HERE IS OUR LISTING OF HALLOWEEN EVENTS. KEEP CHECKING IT AS IT WILL BE UPDATED AS NEW EVENTS COME IN!

BRONX: BRONX ZOO’S BOO AT THE ZOO
October 18–19 & 25–26: 11-4 pm
They have the weekends packed
with activities, including magic shows, spooky stories, costume
parades, and musical hayrides. Visit with bats,
cats, and creepiest critters. They have a special offer: One child
in Halloween costume will receive a free child’s limited admission ticket with the purchase of one full price adult limited admission ticket. Activities (from 11am to 4pm) include: face
painting, pumpkin carving, clowns, hayrides, costume parade, crafts and
magic shows. I think the costume parade sounds magical- march
with
animal characters including a larger-than-life grasshopper! Bring the
camera for a brief meet and greet following the parade. The parade
occurs at 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. (Parades run approximately 15 minutes.)
and begins at Zoo Center; Ends at Events Lawn. For full details and times of events go to http://www.bronxzoo.com/this-season-at-the-zoo/events-calendar/boo-at-the-zoo.aspx

LONG ISLAND CITY: HALLOWEEN HARVEST FESTIVAL
Saturday, October 18: 11AM- 2 PM
Socrates
Sculpture Park will host a FREE event celebrating Halloween and the
fall harvest with activities.  Visitors can make Halloween costumes and
have their  faces painted; listen games; enter their dog(s) in the5th
annual Canine Costume Contest at 1pm (registration at front gate); try
harvest foods from Long Island City café, Sweetleaf; picnic in the
Park; or just hang out. The 2008 Halloween Harvest Festival also takes
place amid the EAF08: 2008 Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition, an
exhibition of contemporary sculpture, featuring works by the Park’s
fourteen artists-in-residence.“Superheros” is the theme of the 2008
Festival, with free activities including: Superhero costume making
workshops with artists; live music by the Japanese Action Comic Punk
Band, Peelander-Zee; interactive games with Free Style Arts Association; and Transformation!  Facepainting by Agostino Arts . At 2pm, The Red Door Theatre Companywill present a special performance of The Witches by Roald Dahl. A blanket or lawn chair is recommended.

PARK SLOPE: HARVEST FESTIVAL
Sunday, October 19th: 11- 4 pm
There will be farm stands, pony rides, petting zoo, face painting and live music by Mr. Ray & Princess Katie & Racer Steve at 1:30 pm.
Old Stone House at JJ Byrne Park (3rd Street & 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY)

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS: GRAVESEND INN HAUNTED HOTEL
October  16, 18, 23, 24, 25, 30 and 31, 2008
Theatreworks’ high-tech
haunted hotel, the Gravesend Inn, returns again this year. Produced by
Theatreworks, City Tech’s resident theatrical troupe with design,
construction, and operating support provided by students and faculty. Voorhees Theatre, 186 Jay Street (north of Tillary), Brooklyn, NY  $6 for adults, $4 for students (with ID) Call 718-260-5592 for recorded information. Call 718-260-5588 during regular business hours. For hours and more information visit

http://www.entertainmenttechnology.org/gravesendinn/index.html You can also see a video of last year’s haunted hotel and decide
yourself it is too scary for your little ones. I watched it and it looks
pretty spectacular.

WILLIAMSBURG: PUMPKIN CARVING AND DECORATING
There will be a free pumpkin party at The Painted Cloud on Saturday October 18th, 2-5 pm
all you have to do is to bring your pumpkins (some will be available to
purchase if you need one) and make a mess! They will help you carve
spooky jack-o-lanterns or create glittery glowing pumpkins and enjoy
snacks and treats while you work. Please RSVP.

