Daylight savings time ends at 2:00 a.m. on Sunday, November 2. Don’t forget to set your clocks back one hour before you go to bed on Saturday night….and, yes, there is life after Halloween in Brooklyn. Scroll down to get non-Halloween events.

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.

Daylight savings time ends at 2:00 a.m. on Sunday, November 2. Don’t forget to set your clocks back one hour before you go to bed on Saturday night….

BEDFORD-STYVESANT: DAY OF THE DEAD
Saturday, November 1 and Sunday, November 2nd: 11:00 am-6 pm
Check out the museum’s renovation while looking at their collection of skeleton puppets and Mexican objects that reflect the Dia de lso Muertos- or Day of the Dead. This holiday is celebrated once a year to honor loved ones who have passed away. You can also create artwork and run around in their playspace.

BEDFORD-STYVESANT: SCIENCE INVESTIGATORS CLUB- GOOEY SCIENCE
Saturday, November 1 and Sunday, November 2nd: 2 PM
Become a chemist and experiment with oozy creations. Meet a slippery-skinned animal and test your own batch of goo for its squish, bounce, and stretch.

MANHATTAN: HUDSON RIVER PARK
Saturday, November 1 and Sunday, November 2nd: 12- 9 pm
(thanks to www.gocitykids.com for this listing- this is great for kindergartners and up…sounds very fun and a great way to drag the Halloween celebrations out)
Pier of Fear
The center of the fun is the Maze of Horrors, featuring 4000 square feet of rooms and hallways with full sets, lighting, and sound, animated with live actors. For the last hour of the evening the haunted house is at its scariest – and more appropriate for older kids (ages 10-13). Timid types can hang out with the Striking Viking Story Pirates and face painters. Mask decorating, wax hands, rides, and more await as well. At Pier 54 (W 13th Street and the West Side Highway). Tickets are distributed on a first come, first served basis and time slots fill up quickly.
212.533.PARK
http://hudsonriverpark.org
West Side Hwy and N Moore Street
New York, NY 10014
Ages: 5-13
Cost: Free; some activities require a $2 fee.

ALL OF BROOKLYN: NYC MARATHON
Sunday, Nov. 2: 8:40am – 1:20 pm. (don’t forget daylight savings time!)
So, your first question is probably why did I list those times up above for the marathon? Well, those are the predicted arrival times in Brooklyn for everyone from the wheelchair runners to the elite runners to Wave 3 runners (the you and me runners). There are great viewing points in Brooklyn – check out the official website to see the actual course and timing. If anyone has a favorite or suggested spot for viewing the marathon, please let the rest of us know by commenting on this post. Thanks!

BOCOCA: HARVEST FESTIVAL
Sunday, Nov. 2: 2-5 pm
A new playroom has opened up on Tiffany Place. I am curious about it but won’t be able to go, so maybe some of you can let me know what you think of it. They will have snacks, crafts, face painting and balloon animals and complimentary playroom gift certificates for the first 25 children. The place is called Aunt Bee’s Backyard Indoor Playroom. It is at 20 Tiffany Place. 718-624-2212.

PARK SLOPE: NEW/EXPECTANT MOMS BEST RESOURCES
Monday, Nov. 3: 12-2 pm
This is a workshop that I love to do. I go through what I think are the best resources in Brooklyn based on my experiences, those of my friends and the word on the “street” so to speak. This is when I get to tell you all I have heard/know that I can’t always put on the blog. I like to think of this seminar as “everything you wanted to ask that parent in the playground but didn’t know where to start…..” I give you a big handout with my favorite resources from the best day cares, lactation consultants, playspaces, etc. It also ends up being a small support group too as you meet other new or expectant moms. I am doing it through Baby Bites. Come lunch at Barrio, corner of 7th Ave and 3rd Street, Park Slope and talk! $35 in advance; $40 at the door (cash or check only at the door) [email protected]
http://babybitesnyc.com/luncheons_brooklyn.htm#E5

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS & PROSPECT HEIGHTS: SPECIAL NEEDS WORKSHOPS
Wednesday, November 5 and Wednesday, November 12
I have never heard Gary speak, but have heard him recommended. He has a valuable database of Resources for Children with Special Needs (http://www.resourcesnyc.org/ and http://www.resourcesnycdatabase.org/). He has some free training sessions he is offering this fall and winter. The seminars are both for families and professionals that need programs and services for children with disabilites.
November 5, 2008 Advocacy Skills for Parents 10 AM-1 PM at Brooklyn Heights Library 280 Cadman Plaza West Bklyn. 11201
November 12, 2008 Early Childhood Services: Birth to 5 10AM-1PM at Central Library Grand Army Plaza Flatbush Ave. and Eastern Parkway 11238

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