Hundreds of kids enjoy day off from school at McGolrick Park
Hundreds of little kids ran around, climbed trees, danced and waited in line to be painted up like an animal or character of their choosing in the middle of the day on Thursday in McGolrick Park in Greenpoint.
The Greenpoint Gazette and the Newtown Creek Superfund Site sponsored “School’s Out!” on June 8, an event to celebrate community on an obscure holiday, organized by the McGolrick Park Neighborhood Alliance.
“Anniversary Day” or “Brooklyn-Queens Day,” originated as a Protestant Holiday commemorating the founding of the First Sunday School on Long Island. A parade was held in celebration in Brooklyn in June 1829. Now, kids across New York City have the day off from school the first Thursday of June each year.