Bay Ridge
28 September 2008
I have been to a handful of street fairs this summer and I know what you are thinking... It is New York in the summer, everyone has been to a handful of street fairs and festivals. Bay Ridge's 3rd Ave Street Festival wasn't any ordinary street fair though. Between 69th street and 94th street, the streets were taken over by shops, bars, restaurants, dance troupes, street vendors, tarot readers, cocktail-mixing zodiac specialists, massage tables, at least six bands, a raw bar, an FDNY roving training center, every politician in the neighborhood, the New York Blood Center's mobile collection truck, rides and ponies for the kiddies, clowns, a semi-pro wrestling demonstration, prayer stations and everyone's favorite borough President, Marty Markowitz. So, while I was strolling the 25 blocks of street festival bliss I watched at least four bands, ate fried zucchini flowers, donated a pint of blood, bought an ugly necklace, toured a gallery, got a little too close to the wrestling demonstration, observed a cocktail-mixing zodiac specialist give someone a reading, salivated at the FDNY, discovered a new gourmet market, almost stepped in pony poop, learned about the potential development of the Bay Ridge food co-op, joined a prayer circle, and found out about the Bay Ridge Historical Society and the Narrows Botanical Garden.
100 in 6 incidentals budget: $553 + one pint of blood
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