![Here, two Brooklyn kids got up early to get a good seat along the parade route in 1951.](https://cdn.viewing.nyc/assets/media/49a59a6bd57f6dd1a5d75b44242d6e58/elements/944f379a2f1461d13f9f1198c4484d45/xl/7287034a-c85f-4ed2-b8fb-2ba77fe7ffd0_2x.jpg)
![A mother and daughter pair cheer on St. Patrick's Day revelers near 49th Street in 1953.](https://cdn.viewing.nyc/assets/media/f34c36b7afed873c4e16188ff4f5398f/elements/ccf08c58a057a88da88f113541d0d4f9/xl/ea772f95-ece2-430b-b469-3442d960f7b2_2x.jpg)
![A 1974 lithograph print shows the portion of a St. Patrick's Day parade in Union Square.](https://cdn.viewing.nyc/assets/media/46dd957e3b2c9a75dafa788bb0bb5ae7/elements/1b2d62df7b1763844d767ebbc7b3d71d/xl/f86991f2-7b92-4470-ba1b-1ad1e4f1c4fb_2x.jpg)
![At the 1985 Staten Island St. Patrick's Day Parade, shillelagh-waving Mayor Ed Koch marches with Borough President Ralph Lamberti (far left), late Deputy Borough President Nick LaPorte (second from right) and state Senator John J. Marchi (far right).](https://cdn.viewing.nyc/assets/media/33eb7828b09ab8c1fe635e4435d182ca/elements/532208b12c482b96ba98910bc6de5b93/xl/9a829f0c-6e56-4127-ac46-4fec5dbd9a3e_2x.jpg)
![In 2002, Staten Islanders greet Mayor Mike Bloomberg at the St. Patrick's Day Parade.](https://cdn.viewing.nyc/assets/media/aa6cf3dcfe68f4bc584341a92ae64d4c/elements/185dcf0f8e064b369f34f52ab0f0a26f/xl/d9157ef3-6073-497d-b119-691eb8ffb2a4_2x.jpg)
![U. S. Congressman Vito Fossella marches on Forest Avenue in the 1998 Staten Island St. Pat's Parade.](https://cdn.viewing.nyc/assets/media/ecb5fcc72c7eba9b75ce9742e34cf2a3/elements/9eb23b107a7213f66ed665122106a213/xl/05c145f8-b3eb-4776-a896-a21e2a20d162_2x.jpg)
![The Staten Island Pipers play their tune near Forest Avenue Shoppers Town at the borough's St. Pat's Parade, 1977.](https://cdn.viewing.nyc/assets/media/c75ce9f19c081cb4124bca60184933eb/elements/3d84fd2915622d47a153b9eebdc39ca1/xl/5c5befa2-c62e-4355-9917-c0f050e6062b_2x.jpg)
![Young members of Bob Barrett's Pipers and Drummers band pose on St. Patrick's Day, 1955.](https://cdn.viewing.nyc/assets/media/82a010bf5ee2b77090efde910b3c24be/elements/7a9dde52a81f811fded08a36eda48046/xl/32bd79fa-dc6e-45a6-ae44-dee96ada29ee_2x.jpg)
![A crowd waits by along the St. Patrick's Day Parade route on 5th Avenue in 1951 New York.](https://cdn.viewing.nyc/assets/media/4256644ae2beaff0759ec7f8a9b79223/elements/37d501d5ff57f1598e1c2f92e37dcc2c/xl/a9fa12a6-2133-4cec-b5ec-49c5f2fc43a3_2x.jpg)
![In 2015, Mayor Bill de Blasio marches in the St. Pat's for All Parade in Sunnyside, Queens.](https://cdn.viewing.nyc/assets/media/bd09a6cb75ccc07492137cdd08216056/elements/60f755c54afa0572d4bea253720a3b46/xl/a079bd86-d7df-4609-be5e-f437c1ac9c24_2x.jpg)
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From DNAinfo:
New Yorkers have celebrated Saint Patrick's day for more than 250 years: the country's first parade marched up Fifth Avenue on March 17, 1762. As the city's beloved Irish-American festival rolls around again, catch a glimpse of the city's St. Paddy's Days gone by.
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
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