Almost A Quarter Century Old, Ridgewood’s Controversial Street Fair Returns

Get ready for some fried foods and lots of lights and music in Ridgewood this weekend.

Almost A Quarter Century Old, Ridgewood’s Controversial Street Fair Returns

Andrew Karpan

Contributor

For two decades, the blocks of Fresh Pond Road between Menahan Street and Palmetto Street have been blocked off for the Fresh Pond Road Italian Festival.

It will occur again this coming weekend, an event that includes some 60 vendors and a variety of rides that include carousels, slides and twisters.

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