The lights are up and the posters are up: the 33rd Feast of Santa Rosalia, the annual 11-day festival through the heart of Bensonhurst (18th Avenue, from 68th Street to 75th Street), begins on Thursday, August 26, and runs every night from 6pm to 10pm until Sunday, September 5.
Coincidentally, my diet will be starting on Monday, September 6.
Judging by the light placement, I think this year’s Feast may have been trimmed a block, from 67th Street to 68th Street. After all, the Bloomberg Administraion did say earlier in the year that they would be trimming all parades and street festivals to save a few lira in police overtime. I haven’t had a chance to confirm this, but if this observation is correct, then I think our Feast got off the hook lightly. Going from eight blocks to seven is nothing when compared to completely owning the street for four hours, eleven days straight.
Bring on the zeppole!
Photo collage: Brian Hedden
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