The weather was spectacular, the costumes ranged from creepy to goofy to sexy as hell, and King Neptune and Queen Mermaid-a game Dante and Chiara de Blasio, body-painted blue-were swarmed by well-wishers and the press.
Coney Island celebrated its old freak-show spirit on Saturday as close to a million revelers had a blast on Surf Avenue and the boardwalk for the 32nd annual Mermaid Parade.
