updated 10/29/2020
Looking for the best family-friendly Halloween parties, Fall Festivals, Haunted Houses, and Trick-or-Treat destinations Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, and beyond?? You've come to the right place!! We'll be adding things daily as we hear about new events and get tips from our readers, so stay tuned and keep checking back in!
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LOCAL & GREATER BAY RIDGE HALLOWEEN EVENTS:
2020 Events:
2020 Events:
- Pick up your Pumpkin Painting kit @ Norma's - $14.99 for pumpkin, paint, gems, & jewels!
- Christ Church - Show off your costume at our Halloween Walk By!
On Saturday 31st between 3-5pm we’ll be outside of 251 72nd Street with plenty of goodie bags and a candy count contest. - Zombini Bay Ridge - Zumbini with Fallon
Spots are limited. Come sing and dance with your littles (0-4 yrs old) in costume while we enjoy the second to last outdoor Zumbini class. Bring treats to surprise your child with! $5 per child - Brooklyn Children’s Museum
Halloween, Saturday, October 31, included with general admission of $13 per person
Sessions at 10:00am, 12:30pm, 3:00pm and 5:00pm
Join us in your costumes for Halloween at Brooklyn Children’s Museum on Saturday October 31st! Visitors will be able to trick or treat on BCM’s roof, and throughout our exhibits. Activities include making your own masks, enjoying a special Halloween-themed Animal Adventures workshop, and print- making with fall produce like apples and pumpkins.
Dia de los Muertos, Sunday, November 1, included with general admission of $13 per person
Sessions at 10:00am, 12:30pm, 3:00pm and 5:00pm
Guest curator and teaching artist Mincho Vega joins BCM to help us learn about and celebrate the Day of the Dead. Help to build a collaborative ofrenda (altar) on BCM’s roof to honor ancestors and loved ones and offers a way to connect with the past. Get your energy flowing with performances from Ase Dance Theatre Collective, and explore the holiday through music and art. - Dia de Los Muertos at Green-Wood Cemetery - Nov 1 2020
El Dia de Los Muertos will be celebrated in a big way with a large-scale community altar by artist Scherezade Garcia in Green-Wood’s Historic Chapel. Visitors are encouraged to bring personal offerings to a community altar, including flowers, photographs, and notes, among other objects. Garcia’s altar will combine her own unique style with this centuries-old celebration of the departed. Social distancing and masks will be required to take part. - Prospect Park’s Boo at the Zoo
Download a spooky scavenger hunt and see if you can answer the clues as you wander through the zoo. Visit the tombstones of extinct animals in sea lion court and learn why extinction isn’t inevitable with your help! The Spooky Trail will show you some of the “spooky” neighbors who come out at night. Get creative with your masks and take a photo at one of their beautiful harvest decoration areas. - Brooklyn Heights Association Halloween Parade
The beloved neighborhood parade tradition continues, but with some safety modifications. The BHA will be hosting a socially-distant, face-coverings required Halloween Parade for families on the Promenade on Saturday Oct 31st at 10am, offering kids a chance to show off their costumes and receive a treat.
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HAUNTED HOUSES & DECORATED BLOCKS:
These are our favorites from years past and/or tips sent in by readers. Please let us know if they turn out to be a no-go this year or you have something to add!
These are our favorites from years past and/or tips sent in by readers. Please let us know if they turn out to be a no-go this year or you have something to add!
