Halloween Parades & Festivals

39th Annual NYC Halloween Parade
6th Avenue South of Spring Street
New York, NY 10013
Monday, October 31st at 7:00 pm
http://www.halloween-nyc.com/
Wear your costume and be part of the nations’ most wildly creative public participatory event in the greatest city in the world. Join hundreds of puppets, 53 bands of different types of music, dancers and artists and thousands of other New Yorkers!

CMA Halloween Festival
Children’s Museum of the Arts
103 Charlton Street
New York, NY 10014
Saturday, October 29th at 3:00 pm
(212) 274-0986
$10, free for members
http://cmany.org/calendar.php
While wearing your most creative costume, join a full day of scary surprises, tricks and treats and ghostly projects! This festival is recommended for all ages.

Halloween Harvest in Old Brooklyn
Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum
5816 Clarendon Road
Brooklyn, NY 11203
Saturday, October 22nd 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Tickets: $5 for adults, $3 for children under 12 and seniors.
Members FREE
(718) 629-5400
http://www.wyckoffassociation.org/museum/events_programs.html
Celebrate Halloween and the Harvest of Old Brooklyn at the Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum! Bring your child's costume from last year and swap it, for free! Tour the house and listen to its “former” inhabitants talk about the “family,” then visit the house again with Senior Docent Lucie Chin. Enjoy freshly pressed cider and popcorn while listening to the sounds of John Carlin & The Kids Music Underground. Dip and enjoy apples in chocolate, and choose a pumpkin from our “patch;” have your face painted and listen to stories about the harvest as we celebrate at the Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum!

Halloween Festival
Fort Totten Park
Bell Blvd. 212th St. and Totten Avenue
Queens, NY 11359
Saturday, October 22nd, 12:00 – 4:00 pm
Free
(718) 352-4793
http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/forttotten/events/2011/10/22/halloween-festival
Join this festival on October 22nd with games, rides, hay rides, pumpkin patch, goodie bags & much more!

Children’s Fall Festival
Queens County Farm Museum
73-50 Little Neck Parkway
Floral Park, NY 11426
Sunday, October 30th, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
$5
(718) 347-3276
http://www.queensfarm.org/events.html
This Fall Festival is especially for children and the youngest are invited to wear their costumes. During this festival, enjoy several traditional games, plus pony rides and a petting zoo!

Ghosts of New York – Walking Tours
14th of October 2011– 1st of January 2012
Starting time varies
Prices between $20 and $30
(718) 591-4741
http://www.ghostsofny.com/calendar/
Join as many tours as you like and experience it for yourself. Ghosts will haunt you everywhere; from a hospital, an old casino or even in parks. Ghosts of New York offers lots of different tours and they don’t stop after Halloween! You can join the tours until the 1st of January 2012. Check out the website for a full overview of tours.

Haunted Lantern Tours
Fort Totten Park
Bell Blvd. 212th St. and Totten Avenue
Queens, NY 11359
October 28 & 29th from 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Free
(718) 352-4793
http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/forttotten/events/2011/10/29/haunted-lantern-tours
Celebrate your Halloween in the Fort Totten Park and see how the Urban Park Rangers mix history with Halloween on a lantern tour of the Historic Water Battery!

Halloween Haunted Walk & Carnival
Prospect Park Southwest and 16th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215
October 29th from 12:00 – 3:00 pm
Free
(718) 965-8999
http://www.prospectpark.org/calendar/event/halloween
This Haunted Walk is back and scarier than ever before! Experience zombies, wolf men, headless horses, good and bad witches and other creepy characters on Lookout Hill. Young children need to be accompanied by parents of guardians.

Scary Stories from the Past
Lefferts Historic House in Prospect Park
Flatbush Avenue at Empire Boulevard
Brooklyn, NY 11225
October 29th & 30th at 2:00 & 3:00 pm
Free
(718) 789-2822
http://www.prospectpark.org/calendar/event/676528
Form a circle and enjoy the scary stories of Tammy Hall. This master storyteller will keep the tradition of scary stories alive with tales from old Flatbush.

