Queens Pride

Queens Pride Parade and Multicultural Festival once again turns Jackson Heights into the city’s most joyfully unruly block party on June 7. The second-oldest Pride march in New York City shuts down 37th Avenue between 89th and 75th Streets for a technicolor procession of floats, performers and community groups, before spilling into a street fair. Born from activism in 1993 and still rooted in visibility, it’s Pride with a distinctly Queens sensibility: deeply diverse, proudly local and gloriously alive.