CONEY ISLAND:
HALLOWEEN AT THE A-SCARIUM
Friday and Saturday, October 25-26: 12-4 pm
Come meet our
sea monsters at the New York Aquarium’s annual Halloween celebration.
You’ll find lots of holiday fun inside our arts and crafts center,
including a station for making scary sea creature masks and a pumpkin
patch. Venture into our haunted house and board the Haunted Mine 3-D Ride,
sure to provide you with a deep-sea chill! Activities for this event
are free with general admission. Children ages 3–12 years who wear a
costume get in free when accompanied by a paying adult! Events are from
12-4 pm that include Agostino and Company’s face painting that will
transform your child into their favorite sea creature, there will be
carnival activities and feedings and demonstrations.http://www.nyaquarium.com/

DUMBO: TRACHTENBERG FAMILY SLIDE SHOW PLAYERS
Saturday October 25th: 3 pm
Maybe you have heard of this family group? Tina and Jason Trachtenburg, along with their thirteen
year old daughter Rachel, put on a show complete with slideshows and
organic cooking lessons. They were written up with glowing reviews in Time Out New York and our friends saw them and loved them. Here is a blogger’s thoughts on them. Here are the details: 3:00 pm Rachel (the daughter) will share some of her favorite
activities such as audience sing alongs, puppet shows, interactive arts
and crafts, environmental messages, and cooking segments complete with
snack time in a set her mom created. Arts and Crafts Goodies Supplied!!  So be ready to Get Creative!! See them at Galapagos:16 Main Street at the corner of Water Street, Dumbo, Brooklyn. Here is where you can go to get tix: http://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?showCode=RAC3

CARROLL GARDENS: PS 58 HALLOWEEN CONCERT
Friday, October 24: 5 pm
AudraRox and Toxic Muffin are hanging it all out for this concert. They will be in costume- and hopefully you will too. It is a costume concert. $5 admission
PS 58 is 330 Smits St, Between and Carroll St &  1st Place. Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn

FORT GREENE: FG PARK HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL
***MOVED TO SUNDAY OCT. 26 B/C OF PREDICTED BAD WEATHER. WILL RUN FROM 12 PM TO 3:30 PM.

Saturday,October 25 with a raindate of Sunday,October 26: 11:30- 5 pm
Register at 11:30 at top of the hill,near park’s building for the Dogs Costume contest;”The Great Pupkin”sponsored by PUPS. Contest starts at Noon. (I LOVE this event- it is a riot!) 12:30 the rest of the Festival should be set up and ready to go. There will be a Pumpkin Patch, Face Painting, Live performers, Hay Ride and more culminating in a Children’s Halloween Costume Contest and Parade at 4pm.

PARK SLOPE: PROSPECT PARK ZOO’S BOO AT THE ZOO
Saturday and Sunday, October 25 and 26: 11-4:30 pm
Activities (11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) include: Feel free to wear your Halloween costume to the zoo; many staff members and volunteers will also be in costume. Pumpkin Pickin’ Time – The first 200 zoo-goers each day will get to pick and decorate their own pumpkin! Follow the darkness through the zoo’s legendary Haunted Barn to encounter scary characters like a vampire, a mummy, and the swamp thing! (12-4:00 pm) The baboons will have a smashing good time when they receive their Halloween pumpkin treats! (3:30 p.m.)  Learn about all things creepy and crawly when Nettie the Wildlife Witch puts on her spooky shows that include live animals such as snakes and lizards. Zoo-goers can get in the spirit of Halloween with face painting-choose from a pumpkin, ghost, bat, or spider design.   (12 to 3 p.m.) Check out the spooky Discovery Center, which will be decorated for Halloween. Get caught up at the Spider Web Marsh to learn all about these creepy crawly creatures that are almost synonymous with Halloween. (12 to 4 p.m.) Regularly scheduled sea lion feedings at 11:30 a.m., 2 and 4 p.m.Prospect Park Zoo – $6.00 for adults, $2.25 for seniors 65 and older, $2.00 for kids 3-12, free for children under 3. Zoo hours are 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. weekdays, and to 5:30 P.M. on weekends and holidays, April through October. The Prospect Park Zoo is located at 450 Flatbush Avenue in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. For further information, call 718-399-7339 or visit www.prospectparkzoo.com

