Ragamuffin Parade, 3rd Ave. Festival bring lots of smiles
It was a weekend of fun, smiles, music, food, and lots of laughter!
The Ragamuffin Parade for children and the Third Avenue Festival, the two biggest events on the fall calendar in Bay Ridge, took place over the Sept. 29-30 weekend, bringing hundreds of thousands of people to the avenue and putting ear to ear grins on the faces of the young and the young at heart.
First up was the Ragamuffin Parade on Saturday, Sept. 29. Thousands of colorfully costumed kids proudly marched up Third Avenue to the applause of thousands of spectator lining the parade route.