- 81st St and 11th Ave - fun interactive Halloween display with inflatables and music
- 372 78th Street - fun interactive Halloween display with electronics and inflatables
- 635 79th St - fun interactive Halloween display
- 83rd and Narrows - lots of scary and creepy statues
BEST TRICK-OR-TREATING SPOTS:
- Shops along 3rd Avenue
- Shops along 13th Avenue
- 78th Street between Colonial & Narrows (pedestrians only)
EVENTS BEYOND BROOKLYN:
Other boroughs:
Other boroughs:
- Pumpkin Point at Governors Island
Grab a ferry ticket and head to Governors Island for Halloween — the island's annual pumpkin patch, Pumpkin Point, is back with thousands of gourds and fall decorations across Nolan Park. The best part? Each visitor is allowed to take a pumpkin home with them for free. The event runs through Sunday, November 1. Any pumpkins left over will be composted at Earth Matter NY’s Compost Learning Center on the Island or donated to local food pantries. - Halloween Boo Bash Randall's Island Urban Farm
Enjoy three spooky outdoor locations; each with its own theme, activity, tricks and treats! On Saturday, 1-3pm, Children ages 5-10 - Bronx Zoo's Boo at the Zoo
Get into the Halloween spirit with Boo at the Zoo, taking place at the Bronx Zoo. The festival includes family-friendly activities such as MASKerade featuring Halloween animal puppets, magic shows, costume parades, an extinct animal graveyard, pumpkin carving and live music. Of course, visitors can also get an up-close look at all the creepy critters on display within the zoo. Tickets for a specific day must be purchased online in advance. - Great Pumpkin Path at The New York Botanical Garden
The New York Botanical Garden has been celebrating autumn with the Great Pumpkin Path, which kicked off earlier this month. However, on Saturday, gigantic pumpkins, some of which are the largest in the world, will arrive at NYBG where they will be on display through Nov. 1. - Haunted Fountain at the Cathedral
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine may not be holding its annual Halloween Extravaganza, but it's still getting spooky this year. The Cathedral and the West 111th Street Block Association are hosting an outdoor, physically-distanced family Halloween event at the Peace Fountain on 111th Street and Amsterdam Avenue. The iconic Peace Fountain, created by sculptor Gregory Wyatt, will be transformed into a ghostly gathering place where kids and adults can trick-or-treat, take part in costume contests, enjoy live music, take photos, and more. - Hudson Yards to Host Socially Distant Scavenger Hunt
A specially crafted scavenger hunt is set to arrive at New York’s Hudson Yards just in time for Halloween, giving trick-or-treaters a safe option full of family fun and frights in the midst of the ongoing pandemic. It’s an interactive outdoor and indoor event where families are given a map to search the mall for clues at different stations, each station carrying a trick or a treat.
Those interested in having some scary fun can participate from Oct. 25 through Nov. 1 from 12 to 7 p.m. $30 - Haunted Broadway: A Halloween Pop-Up Event
New Amsterdam Theater - 214 W. 42nd (between Seventh and Eighth Aves) - $13
Theater professionals will unveil the darker side of Broadway, including the ghosts that haunt the theaters to some of the weird superstitions within the theater community, this Halloween. There will be an adult tour at night and more family-friendly edition during the day. Sold Out but probably still fun to be around in costume. - Pumpkin carving & trick-or-treating at Chelsea Market
Chelsea Market will be a hive of Halloween activity this year with live pumpkin carving by the Maniac Pumpkin Carvers on Thursday, from 10am to 4pm. Then on Saturday, vendors will be handing out treats all day. - Westfield World Trade Center Oculus Outdoors
Oculus Outdoors is having an all month-long celebration of fall – featuring food, fun, and entertainment all under the majestic wings of the Oculus. They have outdoor movies with some Halloween haunts:
Saturday October 31: The Nightmare Before Christmas / Halloween Movie Night
Sunday November 1: The Goonies / Classic Movie Night
So grab a friend (and your mask) and explore the fall festivities downtown. - Queens Drive-In
For those with older kids, the Queens-Drive-In is screening a series of scary movies, including some double features, this Halloween.
Oct. 30: Halloween & The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Oct. 31: Little Shop of Horrors & Beetlejuice
Free Day of the Dead screening of the Oscar-winning Pixar film Coco on Sunday, Nov. 1.
Tickets will be priced starting at $35 per car (up to 4 passengers per car). Doors will open each night around 7:30pm, shows will begin at 8:30pm and end by 11pm. For double features, doors open at 6:30pm, shows will begin at 7:30pm.