PARK SLOPE: PUPPETRY ARTS THEATRE HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL
Saturday, October 25: 12-5 pm
There
will be arts and crafts, food, a haunted house with monsters and games.
There will be a haunted house, bounce house (I call that a moon jump!),
games and fun.  There will be a
Silent Auction with autographed items from the Rangers, Jets, and
Knicks, as well as tourist attraction and restaurant gift
certificates. The first 200 children receive a gift bag filled with
over $50 in Trick
or Treats! Kids costume contest at 3 pm.  Rain or shine this indoor
event has Free Admission all day and is handicap accessible. $1.00
snacks, games, and activities, $2.00 Haunted House, and $3.00 Bounce
House.12-5 pm. Funding from this event goes directly to community outreach
provided by Puppetry Arts. Located behind PS 372 of 512 Carroll Street
in Park Slope, Brooklyn- the Recreation Center is on First Street
between 4th and 3rd Ave nearest to the R train at Union St and the F
train at 4th Ave. www.puppetryarts.org
PS 372- The childrens School
512 Carroll Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215

WILLIAMSBURG/GREENPOINT: TOWN SQUARE’S CHILDREN’S HALLOWEEN PARADE AND PARTY
Sunday, October 26: 4 pm
Costumed kids of all ages will meet up at 4 pm at 176 Java St (b/w
Manhattan & McGuiness). Led by NY’s Finest Jazz Ensemble, everyone marches down Manhattan Avenue to Norman and back again. Party to follow (for kids up to 12 years of age). Party admission is $5 for 1 child/1 adult
& includes arts/crafts, food/drink, games, contests, music.

FORT GREENE: HABANA POST’S ECO-FRIENDLY HAUNTED HOUSE
October 25th, 26th and 27th
Habana works is teaming up with The Green School to design a completely “green” haunted house. It’s free fun for kids of all ages. 2-7pm. After a scare in the haunted house, give back to people in need and give blood to the  New York Blood Center for a blood drive on Saturday, October 25th  12- 5:30pm
Habana Outpost
757 Fulton Street Brooklyn, (MAP)
http://ecoeatery.com/

BOCOCA: NYC EXPLORERS FABOOLOUS FESITVAL
Saturday, October 25: 2-6 pm
New York City
Explorers, 388 Atlantic Avenue
A haunted house, a Fear Factor eating contest and a fun Monster Mash Dance. http://nycityexplorers.com/
BoCoCa Location
388 Atlantic Ave (Between Hoyt and Bond)
Brooklyn, NY 11217
(718) 625-NYCE (6923)

PARK SLOPE: PROSPECT PARK HAUNTED HALLOWEEN WALK
Saturday, October 25: 12 – 3 p.m
On
a walk to Lookout Hill you can see Halloween’s creatures such as
zombies, witches and wolf men. There will also be a puppet parade! That
begins at Prospect Park Southwest and 16th St. Stop by the carnival on
the Nethermead that will have game and treats.  All free.

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS:PACKER’S PUMPKIN PATCH
Sunday, October 26th: 11am to 4pm
Packer Collegiate Institute is hosting its annual Pumpkin Patch celebration – a day of games, rides, spooky fun, barbecue and more…Pumpkin Patch is a vital fundraiser for the school, with activity and game bracelets costing $40.00 each. Joralemon Street will be packed with rides, the garden will be bustling with Monster Makeovers, arts and crafts and dunk tank, and the school will offer Haunted Houses for both big and little visitors! Tickets are available online at www.packer.edu/pa/pumpkinpatch 170 Joralemon Street, in Brooklyn Heights.

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS: HALLOWEEN PARADE
Saturday, October 25th: 2008- 10:00 AM
The Annual Halloween Parade at Pierrepont Playground is a costume brigade! A bake sale will be held to benefit the Brooklyn Heights Playground Committee. In case of rain please check our website for updates www.bhplaygrounds.org

CROWN HEIGHTS: BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSEUM’S MONSTER MASH
October 31, 2:30-4:30PM, under age 5
October 31, 5:00-6:00pm, for all ages
Touch slithery snakes, get your face painted,
and hear spooky stories. Come in a costume, if you like.  This is the Brooklyn Children’s Museum’s first
Halloween since its big makeover, and the 109-year-old institution is showing
off the renovated space with a big celebration. From 2:30 to 4:30pm,
tots under age five can enjoy face painting, trick-or-treat-bag decorating,
Halloween storytelling and a disco sing-along. Starting at 5pm, tykes ages five
and up can listen to frightening tales, touch slithery snakes and groove to
Afro-Cuban music. There’s no costume contest, but kids are welcome to come all
dolled up nonetheless.

