SUNDAY: Queens Pride 2014

If Queens were a standalone city, its 2.3M population would rank fourth* in the nation, just ahead of Houston.  But despite the massive size of the borough, the ten block-long Queens Pride parade in Jackson Heights, which will be held this Sunday, has a charming small town feel. Some of the pubs in the neighborhood become de facto gay bars for the day and there are a half dozen actual gay clubs that are mobbed by early afternoon. Just off the parade route Queens Pride stages a several block-long street festival which is flanked by entertainment stages at each end. Highly recommended.

*Queens would rank fifth if you put Brooklyn on such a list.