Queens residents will be able to take part in several Fleet Week and Memorial Day events in the borough this coming weekend.
The largest parade in the borough – and the nation, for that matter – will be the Douglaston Little Neck Memorial Day Parade, which stretches from Great Neck into northeast Queens.
An interfaith service will be held at 10 a.m. on May 28 at Zion Episcopal Church and a wreath-laying ceremony will follow.
The parade will begin at 2 p.m. For more information, read .
On May 27, the College Point Parade will be held from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. It will begin at 26th Avenue and College Point Boulevard.
The Whitestone Memorial Day Parade lines up each year at 149th Street and 15th Drive. For more information, visit the parade’s site.
On May 28, the Maspeth Memorial Weekend Parade will kick off at 1 p.m. at Grand Avenue and 72nd Street.
And the Laurelton Memorial Day Parade will begin at 9 a.m. on Francis Lewis Boulevard at Merrick Boulevard.
For Fleet Week, the United States Marine Corps will host a display of aviation and personnel equipment on May 25 at 10 a.m. at Forest Hills High School and May 27 at 10 a.m. in Flushing Meadows Corona Park.