The scene feels electric

Newsday's Bart Jones is at the parade at the corner of Nassau Street and John Street, one block away from the parade route on Broadway. Some of his recent notes:

- You cannot go any further. Some people are sitting at top of the railings of the subway entrance. It is a packed crowd here.

- The scene feels electric, but also a little scary, like something crazy could happen.

- There are masses of people moving up and down the streets, even in opposing directions. It's as if no one knows where to go to get to the parade route.

- The line of people waiting on John Street to supposedly get to the parade route actually stretches around the corner on William Street.