Halloween Hi-Jinks on the High Line
High Line and 22nd street
New York, NY 10011
Sunday, October 30th from 12:00 – 3:00 pm
Free
(212) 500-6035
http://thehighline.org/events/all/2011/10
Enjoy an afternoon, filled with tricks and treats and join the Friend of the High Line. Families are invited to dress in costume.

Pumpkin Picking
Pumpkin Picking at Decker Farm
435 Richmond Hill Rd
Staten Island, NY 10314
October 1 & 2, 8, 9 & 10, 15 & 16, 22 & 23, 29 & 30
From 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Tickets: $ 5 per person, $16 per family of 4 (pay at the door)
(718) 351-1611
http://www.historicrichmondtown.org/events/details/677-pumpkin-picking-at-decker-farm
Visit the historic 1800s Decker Farm and enjoy a farmhouse guided tour, free admission, complimentary transportation from Historic Richmond Town to Decker Farm, a hay ride and even bring home a pumpkin!

Halloween in Richmond Town
Historic Richmond Town
441 Clarke Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10306
October 28th from 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
$8/Child; $3/Adult. SIHS Members: $7/Child; Adults FREE.
(718) 351-1611
http://www.nycgo.com/events/halloween-in-richmond-town1
Go back 50 years in time and experience what it’s like to have gone trick-or-treating in the 1950s! The usual Halloween fun is in store, featuring crafts, games, costumes and some ghouls and ghosts.

Halloween Owl Prowl
Blue Heron Nature Center
222 Poillon Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10312
Sunday, October 30th from 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Free
(718) 967-3542
http://www.preserve2.org/blueheron/programs.htm
On Sunday, October 30th, The Blue Heron Nature Center will be in the middle of a scary evening of frightening fun with owls and other creatures of the night. Be invited to walk the moonlit trails with Cliff Hagen as he searches for nocturnal neighbors.

Dead or Alive Food Experiments
New York Hall of Science
Flushing Meadows Corona Park
47-01 111th Street
Queens, NY 11368
October 30th
Free with NYSCI admission.
718 699-0005
http://www.nysci.org/visit/events
Join this experimental festival and create of tricks and treats with candy makers, molecular gastronomists and food scientists.




