Bodypaint
A young woman in colorful bodypaint stands in the door of a bus
Coral crown
Young woman wearing a crown of coral and starfish
Sole Train
Dancers in gold costumes on Surf Avenue
Facepaint
Man in facepaint with plush octopus
Occupier
A man holds an Occupy Wall Street banner at the Mermaid Parade
Veiled
Detail of an elaborate mermaid costume
Merman
Sinister merman at the Mermaid Parade
Mermaid Parade
Two NYPD officers watch the parade on Surf Avenue
Lobstermen
Two people wearing elaborate lobster costumes
Saving the mermaid
Mural showing a firefighter rescuing a mermaid
Dancing woman
Woman with Mylar wings
'Mermaid' statue
Seated nude on the beachfront