Two girls brave the 90+ degree heat to attend the Puerto Rican Day Parade.
Hundreds of thousands of proud Puerto Ricans attended the parade.
Young people carried red, white and blue flags.
A dog dressed in NYPD gear attends the parade.
Gov. David A. Paterson supported the parade.
A woman dances aboard a float.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg marched with labor leader Dennis Rivera, head of the Service Employees International Union and the parade’s grand marshal.
A woman wears a tiara on a float.
A boy has the Puerto Rican flag on his socks.
The parade went up Fifth Avenue from 44th to 86th street.
The crowds lined the avenue 10 deep.
The parade had were marching bands, beauty queens in foot-high tiaras and dancers in ruffled skirts.
Puerto Ricans are the largest Hispanic group in the city, with Census estimates putting the size of the community at about 770,000.
Spectators shouted “Viva Puerto Rico!”
Images from the Puerto Rican Day Parade.
Images from the Puerto Rican Day Parade.
Images from the Puerto Rican Day Parade.
Images from the Puerto Rican Day Parade.
Images from the Puerto Rican Day Parade.
Images from the Puerto Rican Day Parade.
Images from the Puerto Rican Day Parade.
