2007 Coney Island Mermaid Day Parade

I have seen both "Coney Island Mermaid Day Parade" and "Coney Island Mermaid Parade" used.

unfortunately the logo on a Starbucks cup is NOT a mermaid , it's a SIREN

I had a lot of fun, and thanks to everyone who made the day possible.

Great costumes to all!

But just one sniping comment-- if your theme is the "impending destruction of Coney Island", please be sure you know what the rides are called, and their respective landmark status. I bring this up because you have a photo of a lovely young lady (I saw her myself on Saturday too) carrying a tombstone that says "R.I.P. Parachute Jump". However, the picture is not of the Parachute Jump, and she clearly has no idea exactly which tall structure the parachute jump is.

The parachute jump is a designated landmark. No one's tearing it down. And if they try, me and my girl are gonna occupy it like Julia Butterfly Hill and shit in buckets and pass them down to our friends, who will empty the buckets for us, and send us food. But we're hoping the landmark designation is strong enough so that it never comes to this.

See you next year! Eric

Why are the people protesting the Death of Coney Island a deathly pale shade of white? Oh, that's because they actually live in Williamsburg and never go to the beach, let alone Coney Island except to do some bad performance art in the mermaid parade. This thing has too many hipsters. It used to good about 10 years ago, before everyone and their dog did it. A friend of mine showed me some photos from this year - five people sitting on the beach all with long black pants, black t-shirts, and black sunglasses. Give me a break. These folks are so concerned about being hip they can't have any fun.

it is called the "Mermaid Parade"

not the "Mermaid Day Parade"

#7 -- all you had to do was walk to keyspan park and you could have crossed.

gah! the parade was FULL of people you didn't want to see wearing pasties.. oh, and 85% of the children looke depressed and/or dehydrated.

glad to say i saw it once, but oh how i longed to ride the train back to civilization..

The parade was a lot of fun, except for the fact that if you ended up on one side of the street, the cops would not let you cross back to get to the subway (and freedom) until the end of the parade. WTF? So, aside from being imprisoned, we enjoyed it...

Shoot the Freak is awesome. Jerk.

Can't they keep this parade and level Astroland (not including the Cyclone)?

Oh yeah and Shoot the Freak needs to go. I can't believe that is a legal form of entertainment.

wow. this before gay pride, one of the largest celebrations in manhattan?

interesting.

Is it weird that I think the funniest things are the NYPD on Segways?

Beautiful!

Some nice photos and even better costumes..