Allerton Avenue was closed off Saturday between Wallace Avenue to Boston Road for the 8th Annual Allerton Ave Festival and International Food Show. Assembly Mark Gjonaj along with the Allerton Avenue Merchants Association sponsored the event which featured free international delights, music and dancing by the South Bronx Kids. There was a dunk tank where the Director of the Allerton Avenue Merchants Association Mr. Gene DeFrancis went into the water many times. There were also many vendors and information tables set up on the street, and after the fire trucks left and cleared the street by Boston Road there were hayrides as Assemblyman Gjonaj is now famous for providing. The photos below will tell the rest of the story.
Above - The 49 Pct. Explorers maned the Cotton candy machine.
Below - Vendors such as Nissan and Verizon were on hand.
Above - Mr.DeFrancis of the Allerton Avenue Merchants Association watches as the ball that was thrown is about to hit the target that will send him into the water.
Below - He is dunked into the water as the ball has hit the target.
Above and below - The hit of the Allerton Avenue Street Festival had to be the South Bronx Kids who performed, and then changed for a second dance.
Above - Ceaser prepares to carve up another favorite that was at the Street Festival.
Below - Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj with some of the his staff who helped organize the Allerton Avenue Street Festival.
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