Our annual Halloween Guide features free family-friendly fall festivals and spooky events in Brooklyn. Get ready for the annual Halloween Fest in Fort Greene Park, Fall Fest at Atlantic Terminal and in Brooklyn Bridge Park, DUMBOween, a first time ever Superhero and Pumpkin Fest at City Point, the Park Slope and Cobble Hill Halloween Parades, a Halloween Festival in Bay Ridge, the best Trick-or-Treating streets and much more! Check back as well will be adding more Halloween fun in the coming weeks.
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Ongoing in October
Annual PumpkinFest on Court Street | Carroll Gardens
The annual Court Street PumpkinFest on 4th Place between Court and Clinton is back, hosted by Mazzone Ace Hardware. Join for a day full of fall fun, delicious treats, and community spirit! Enjoy pumpkin carving, games, live music, rides, a magician and so much more! PumpkinFest helps fund the life-saving medical needs of the Cohen Children’s Medical Center.
Storytime: The Little Witch Who Lost Her Broom! at Books Are Magic Montague | Brooklyn Heights (ages 4-8)
Saturday, October 5 | 11:00-11:30am | Ages 4-8 | RSVP here
From the New York Times bestselling duo who brought you The Little Ghost Who Lost Her Boo! comes another not-so-spooky Halloween romp about a little witch who goes on a ghostly hunt to find her lost broom! With bold and gorgeous art accompanied by bouncy, rhyming text, The Little Witch Who Lost Her Broom is a charming, not-so-scary read-aloud perfect for Halloween!
The Campaign Against Hunger’s Children’s Harvest Festival at Saratoga Farm | Bed Stuy
Pumpkin Picking & Fall Fun at BumbleBeesRus | Clinton Hill
Tuesday, October 8 | 10:30-11:30am | Ages 2-4 | RSVP by calling 718.676.0800 or emailing [email protected]
All are invited to this fall event at BumbleBeesRus for children ages 2-4 and their caregivers! Join for a fall read aloud and pumpkin painting fun.
Greg’s Halloween Paw-Rade @ Greenwood Park | Park Slope
Saturday, October 12 | 1-4pm
Greg’s Pumpkin Patch, which is set up at Greenwood Park beer garden in Park Slope this year, is hosting a “Costume Pawrade” for dogs on Saturday, October 12. Prizes will be awarded for Best in Show, Best Group Costume, More Original, and more. Greg’s Pumpkin Patch will be open for the entire Halloween season, starting September 28. They sell pumpkins ranging from little munchkins to large pumpkins, as well as decorative corn, gourds, and fall mums. You can paint pumpkins, carve them, and enjoy more fall activities for kids! Best of all, Greg’s will clean up the mess for you.
Fall Fest at Atlantic Terminal Mall | Downtown Brooklyn
Sunday, October 13 | 11am-2pm | RSVP here
Atlantic Terminal and Brooklyn Bridge Parents are hosting a FREE family-friendly fall festival on Atlantic Terminal’s outdoor plaza and car-free Fort Greene Place on Sunday, October 13th from 11 am to 2 PM. We will set up an “urban pumpkin patch” with over 1,000 pumpkins waiting to be decorated by the kiddos. The outdoor plaza and car-free Fort Greene Place will feature arts & crafts, pumpkin painting, block building, haunted trucks to enter (if you dare), soccer, costume dance party and more! Kids are encouraged to come in costumes.
Vale Pumpkin Patch at The William Vale | Williamsburg
Sunday, October 13 | 12-3pm | RSVP here
Welcome to Vale Pumpkin Patch! Get ready for a fun-filled day of pumpkin picking, fall treats, and more at The William Vale. Join us on Sun, Oct 13, 2024 starting at 12:00 PM for a day of fall festivities. Bring your friends and family for a day of autumn fun! The Kid’s Costume Contest will be at 1pm and the Pet Costume Contest will be at 2pm.
Halloween Family Movie Night: Hotel Transylvania | Park Slope Library
Friday, October 18 | 3:30-5:30pm
Come and join us as we turn our auditorium into a mini movie theater for our Halloween interactive movie program when we watch Hotel Transylvania! Rated PG, 91 minute runtime. All ages welcome, no registration required!
Red Hook Harvest Fest at Columbia Street Farm | Red Hook
Saturday, October 19 | 11am-3pm
Harvest Fest is happening on October 19th at Red Hook Farms at 560 Columbia Street, across from IKEA. This incredible community event draws over 700 people every year, especially for the kids! Expect food, beverages, music, games, art, our famous Hot Pepper Challenge, and much more!
