NEW YORK — The 2024 New Queens Pride Parade marches today through Jackson Heights, Queens, as Pride Month kicks off in New York City.
The parade began in 1993 as both a celebration of identity and an act of resistance amid hate crimes. It shines a light on the queer community in one of the most ethnically diverse neighborhoods in the world.
CBS New York is a proud sponsor of the parade under our #BetterTogether campaign.
What time does the 2024 Queens Pride Parade start?
The Queens Pride Parade is held every year on the first Sunday in June. This year’s 32nd annual parade begins at noon on Sunday, June 2.
The celebration also includes a festival at the intersection of 37th Road and 75th Street.
There will be drag and dance performances from headliners such as Antaeuz y La Santa Luz, Arturo Mugler, Cyannie Lopez, Julian Austin, Pixie Aventura and The MasterZ At Work, plus 16 other groups and individual artists.
The whole event will end around 6:00 PM
View the route map of the 2024 Queens Pride Parade
The Queens Pride Parade departs from 37th Avenue and 89th Street in Jackson Heights and then marches 14 blocks to 75th Street.
The parade ends at 37 & 75th, where a stage has been set up for the festival.
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List of street closures during the 2024 Queens Pride Parade
The following streets will be closed on Sunday, June 2.
- 89th Street between 35th Avenue and Roosevelt Avenue
- 37th Avenue between 75th Street and 89th Street
- 75th Street between 37th Avenue and Roosevelt Avenue
- 75th-76th Street between 37th Avenue and Roosevelt Avenue
- 37th Road between 74th Street and 77th Street
Meet the grand marshals of the 2024 Queens Pride Parade
CBS New York’s Elle McLogan had a chance to meet one of this year’s grand marshals, Amber Ferrer.
Ferrer is a community advocate who supports her uncle, Eddie Valentin, at his famous gay bars, Friends Tavern and Viva La Heights, on Roosevelt Avenue. They have cultivated a space where everyone feels valued, and they offer food drives and health care services to their neighbors, among other things.
Ferrer said Pride is “just like our Christmas, it’s our holidays.”
She will be joined by another Grand Marshal, Billy Green, who was also named 2023 New York State Teacher of the Yearand an honorary grand marshal, New York State Senator Leroy Comrie.
Doug Williams of CBS New York spent a day in Green’s classroom at A. Philip Randolph High School in Harlem. Green says he is a champion of inclusivity.
“It’s about respecting people in their space and making them feel welcome, which is something he has continually taught us,” said Xavian Plasencia, a 12th grader.
Green says he hopes his role as grand marshal in the Queens Pride Parade shows the city and the world that there is “a lot of love in being inclusive.”
Flashback to Queens Pride Parade 2023
The Queens Pride Parade celebrated its thirtieth anniversary last year and CBS New York was present for the festivities. Here are some of the stories we shared, along with our full special.
CBS New York will have live updates from the Queens Pride Parade on air and on our streaming channel all morning.
