Bay Ridge set to host Ragamuffin Parade, 3 Ave. Fest
Double dose of fun on tap for this weekend
Bay Ridge will devote an entire day this weekend to the joys of childhood and will follow it up by hosting a family-oriented event the next day.
The 50th Annual Ragamuffin Parade, a march that features thousands of children wearing colorful, creative homemade costumes, will take place on Saturday, Oct. 1, on Third Avenue, starting at 1 p.m.
The next day, Sunday, Oct. 2, Third Avenue will roll out the red carpet for hundreds of thousands of visitors expected to turn out for the 43rd Annual Third Avenue Festival, which will take place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. from Bay Ridge Avenue to 94th Street.
The parade is sponsored every year by the non-profit group Ragamuffin Inc. “Our children deserve the very best. We celebrate our children,” Ragamuffin Inc. President Colleen Golden said at a recent ceremony at which the corner of Third Avenue and 74th Street was officially co-named “Ragamuffin Way” by the city.