About Jonathan Vit
Jonathan Vit is a graduate student at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism studying international reporting and multimedia storytelling.
Despite the pouring rain, a large crowd gathered behind road blocks on Surf Avenue to watch the costumed revelers, floats, antique cars, a monster truck and Keitel in the 27th annual Coney Island Mermaid Parade. The parade, created in honor of Coney Island’s Mardi Gras that ran from 1903 to 1954, celebrates Coney Island’s mythology, [...]