PARK SLOPE: THE BROOKLYN LYCEUM’S HALLOWEEN STORYTELLING FESTIVAL FOR KIDS OF ALL AGES
Sunday, October 26th – Thursday, October 30th
The festival will showcase noted storytellers Robin Bady, Gerald
Fierst, Jonathan Kruk, Mara McEwen and Julia Morris, who will delight
and bewitch toddlers, tweens, teenagers and grownups with contemporary
and classic tales of ghosts, witches, monsters and gigantic pumpkins.
Tickets are $10 (kids under 2 are free). Free admission is available to
adults who present a membership to one of the following Brooklyn
cultural institutions: The Brooklyn Children’s Museum, Green-Wood
Cemetery Historic Fund, and The Old Stone House, or a receipt from one
of the following Brooklyn restaurants: Two Boots, Perch Café, Dizzy’s
or Tom’s Restaurant.  Tickets can be purchased in advance at www.brooklynlyceum.com
or at the door the day of the show.  The Brooklyn Lyceum is located at
227 4th Ave, between Union and President St. in Brooklyn. Telephone is
718-857-4816.

PROSPECT LEFFERTS: BROOKLYN BOTANICAL GARDEN’S GHOULS AND GHOURDS
Sunday, October 26: 12-6 pm
This event always has a lot to offer; music with John Carlin and the Kids Music Underground, Guy Davis, the Von Swing Family, The Revolutionary Snake Ensemble, Bash the Trash: meet celebrated children’s book authors and illustrators, gape at stilt walkers, see Thai pumpkin carving, get inked at their tattoo parlor, make some crafts with gourds and recycled junk instruments. For full details go to bbg.org.

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS: PUMPKIN CARVING
Tuesday,October 28th: 5 p.m at 143 Montague Street.
The Montague Street BID is sponsoring a  pumpkin carving and raffle.  Heights resident Hugh McMahon, who has demonstrated his amazing pumpkin-carving skills on the Today Show, Good Morning America, and The Late Show with David Letterman, will be coming to Montague Street! Meet in front of Spicy Pickle, 143 Montague Street,  for a carving demonstration. Spicy Pickle will offer a free tasting menu of panini and pizzas.

ROCKAWAY BEACH: EGYPTIAN MAZE
Thursday, October 30- November 1: 6-9 pm
Rockaway Artists Alliance in Fort Tilden (a retired army base by the beach in Rockaway Queens -only 2 minutes from the Marine Park Bridge which connects Rockaway to Brooklyn) is putting on a maze of Egyptian Horrors. “I Want My Mummy” is supposed to be a spooky
maze with Anubis – Egyptian God of the
Underworld, pyramids, mummies and other shocking finds. The event runs from 10/30/08 – 11/1/08, 6-9pm, free and plenty of parking.   Recommended for ages 7 & up. Last year they had over 2000 visitors.  Fort Tilden is part of the National Park Service and is located at Beach 169th Street, Rockaway, NY 11695.
For more info please visit: www.rockawayartistsalliance.org

FORT GREENE: HABANA POST’S HALLOWEEN DANCE PARTY AND COSTUME CONTEST
Friday, October 31: 5pm – 10pm
Bring
your little Goblins and Ghouls to Habana Outpost for a fun and safe
night featuring dj John Oliver, candy, games and a costume contest.
Free. Costume contest at 6:00pm
Habana Outpost
757 Fulton Street Brooklyn, (MAP)
http://ecoeatery.com/

CLINTON HILL: CHILDREN’S HALLOWEEN WALK
Clinton Hill, Friday, October 31: 5-9 pm
This festive, fun walk is a blast. Birch loves it and you can’t believe all the costumes and performances. (This listing info is courtesy of Clinton Hill Blog--thanks!)
Starts at 5 pm at the Community Garden, DeKalb/Hall. Children in costume, under 12, with parents can pick up the map of many homes with generous treats. Clinton Hill residents are getting ready with bigger and more exciting
displays and shows than ever.  Check out the amazing block long show at
313 Clinton Ave. between Lafayette and DeKalb…for more info go to www.clintonhillblog.com

