WHILE ON AIRWAY RTE TO PHL NEAR ALBEK AT ABOUT 3000 FT; A PARACHUTIST MADE AN EVASIVE ACTION TURN TO AVOID HITTING THE RPTR'S DASH 8. THE APCH CTLR SAID 'WE THOUGHT THEY WERE ALREADY DOWN.'

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ENRTE FROM LGA TO PHL. WHILE ON RTE TO PHL ABOUT 3000 FT; WE SAW A PARACHUTIST MAKE AN EVASIVE ACTION NOT TO HIT US. YOU COULD SEE HIS FACE. TOO CLOSE FOR US. WE ASKED ATC. HE SAID 'WE THOUGHT THEY WERE ALL ALREADY DOWN.' I CAN'T BELIEVE PARACHUTIST ARE ALLOWED TO JUMP IN A TCA CLASS B OR THAT CLOSE TO ONE. THERE WAS NO MENTION ON THE ATIS. EVEN IF THERE WAS; IT'S HARD ENOUGH TO SPOT TFC IN THE HAZE; LIGHTS AND GND CLUTTER. PLUS; I THINK PARACHUTISTS SHOULD BE MORE RESTR. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED HE WAS FLYING A DASH 8. THE PARACHUTE JUMPER WAS FALLING TOWARD CROSS KEYS ARPT FROM THE W WITH THE W WIND. HE WAS ON THE RNAV RTE FROM COYLE VOR TO ALBEK INTXN TO WOODSTOWN VOR WHICH IS V312 AIRWAY. HE STATED THE ATIS FREQUENTLY CAUTIONS PARACHUTE ACTIVITY FROM 13000 FT OVER CROSS KEYS ARPT. THE CEILING WAS 8000 FT OVCST SO IF THE PARACHUTE JUMPER DROPPED FROM 13000 FT HE CAME THROUGH THE CLOUDS AND OUT THE OVCST. HE STATED HE MADE A PARACHUTE JUMP ONCE AND RECOGNIZED THE EVASIVE MANEUVER THE JUMPER MADE WHEN HE TURNED BY COLLAPSING A PORTION OF HIS CHUTE.