New York's own Puerto Rican Day Parade is, in fact, the city's largest parade and second biggest public celebration after the Labor Day West Indian American Day Carnival in Brooklyn.This annual parade day takes place every year on the second Sunday in June, with more than 80,000 people marching, and close to 3 million revelers lining the parade route for a major Puerto Rican love-fest.. Join thousands of people of Puerto Rican descent and celebrate Puerto Rican pride and heritage.

The parade marches up Fifth Avenue from 44th to 86th Streets and includes delegates from various towns of Puerto Rico and U.S. states across the country.