STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Staten Island’s biggest community event, the St. Patrick’s Parade, will kick off at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 2.

The 61st annual parade will begin on Forest Avenue and Hart Boulevard, with revelers following Forest Avenue to Jewett Avenue, at which time floats will proceed down Jewett Avenue toward Port Richmond, while cars will depart on Jewett toward Egbert Avenue. Marchers will exit the parade route on Jewett Avenue toward the Staten Island Expressway.

Street Closures

Additional nearby streets may be closed at the discretion of the NYPD.

Huge turnout of participants expected

The parade committee reports over 80 groups — including the NYPD, FDNY and public high school marching bands, Miss Staten Island and Miss Rosemary’s Dance School — have signed up to be part of the parade. This represents an increase of about 30 groups from last year’s parade, according to the committee.

For the first time, the Richmond County St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee, under new leadership, has invited the Pride Center of Staten Island to march under their own banner.

This year’s grand marshal will be Noreen Hansen. The Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH) Division 4 aide to the grand marshal is Brian Walsh, and the Richmond County aide to the New York City Saint Patrick’s Day Parade grand marshal is Warren Coffey.

Representing the Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians (LAOH), Division 2 will be Diane Gruberger; LAOH, Division 4, Barbara Shields; and LAOH, Division 10, Cynthia Donnelly, vice president of the parade committee.

Maeve Sheehan will serve as the 2025 Miss Hibernia.

Additionally, the parade committee will be holding a raffle, with a grand prize of $10,000; the proceeds will benefit the parade.

Political Breakfast

The annual, invitation-only Jerome O’Donovan Pre-Parade Breakfast will take place on Sunday at Jody’s Club Forest at 11 a.m.

“As a proud Irish American and Staten Islander, the St. Patrick’s Day Parade and our annual Jerome O’Donovan Pre-Parade Breakfast are incredibly near and dear to my heart,” said District Attorney Michael McMahon, one of the breakfast organizers.

Forest Avenue Mile Run

Starting up at the same time as the political breakfast is the Staten Island Athletic Club’s Forest Avenue Mile Run. Having been unofficially dubbed “the Rainbow Run,” in years past — initially due to the Pride Center’s past exclusion — that tradition will continue this year, according to KC Hankins, organizer of the Rainbow Run and a Pride Center volunteer.