STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The borough’s 62nd St. Patrick’s Parade will kick off Sunday, March 1 — but how can your organization join the festivities?

According to the official Staten Island St. Patrick’s Day Parade Facebook account, inquiries about partaking in the parade itself are more than welcome.

“If you have an organization looking to join this great parade please let us know! Our email address is siparadecommitte@gmail.com. (Please note: it is one “e” in committee due to character limits). It’s a great day to march down Forest Avenue!!! Hope to hear from all of you!” a Facebook post read.

Organizations who participated in years prior were sent an email and application to see if interest is there; so, if you already celebrated in the march, be sure to double check your email.

Anticipated route

While the 2026 route and road closures haven’t been confirmed yet, the St. Patrick’s Parade always commences on Forest Avenue.

Last year, the annual parade began on Forest Avenue and Hart Boulevard, with revelers following Forest Avenue to Jewett Avenue, at which time floats proceeded down Jewett Avenue toward Port Richmond, while cars departed on Jewett toward Egbert Avenue. Marchers exited the parade route on Jewett Avenue toward the Staten Island Expressway.

Road closures in 2025 were as follows:

Hart Boulevard, between Forest Avenue and Revere StreetForest Avenue, between Hart Boulevard and Jewett AvenueForest Avenue, between Jewett Avenue and Ordell AvenueForest Avenue Mile

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.

The run will start at 11 a.m. on March 1, 2026, at 415 Forest Ave. Registration is now open for both adults and children runners.

Last year was the first time the Pride Center was invited to march in the parade, thanks to a newly elected Richmond County St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee.

“Grateful. That doesn’t express a tenth of how I feel. Yesterday was the most emotional and incredible day, not just for me, but for many,” said Carol Bullock, executive director of the Pride Center of Staten Island.

For many consecutive years Bullock was turned away by the Richmond County St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee when she’d apply for the Pride Center to march in the borough’s annual celebration of Irish heritage.

The result was two St. Patrick’s Parades — one organized by the parade committee that banned the Pride Center from participating, and another organized by the Forest Avenue Business Improvement District where the Pride Center marched — in 2024.

But under new leadership, the Richmond County St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee invited the Pride Center to march in the 2025 parade.