Mermaid Parade to kick off in Coney Island on Saturday
Coney Island is expecting over 800,000 scantily-clad, semi-aquatic merpeople to participate in or witness the 37th Mermaid Day Parade on Saturday, June 22.
The annual parade is a celebration of the art community and goes through Coney Island’s amusement district. Beginning at 1 p.m., participants will march along Surf Avenue, starting on West 21st Street, and head to West 10th Street.
From there, it will head to the Boardwalk and finally end at Steeplechase Plaza. This year’s parade will feature Arlo and Nora Guthrie, the children of folk singer-songwriter and icon Woody Guthrie, as King Neptune and Queen Mermaid. The brother and sister duo will be the first king and queen to have grown up on Mermaid Avenue in Coney Island, according to the parade’s founder, Dick Zigun.