Brooklyn struts its stuff at Coney Island Mermaid Parade
Coney Island nearly went the way of Atlantis when Superstorm Sandy swept up the East Coast last fall, but even that couldn’t stop Brooklyn’s strutting mermaids from hitting the boardwalk on the first weekend of summer.
Hundreds of thousands of people mobbed the seaside amusement district Saturday for the spectacle of outlandish floats, wacky costumes and bare skin that is Coney Island’s annual Mermaid Parade.
Billed as the world’s largest art parade, the nautical-themed procession along the boardwalk and nearby Surf Avenue almost didn’t happen this year.