The Mermaid Parade

Name: The Mermaid Parade
Start: 2023-06-17
End: 2023-06-17
Location: Coney Island

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Where Coney Island USA 1208 Surf Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11224

When Jun 17, 2023 – Jun 17, 2023

Reservations Information

Since 1983, hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers and visitors from across the country — and around the world — have headed to the Coney Island shore for Coney Island USA’s annual Mermaid Parade. Inspired by the Coney Island Mardi Gras parades of old, the Mermaid Parade was transformed by its participants into a new kind of community celebration. By the late 1980s, it was at the top of every list of “must-do” things in New York, and is, without question, the official opening of summer in the city.