Popular local clown “Cappy” says goodbye to Brooklyn
Say it ain’t so. After becoming a Coney Island fixture through various performances, which included Brooklyn Cyclones games, Dennis DiMartino and his various clown characters are saying goodbye to New York as he moves to the Sunshine State.
DiMartino, 55, fell in love with performing at a young age. “It’s been a slow development. The first time I dressed as clown was in high school,” said the Rochester native. “While rehearsing for a school show, the dramatic director asked me to take the script and write a few things.”
His day job was at New York Civil Court, but even then his talents for performing were on display. “The two jobs intersected,” he explained.