Paul LaRosa of Here is New York took a lot of pictures at yesterday’s Mermaid Parade. Below he writes,

People everywhere have different ways of welcoming summer. In Brooklyn, we have a mermaid parade on Coney Island where a lot of boys and girls get dressed up to welcome in the sand, surf and sun.

Armed with a bottle of water, a ridiculous white hat to keep the sun off my head, a press card and my Canon Rebel XTS, I managed to get onto the parade route to take these photos. It was a fun day. Enjoy!