The 119 Street Dip In the early morning of January 1, a group of 60 to 70 people took a dip to start offthe New Year. The annual 119 Street Dip, which has been a tradition since January2001, began with a march towards the beach. Tom Pulkoski, the organizer of theevent, began the countdown to "dip" ten seconds before noon and participantsmade a mad dash into the freezing water of Rockaway Beach.
Pictured here are the participants of the 119 Street Dip, before the dip.
In they go and out they come.
Father and son dippers, Michael and Charles Zurheide holds up the 2008 t-shirt.
The group march, to the beach, of drummer Helen Lorraine.
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