Brentwood's June Latino parade canceled
Photo credit: Kevin P Coughlin | Joseph Alonso of Bay Shore waves his Puerto Rican flag in the Brentwood Puerto Rican and Hispanic Day Parade. (June 5, 2011)
2011 Puerto Rican/Hispanic Day Parade
X-Team: Puerto Rican and Hispanic Day Parade
Puerto Rican parade in Brentwood
The annual Brentwood Puerto Rican/Hispanic Day Parade that filled Fifth Avenue with the sounds of the tropics and the flavors of Latin America for more than four decades will not take place this summer.
The cancellation -- the first in the parade's 45-year history -- results from funding cuts at the nonprofit Adelante of Suffolk County, a Latino community service organization that sponsors...
