Rain doesn’t dampen Fifth Avenue Festival fun
It rained an hour before the start of the Fifth Avenue Spring Festival and it poured during the last hour of the event. But in between, it stopped raining long enough for the annual street fair to take place and the crowds still turned out for an afternoon of food and fun on Sunday.
Sponsored by the Bay Ridge Fifth Avenue Business Improvement District (BID), the festival stretched from Bay Ridge Avenue (69th Street) to 85th Street like a long, giant block party. The event opened at noon and kept going until 6 p.m.
Here are some of the sights and sounds from Sunday: The rock band Full Disclosure drew large and enthusiastic crowds. The Narrows Community Theater thrilled audiences by offering a preview of its next show, “Annie Get Your Gun,” from a stage. A little girl was thrilled when she won a goldfish at one of the carnival booths. People lined up to buy sausage and pepper sandwiches, delicious mozzarella cakes and fried Oreos. The Diana Lisa Trio performed outside Mussels and More Restaurant. The owners of Havin A Party, a party supply store, were selling Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton masks.