Halloween Parades & Festivals 39th Annual NYC Halloween Parade 6th Avenue South of Spring Street New York, NY 10013 Monday, October 31st at 7:00 pm http://www.halloween-nyc.com/ Wear your costume and be part of the nations’ most wildly creative public participatory event in the greatest city in the world. Join hundreds of puppets, 53 bands of different types of music, dancers and artists and thousands of other New Yorkers! CMA Halloween Festival Children’s Museum of the Arts 103 Charlton Street New York, NY 10014 Saturday, October 29th at 3:00 pm (212) 274-0986 $10, free for members http://cmany.org/calendar.php While wearing your most creative costume, join a full day of scary surprises, tricks and treats and ghostly projects! This festival is recommended for all ages. Halloween Harvest in Old Brooklyn Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum 5816 Clarendon Road Brooklyn, NY 11203 Saturday, October 22nd 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets: $5 for adults, $3 for children under 12 and seniors. Members FREE (718) 629-5400 http://www.wyckoffassociation.org/museum/events_programs.html Celebrate Halloween and the Harvest of Old Brooklyn at the Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum! Bring your child's costume from last year and swap it, for free! Tour the house and listen to its “former” inhabitants talk about the “family,” then visit the house again with Senior Docent Lucie Chin. Enjoy freshly pressed cider and popcorn while listening to the sounds of John Carlin & The Kids Music Underground. Dip and enjoy apples in chocolate, and choose a pumpkin from our “patch;” have your face painted and listen to stories about the harvest as we celebrate at the Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum! Halloween Festival Fort Totten Park Bell Blvd. 212th St. and Totten Avenue Queens, NY 11359 Saturday, October 22nd, 12:00 – 4:00 pm Free (718) 352-4793 http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/forttotten/events/2011/10/22/halloween-festival Join this festival on October 22nd with games, rides, hay rides, pumpkin patch, goodie bags & much more! Children’s Fall Festival Queens County Farm Museum 73-50 Little Neck Parkway Floral Park, NY 11426 Sunday, October 30th, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm $5 (718) 347-3276 http://www.queensfarm.org/events.html This Fall Festival is especially for children and the youngest are invited to wear their costumes. During this festival, enjoy several traditional games, plus pony rides and a petting zoo! Ghosts of New York – Walking Tours 14th of October 2011– 1st of January 2012 Starting time varies Prices between $20 and $30 (718) 591-4741 http://www.ghostsofny.com/calendar/ Join as many tours as you like and experience it for yourself. Ghosts will haunt you everywhere; from a hospital, an old casino or even in parks. Ghosts of New York offers lots of different tours and they don’t stop after Halloween! You can join the tours until the 1st of January 2012. Check out the website for a full overview of tours. Haunted Lantern Tours Fort Totten Park Bell Blvd. 212th St. and Totten Avenue Queens, NY 11359 October 28 & 29th from 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Free (718) 352-4793 http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/forttotten/events/2011/10/29/haunted-lantern-tours Celebrate your Halloween in the Fort Totten Park and see how the Urban Park Rangers mix history with Halloween on a lantern tour of the Historic Water Battery! Halloween Haunted Walk & Carnival Prospect Park Southwest and 16th Street Brooklyn, NY 11215 October 29th from 12:00 – 3:00 pm Free (718) 965-8999 http://www.prospectpark.org/calendar/event/halloween This Haunted Walk is back and scarier than ever before! Experience zombies, wolf men, headless horses, good and bad witches and other creepy characters on Lookout Hill. Young children need to be accompanied by parents of guardians. Scary Stories from the Past Lefferts Historic House in Prospect Park Flatbush Avenue at Empire Boulevard Brooklyn, NY 11225 October 29th & 30th at 2:00 & 3:00 pm Free (718) 789-2822 http://www.prospectpark.org/calendar/event/676528 Form a circle and enjoy the scary stories of Tammy Hall. This master storyteller will keep the tradition of scary stories alive with tales from old Flatbush. Halloween Hi-Jinks on the High Line High Line and 22nd street New York, NY 10011 Sunday, October 30th from 12:00 – 3:00 pm Free (212) 500-6035 http://thehighline.org/events/all/2011/10 Enjoy an afternoon, filled with tricks and treats and join the Friend of the High Line. Families are invited to dress in costume. Pumpkin Picking Pumpkin Picking at Decker Farm 435 Richmond Hill Rd Staten Island, NY 10314 October 1 & 2, 8, 9 & 10, 15 & 16, 22 & 23, 29 & 30 From 11:00 am – 4:00 pm Tickets: $ 5 per person, $16 per family of 4 (pay at the door) (718) 351-1611 http://www.historicrichmondtown.org/events/details/677-pumpkin-picking-at-decker-farm Visit the historic 1800s Decker Farm and enjoy a farmhouse guided tour, free admission, complimentary transportation from Historic Richmond Town to Decker Farm, a hay ride and even bring home a pumpkin! Halloween in Richmond Town Historic Richmond Town 441 Clarke Avenue Staten Island, NY 10306 October 28th from 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm $8/Child; $3/Adult. SIHS Members: $7/Child; Adults FREE. (718) 351-1611 http://www.nycgo.com/events/halloween-in-richmond-town1 Go back 50 years in time and experience what it’s like to have gone trick-or-treating in the 1950s! The usual Halloween fun is in store, featuring crafts, games, costumes and some ghouls and ghosts. Halloween Owl Prowl Blue Heron Nature Center 222 Poillon Avenue Staten Island, NY 10312 Sunday, October 30th from 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Free (718) 967-3542 http://www.preserve2.org/blueheron/programs.htm On Sunday, October 30th, The Blue Heron Nature Center will be in the middle of a scary evening of frightening fun with owls and other creatures of the night. Be invited to walk the moonlit trails with Cliff Hagen as he searches for nocturnal neighbors. Dead or Alive Food Experiments New York Hall of Science Flushing Meadows Corona Park 47-01 111th Street Queens, NY 11368 October 30th Free with NYSCI admission. 718 699-0005 http://www.nysci.org/visit/events Join this experimental festival and create of tricks and treats with candy makers, molecular gastronomists and food scientists.