WILLIAMSBURG: WITCHES WALK
Friday, October 31: 4 pm-6:30 pm
At 4pm parents & kids are asked to meet Willyburg Witch @ Flying Squirrel. At 5pm a Halloween Parade will take off from Flying Squirrel
and head to kid-pit-stops off of Bedford Avenue-  Willyburg’s Witch
will lead the walk: Sweet William (112 N. 6th Street- btw. Berry and
Wythe), Area Kids (218 Bedford Ave at N. 5th), Mini Jake (178 N. 9th
Street btw. Bedford and Driggs), Green Dome Garden (North 12th Street
between Driggs & Union). 718.218.7775. Follow up with the Mamalu Halloween Bash- see below.

WILLIAMSBURG: HALLOWEEN BASH AT MAMALU
Friday, October 31: 6:30 pm
Mamalu hosts live music and a costume contest, plus their always delicious organic food! (more tempting than the candy to me!) Mamalu Play &
Munch
Ground, 232 North 12th Street, Williamsburg; $5 www.mamalu.us

BOCOCA: ANNUAL HALLOWEEN PARTY
Friday, October 31, 4 pm
Wear a costume and sing and march around the park with music!
All welcome! Sponsored by the Cobble Hill Association

BOCOCA: HALLOWEEN MUNCHKIN PARTY
Friday, October 31, 9 -12 pm
This bash is for children ages 0-5. Paint a pumpkin, have
your face painted, dance and sing. Bring your children in their
costumes for a fun time. Call 718.237.1862 or visit the website for
more information.
Families First, Inc.
250 Baltic Street, Brooklyn
718-237-1862

www.familiesfirstbrooklyn.org

PARK SLOPE CIVIC COUNCIL’S HALLOWEEN PARADE AND COSTUME CONTEST
Friday, October 31: costume contest: 4-6 pm: parade: 6:30pm
Pre-Halloween
Parade Party, 4:00 to 6:00 pm. At 4 pm, Roberto Falck Photography will
be taking photos of the kids in constume, from 4:30-4:55, you can
register to be in the contest and finally at 5 pm is the actual contest! The winners will
be presented with a winner’s banner to carry at the beginning of the Parade. Join huge puppets and other Halloween friends
at the Civic Council’s Halloween Parade. The
parade, for children of all ages, starts at 6:30 pm at 7th Avenue and
12th Street and proceeds  to Union Street . Participants may join the
parade at any point along the route.

FORT GREENE: BAM’S BOO!
Friday, October 31: 4 pm
3000
Brooklyn ghouls and goblins fill the streets surrounding
BAM for the annual Halloween outdoor festival. The afternoon-to-evening block
party of free family entertainment includes a moon bounce, carnival games,
storytelling, stilt walkers, candy giveaway, and costume contest. A word of warning: for the last 2 years the speakers have been so loud we had to leave- so just be aware this may happen again this year!
Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), Peter Jay Sharp
Building, 30 Lafayette Avenue, between Ashland Place and St. Felix Street in
Fort Greene. 718-636-4100. www.bam.org

WEST MIDWOOD HALLOWEEN PARADE
Friday, October 31: 5:30pm
Gather
at 5:30 pm for cookies, doughnuts, cupcakes, and apple juice. The
parade meets at the dead end (train cut) on the west side of Glenwood
Road between E15th & E16th. If you walk down Rugby Rd to Glenwood
it’s the dead end you see right there. The parade will begin at 6:15 pm and
will proceed down Glenwood toward Westminster Road and then circle back
again. All are welcome, especially kids in costumes. The parade usually ends around 6:45 pm for trick or treating in the area.

BAY RIDGE: HALLOWEEN HAPPENINGS AT OWL’S HEAD PARK

Friday, October 31:
4- 7 p.m.
Join the ghosts, goblins, and other creepy creatures for
their annual haunting of Owl’s Head Park. Fun-filled
activities for all ageS (718) 965-8913. http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/OwlsHeadPark/events/143411.

