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The viewing areas for the New York Knicks\u2019 championship parade\u00a0were quickly filled\u00a0early Thursday, leaving a sea of fans chanting \u201cLet us in!\u201d hours before the team is set to take its victory lap through the Big Apple.<\/p>

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\u201cAll viewing pens are full,\u201d the NYPD announced just before 7:30 a.m. \u2013 long before the parade\u2019s 10 a.m. start. \u201cNo one else will be allowed in the viewing area.\u201d<\/p>\n

Viewing pens opened at 6 a.m., with a sea of orange and blue lining up hours before in downtown Manhattan to grab a spot.<\/p>\n

While some die-hard Knicks fans started claiming spots along the parade route Wednesday night, revelers blasted city officials for not doing more to accommodate the massive crowds of supporters who came out for the team\u2019s first\u00a0ticket-taper\u00a0parade.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey needed to do more,\u201d a 46-year-old Staten Island resident told The Post, adding that she arrived at 7:15 a.m. to get a spot but was shut out instead.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey knew the crowds were going to be crazy. Obviously he didn\u2019t understand the demand,\u201d she said, referring to Mayor Zohran Mamdani telling spectators to arrive two hours before access points opened.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think considering at least a million people they were expecting\u00a0there\u00a0should have been more access points. It\u2019s disappointing to the lifelong Knicks fans. It\u2019s disappointing to everyone.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you had to cut it off, it should have been longer. It should have ended at the Garden instead of City Hall.\u201d<\/p>\n

The parade is expected to begin at Battery Park at 10 a.m. and conclude at City Hall around noon, with the team getting a key to the city.<\/p>\n

The shutout left hordes of Knicks faithful climbing scaffolding, subway entrances, street signs and building sides to secure a glimpse of the team and celebrate their first NBA championship since 1973.<\/p>\n

Fans were chanting \u201cLet us in,\u201d at one access point.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t feel it\u2019s organized well at all,\u201d said Mel Bell, 44, of the Bronx, who arrived at 6 a.m.<\/p>

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\u201cI think the NYPD is understaffed. It\u2019s very crowded. If we don\u2019t get in, we are going home right away.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The NYPD revealed more than 10,000 officers will work the celebration, which the department said is the largest deployment ever for a single event in the city.<\/p>\n

Despite the heavy police presence\u00a0fans\u00a0on Church Street scaled trucks and street poles, while others tried to push over and hop the barriers for a spot in line.<\/p>\n

Frustrated fans were also getting varied answers\u00a0on where to go\u00a0from different police officers about\u00a0entrances in\u00a0the mayhem.<\/p>\n

Mamdani predicted this week the celebration could be the biggest parade in the city\u2019s history.<\/p>\n

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