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The Mermaid Parade at Coney Island doesn’t really begin until you spot a clam shell bra. It’s an anything-goes day: behind this mermaid there appears to be a lost hiker followed by a man in a kilt and tiny hat carrying a parasol.

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The screams from the Cyclone riders are background noise when you’re out at Coney. Saturday the energy level was cranked up extra-high: first there was the Mermaid Parade in the afternoon, and in the evening the minor league baseball team, the Cyclones (the Mets’ “A” league team), had their first home game of the season.

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The Mermaid Parade was yesterday in Coney Island. Shell bathing suits and green body paint were popular, as were nautical costumes. It’s a day to fly one’s freak flag and share it on the boardwalk. Except for the crabs, everyone had fun. (Insert pirate laugh here.)

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