BAY RIDGE: HAUNTED WALK AND FREE FAIRYTALE FOREST AT OWL’S HEAD PARK
Friday, October 31: 3:30 -7 pm AND  4:30 – 8 pm
Pick-A-Party will be hosting A Free Fairytale Forest in Owls Head Park in conjuction with Marty Goldens Annual Haunted Halloween Walk. The Fairytale Forest will be for minors only accompanied by adults or a
guardian over 18.  No unattended teens or children will be allowed in
the Fairytale Forest.  They will have a free pumpkin patch where
you can choose your own pumpkin to take home, meet and greet your
favorite characters (nominal fee for a picture with them), free face
paint, tattoos, balloon animals and much more.  There will
be inflatable rides and a dracula food court.  There will be a free
magic show at 4:30 (time is not set in stone yet I will keep you
updated) and a costume contest. The Fairytale Forest begins at 3:30 and goes until 7 pm.The haunted walk will start at 4:30 – 8 pm. Marty Golden has been hosting the Haunted Halloween Walk in Owls Head park for nearly 17 years. Meet at the top of the hill in Owl’s Head Park for the Haunted Halloween Walk. This walk is a fun but really not for the little ones.
There are usually about 15 scary scenes and skits that you walk through
at your pace. http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/OwlsHeadPark/events/143411

BAY RIDGE: TRICK OR TREATING
Friday, October 31
THANKS TO Time Out New York Kids for this information!
Start your mini-tour of this festive Brooklyn neighborhood at Hip Squeak (8119 Third Ave between 81st and 82nd Sts; 718-745-3705, hip-squeak.com) and Hip Tween (8321 Third Ave between 83rd and 84th Sts; 718-836-1965), where costumed staff will give out ……see full listing at Time Out New York Kids

BOCOCA: TRICK OR TREATING
Friday, October 31
I got an email from a reader that she and her neighbors have been doing a Halloween table on Bergen Street (between Hoyt
& Bond) for the past fifteen plus years. They set up a table
outside 167 Bergen, and distribute home-baked cupcakes, hot & cold
cider, candy, apples, and good cheer.  Last year they had more than 200
children stop by!!! The whole block turns out to sit on their front stoops
and pass out treats, and to socialize with each other.

DITMAS PARK: ALBERMARLE ROAD PARADE
Friday, October 31: 6 pm
Albemarle
Road Parade: Gather at the corner of Westminster Road & Albemarle
for the Annual Albemarle Parade with snacks available before the parade
kicks off. Costumed children can join the parade. Albemarle between Stratford and Argyle Roads

DITMAS PARK: TRICK OR TREATING
Friday, October 31
THANKS TO Time Out New York Kids for this information!
Check out Cortelyou Road, where the proprietors of the Farm on Adderley
(1108 Cortelyou Rd between Stratford and Westminster Rds; 718-287-3101, thefarmonadderley.com) will be….. see full listing at Time Out New York Kids

CLINTON HILL: STILL HIP’S HALLOWEEN PARTY
Friday, October 31: 2-5 pm
A float parade. No need to sign up, just bring your best costume and join the fun! DJ Catnip will be spinning at 3, Kowboy the fire eater at 4 and a surprise local mom-photographer taking snapshots of your little one in costume for $10 a shot and candy too of course.
Still Hip
www.stillhipbrooklyn.com
[email protected]
283 Grand Ave (btw. Lafayette and Greene)
Brooklyn, NY (Clinton Hill)
718-398-0008

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS: Bag Decorating and Monster Mash
Now and Friday, October 31: 6:30 pm
The Moxie Spot will have trick or treat bag decorating leading up to Halloween, where you can decorate reusable bags to fit your devilish mood. Come back after Trick or Treating to get some food into the kids before a candy meltdown sets in.

The Monster Mash: Costume dance party starts at 6:30pm on the 2nd Floor.
The Moxie Spot
81 Atlantic Avenue (a Hicks Street)
Brooklyn, NY 11201
www.themoxiespot.com

BOCOCA: BAX FAMILY FRIDAY HALLOWEEN DANCE PARTY
Friday, October 31, 2008: 9:30am-11:30am
For children ages 1-4 with their parents or caregiver. Admission: $20 per family. BAX Family Fridays features a playspace (tunnels, tents, playhouses, a
parachute, big and small balls, scarves, hoops and more!) from 9:30am -
11:00am. Come in costume.

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