Mayor de Blasio was finally on time for the Rockaways St. Patrick’s Day Parade — but Queens residents heckled him anyway.

Unlike last year when he was half an hour late and missed part of the march, the perpetually tardy mayor arrived with minutes to spare before the 1 p.m. step-off Saturday.

“Shame on you! Shame on you! He showed up on time today — that’s a shocker,” said Queens resident Margaret Day, one of more than 1,000 riled-up onlookers lining the 24-block stretch of Newport Avenue in Belle Harbor.

“He got here on time this year — good for him. He should be on time. Everyone else shows up to work on time,” said Rich Maloney, 50.

De Blasio, adorned with an orange and green sash, waved an Irish flag and smiled through the jeers.

One Breezy Point resident screamed, “Cop-killing commie!” as de Blasio marched by.

“Boo! Boo! He must have thought the parade started at noon — he got here on time,” the man said.



A group of a dozen people chanted “one-term mayor.” One man gave him the finger.

But the most common refrain of the afternoon was “We want a ferry!” The de Blasio administration sank ferry service to the peninsula in October 2014 but vowed in February to bring it back in 2017.

De Blasio spotted one ferry fan, iron worker Kevin Bautz, 45, along the route and said, “Next spring there will be a ferry the price of a metrocard. I guarantee it.”

“Did anyone record that?” Bautz asked. “He guaranteed it. I’ll believe it when I see it. We’re the forgotten community.”

At the end of the parade route, de Blasio said he heard residents’ concerns and pledged the Rockaways would be included in his citywide ferry service plan.

“The people of Rockway will be more connected than ever to the city,” he said. “This is not a temporary ferry service. This is permanent ferry service starting next spring.”

But longtime residents did not believe him.

“Just in time for re-election. It’s a pipe dream. Way too late,” said paraprofessional Alice Ott. “He should not even be here today.”