Ed Charles will be back at the Daily News Block Party to sign autographs and show off his championship ring on Sunday (photo by twi-ny/mdr)
The Third Avenue Street Fair takes place on Sunday from 12 noon to 5:00, between 66th & 86th Sts., but what makes this one a little different is that the Daily News hosts a block party from 76th to 77th Sts., featuring an all-star lineup of meet-and-greets, autograph signings, and live music and comedy. Among this year’s media participants are the News’s own Bill Madden and Denis Hamill, channel 4’s Pat Battle, Lauren Scala, and Raphael Miranda, NY1’s Cheryl Wills, FOX 5’s Greg Kelly and Dari Alexander, and MY9’s Brenda Blackmon. Among the current and former athletes on hand will be boxers Bryant Jennings, Riddick Bowe, Steve Cunningham, Danny Jacobs, Marcus Browne, and Mark Breland, Guyanese sprinter Aliann Pompey, and Mets champion third baseman Ed Charles, along with such pseudo-celebrities as JoJo Spatafora of Big Brother, Elizabeth Vashisht of VH1’s Tough Love, Raquel Castro of The Voice, Christina Salgado and Jenna Russo of Oxygen’s Bad Girls Club, and the Naked Cowboy and the Naked Cowgirl. Live performers include the C.A.S.Y.M. Orchestra, Gary Russo, Kool Mike Ski, the Edwin Vazquez Band, and Taina.