(On the grounds of the New York Hall of Science in Flushing Meadows Corona Park) - Halloween on the Farm
Head out to Queens Farm for a day of spooks and thrills for the whole family. Admission includes access to the Amazing Maize Maze, hayrides, kids crafts at the Con Edison Ecology booth and trick-or-treating with the farm animals. This all-inclusive event is the finale of the fall season at Queens Farm. Costumes are encouraged. Advanced tickets required. $20 - Pumpkin Picking at Decker Farm
Visit Decker Farm, part of Staten Island's Historic Richmond Town (though a mile away from the that site’s main village), to pick pumpkins on 10 open acres. There’s also a hay maze, seasonal snacks and, on Halloween, some frightful special activities (costumes encouraged). - A Flick and a Feast at Juicy Lucy BBQ
This Staten Island drive-in (with a side of barbecue) show movies other nights, but Friday and Saturday you’ll have Halloween Movies:
Friday 5pm - Hocus Pocus
Saturday 2pm - The Nightmare Before Christmas
Saturday 5pm - Halloween
Saturday 8:15pm - The Rocky Horror Picture Show
$40 spot reservation - includes $20 credit towards food.
VIRTUAL:
- Brooklyn Public Library
Friday, Oct 30th, 3pm - Frankenstein Fridays! Halloween themed crafts for kids
Friday, Oct 30th, 3:30pm - Ghoulish stories and spooky fun - like making blood!
Saturday, Oct 31st, 11am - Halloween Storytime with Ms. Cynthia
Saturday, Oct 31st, 12pm - Kid’s Halloween Canvas Painting Workshop
Saturday, Oct 31st, 1pm - Dia de los Muertos - Compañía de Danza Mexicana will perform - Little Buddies Host Virtual Halloween Party for Kids
Little Buddies is hosting a free virtual Halloween party Oct. 30 at 4:15 p.m. You don’t have to miss out this year, as they bring you some fun spooky, spidery entertainment right at home. Kids can put on their costumes and experience 45 minutes of music, art, dancing and even a costume parade. - Coney Island virtual Halloween costume contest
Dress up in your best costume and submit photos to Coney Island's virtual Halloween costume contest now through October 28. Children and adults are invited to participate either by dressing up or simply voting for their favorite costumes. The top 3 highest rated photos will receive four tickets to a Brooklyn Cyclones game, Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park, Luna Park in Coney Island, meal vouchers for Nathan's Famous, and enjoy a $25 gift card to the boardwalk's newest eatery, La Tombola, all for the 2021 season.
You can vote up until Halloween night at 11:59 pm. Winners of the contest will be announced on Monday, November 2. - Virtual Village Halloween Parade
Due to Covid-19 the beloved annual New York's Village Halloween Parade is canceled this year, but you can still participate by watching it online...albeit with a twist. In its place, the organization that brings the Village Halloween Parade to fruition will host the first-ever Miniature Halloween Parade, which will feature the mask and puppet work of 30 artists from the history of New York’s Village Halloween Parade. A link to the video will be posted on the VHP website on Halloween Day.
While the Village Halloween Parade typically covers a stretch of Sixth Avenue in Manhattan from Spring Street to 16th Street, Prouse’s 4-feet-by-40-feet painted canvas goes bigger. It covers the city from the George Washington Bridge to the Statue of Liberty, with many more landmarks in between that are seen as the backdrop moves. - BAMboo!
Bring your Halloween best to this virtual family-friendly party! BAM's beloved block party transforms for the digital space into an action-packed afternoon of revelry for families everywhere. Join us for a lineup of Halloween tricks and treats, including a magic show, professional pumpkin carving, story time, and dance party. Best of all, delight in wild, wacky, and adorable costumes from near and far—and have the opportunity to win prizes with your own entry at the annual costume contest. - At Home With Irish Arts Center | Oíche Shamhna/Irish Halloween: Feast of the Fairies
Celebrate the Irish origins of Halloween from home in a communal feast of fancy!
On Saturday, October 31, learn some Halloween traditions like how to make barmbrack bread, carve your own lantern from a turnip (the original jack-o-lantern), and do a Halloween-themed magic trick with Joe Daly.
On Sunday, November 1, gather around a virtual bonfire to feast on stories and performances inspired by otherworldly creatures both naughty and nice; take part in an interactive performance workshop based on Irish myths; write a spell to make the world a better place; and watch the premiere of Collective Pop-Up Book Project created with spooky stories from the archive of the National Folklore Collection of Ireland!
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