Yes, yesterday I attended not one but two street festivals. Such, I guess, is the nature of NYC in the summertime. The same day I attended the Bastille Day block party in Manhattan, I also wandered through the Our Lady of Mount Carmel festival in Williamsburg. For a full background on the festival, see the description given by NY1: http://www.ny1news.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=9&aid=83605. This festival, though attached to the church, felt much more like a block party than the Manhattan festival I'd earlier attended. Each had their own charms. The charm of this festival is not all the cute cultural booths but rather the rides, the scene, and the festive, even romantic, illuminated appearance that these streets take on.
This Williamsburg Festival, reminiscent of the San Gennaro festival in Little Italy (San Gennaro), spans a few blocks in different directions and features several rides and games as well as countless booths with zeppoles and other Italian festival food. Open for another week, it is worth a stroll through. You can ride a ferris wheel, play to win goldfish, watch the evening's perfomance, and people-watch the mostly Italian and Puerto Rican crowd interspersed with the occasional hipster.
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