Parkway during the New York Caribbean Carnival, but that's not all says the police commissioner. NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell says last year's success in stemming violence was a result of cooperation between city agencies.
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