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St. Patrick’s Day Starts Early in Queens

Posted By Fern Cohen On February 28, 2008 @ 9:22 am In Food and Drink, Neighborhoods | Comments Disabled

For those of you want to start wearing the green, drinking green beer, and hear the bagpipes, and can’t wait until March 17, you can head to the Rockaways this Saturday, March 1 at 1pm. The parade starts at Beach 129th St and Newport Avenue and ends at Beach 94th St. The Rockaways was once known as the “Irish Riviera”, and if the weather is nice, this parade can get up to 50,000 spectators.

Expected to march are Mayor Bloomberg, Senator Chuck Schumer, and NY City Council Speaker Christine Quinn. More details on John Roleke’s Queens blog ^[1]

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[1] John Roleke’s Queens blog: http://queens.about.com/od/holidays/p/st_pats_parade.htm

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