Ciao! Brooklyn’s Columbus Day Parade takes place Saturday
Brooklyn’s Italian-American community is getting set to march with pride in a salute to Christopher Columbus this weekend.
The 32nd Annual Brooklyn Columbus Day Parade will take place on Saturday, Oct. 12, on 18th Avenue in Bensonhurst, a community that is still home to large numbers of Italian Americans, despite the changing demographics in recent years. Several years ago, the City Council renamed a section of 18th Avenue from 65th Street to 86th Street “Cristoforo Colombo Boulevard” in tribute to the neighborhood’s Italian-Americans.
The parade, which often features bands and dancers from Italy, as well as civic organizations, church groups, schools and business leaders from Brooklyn, will begin at 1 p.m. The parade route runs along 18th Avenue from 61st Street to 84th Street.