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Gothamist attended the 25th annual Coney Island Mermaid Day Parade yesterday and not surprisingly, we found that many of the marchers had chosen the impending doom of Coney Island as we know it as their theme and for some reason there were a few Starbucks inspired costumes. Despite the dark clouds on the horizon for the area, the day was a perfect early summer day and just right for the parade. 2007's Queen Mermaid was actress and Brooklynite Patti D'Arbanville and in order to bust myths about the demise of the parade amid the impending storm, Mythbuster Adam Savage was King Neptune.
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Some nice photos and even better costumes..
Beautiful!
Is it weird that I think the funniest things are the NYPD on Segways?
wow. this before gay pride, one of the largest celebrations in manhattan?
interesting.
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.
Shoot the Freak is awesome. Jerk.
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...
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..
#7 -- all you had to do was walk to keyspan park and you could have crossed.
it is called the "Mermaid Parade"
not the "Mermaid Day Parade"
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.
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
unfortunately the logo on a Starbucks cup is NOT a mermaid , it's a SIREN
I have seen both "Coney Island Mermaid Day Parade" and "Coney Island Mermaid Parade" used.