AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.N.B.A. FinalsStreets Closed, No Umbrellas: Strict Security Is Back for Knicks Game 4Several blocks around Madison Square Garden will be closed to most people Wednesday afternoon, but a watch party will be allowed. The Garden is not happy about the extra restrictions.Listen · 3:31 min The Knicks continue to face the San Antonio Spurs in the N.B.A. finals. Fan celebrations outside Madison Square Garden have at times been rowdy or violent.Credit...Vincent Alban for The New York TimesJune 10, 2026Updated 1:33 p.m. ETSecurity will be tight and streets will be closed off for several blocks again outside Madison Square Garden on Wednesday as the Knicks look to extend their 2-1 lead against the San Antonio Spurs in Game 4 of the N.B.A. finals.Unlike the situation on Monday, when a watch party outside the Garden was canceled because of President Trump’s attendance at Game 3, the city has approved a permit for a ticketed watch party with 1,000 people outside the Garden to be held on Wednesday, the police said.As of 1 p.m. Wednesday, a page for watch parties on the Knicks’ website said to “check back soon” for information. The Garden did not answer questions about whether it would hold a watch party outside the arena. Beginning at 4 p.m. Wednesday, the Police Department will implement a secure “frozen zone” from West 29th Street to West 35th Street between Sixth and Eighth Avenues, it said in a news release.“We know you are excited to cheer on the Knicks tonight, and we are too, but we want everyone to be safe,” the department said in a post on X.The Garden bristled at the continuing wide security perimeter in a statement calling out Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Jessica Tisch, the police commissioner.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENT