West Indian Day parade brings colorful costumes and cooking to Brooklyn

The vibrant and iridescent spectacle of costumed revelry amid steel drum music returned to the streets of Crown Heights Monday for the annual West Indian Day Parade. The Labor Day tradition, one of North America's largest Caribbean carnival celebrations, began shortly after 11 a.m. under heavy security to prevent the type of violence that has overshadowed the parade in past years. Credit: Charles Eckert