Your Stinky Relic Is My Point Of Pride

No, for real — the third annual Hunts Point Fish Parade is tomorrow:

Fish. Thousands of pounds of fish.

Thanks to the Fulton Fish Market’s much-publicized move to the Bronx, that’s what most people now associate with Hunts Point.

But instead of knocking the 400,000-square-foot seafood distribution center, says Kellie Terry-Sepulveda, executive managing director of the Point Community Development Corp., the South Bronx nabe embraced it.

Drawing inspiration from the Coney Island Mermaid Parade, they’re cooking up fish dishes, crafting fancy fish costumes and building homemade fish floats for a mile-long march through their neighborhood.

The Hunts Point Fish Parade will celebrate its third scaly year tomorrow (kicking off at 11 a.m.), proving that fish in the nabe have become “a symbol of pride,” says Terry-Sepulveda.