Parents pay big money to put on a memorable quinceanera

Carmen Amengual, a single mom living in Jamaica, Queens, did not have a quinceanera, the Hispanic rite of passage for girls that’s generally celebrated when they turn 15.

But when it came to her only child, Crystal Martinez, now 16, there was never any question Amengual would throw a big party.

Amengual, who works in the billing department at New York Presbyterian Hospital, booked the Charisma Ballroom in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens, for $5,000, hired a limo for $585 and spent $500 on a “quince dress package” from Tatianasbridal.com that included a pink dress, tiara and long gloves. Three dozen friends attended the party in July”*

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