Sound & Color! Autumn In New York | Brooklyn Bridge Park
Saturday, October 19 | 11am-4pm
Brooklyn Bridge Park’s annual fall festival will celebrate the changing of the season with an all-day family-friendly festival. Enjoy live musical performances, food vendors, kids activities, arts and crafts, field games and more—including our signature pumpkin patch. New this year, don’t miss 3D pumpkin carving demonstrations by Lenny Calvin Creations, and live music by jazz performers Brent Birckhead and Brianna Thomas – along with tap dance by Jason Samuel Smith!
Pumpkin Carving at The Dram Shop Bar | Park Slope
Saturday, October 19 | 12-4pm
This family-friendly pumpkin carving event will take place at The Dram Shop, a neighborhood bar in Park Slope. There will be free pumpkins to carve and take home while supplies last. Kids eat free on Saturdays!
Poplar Street Community Garden Pumpkin Party | Brooklyn Heights
Saturday, October 19 | 12-3pm | Note: This event is at capacity. To be added to the wait list, email [email protected]
Join the Poplar Street Community Garden for their annual Pumpkin Party, with pumpkin carving, pumpkin painting, Halloween crafts, treats, and harvesting of end-of-season herbs. RSVP to reserve a pumpkin at [email protected].
Pumpkin Painting at Strong Rope Brewery | Red Hook
Saturday, October 19 | 1-3pm
Say hello to fall and spooky season and join to paint some pumpkins in the Red Hook taproom! This family-friendly event is free and open to everyone, no reservations needed. Come early to grab a spot and the best pumpkin!
PS 110 Fall Carnival | Greenpoint
Saturday, October 19 | 2-5pm
PS110’s Fall Festival is on October 19th, and it’s gonna be SPOOKTACULAR! Event features: haunted house, face painting, tattoos, treats, dance party, bounce castle, pumpkin painting, games, prizes, and more! More information to come!
Movie & Crafts: The Nightmare Before Christmas at Brower Park Library | Crown Heights
Saturday, October 19 | 3:00-4:30pm
Come to Brower Park Library, located in the Brooklyn Children’s Museum, for a free movie screening and craft project! The library will be showing Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, rated PG, runtime 1 hour 16 minutes. There will also be a Halloween craft project!
Pumpkin Decorating at DUMBO Family Games | DUMBO
Sunday, October 20 | 11am-1pm | Washington Street from Front Street to Water Street
Superhero & Pumpkin Fest at City Point | Downtown Brooklyn
Sunday, October 20 | 11am-1pm | Ages 2-10 | RSVP here
City Point and Brooklyn Bridge Parents kick off the spooky season with Brooklyn’s first Superhero & Pumpkin Festive featuring Spiderman, Wonder Woman and Captain America and pumpkin decorating. Costumes encouraged! Best for ages 2 to 10. The free event will take place on Sunday, October 20 from 11 am to 1 pm at City Point on the ground floor level next to Rumi. Highlights include:
- Pumpkin decorating: take home a pumpkin (while supplies last)
- Spiderman, Wonder Woman & Captain America: Meet & Greet
- Superhero photos and dancing: snap a selfie, dance with the
- Fall crafts and balloon twisting
Fall Festival at Marsha P. Johnson State Park | Williamsburg
Sunday, October 20 | 12-4pm
We will be holding our annual Fall Festival on Sunday, October 20th from 12-4pm! Join us for an afternoon of food, music, puppet shows, and more! Rain date is Sunday, October 27, from 12-4pm.
Kids Create! Autumnal Art Celebration at Clinton Hill Library | Clinton Hill
Tuesday, October 22 | 11am-12pm | Ages 0-5
Come to Clinton Hill Library for their annual autumnal art celebration, where every little one gets a little pumpkin to decorate. Supply is limited and will be handed out on a first come first serve basis.
Bubbles the Silly Entertainer’s Halloween Boo Bash at Clinton Hill Library | Clinton Hill
Tuesday, October 22 | 4-5pm
Come one, come all and join us for a fun filled, silly yet spookylicious Halloween event with our very own hype girl “Bubbles.” Children and grownups will dance, sing and laugh alongside Bubbles and her crazy adventures.
Brooklyn Public House Fourth Annual Pumpkin Carving Contest | Fort Greene
Tuesday, October 22 | 6-10pm
Costumes are welcome at the Fourth Annual Pumpkin Carving Contest at Fort Greene’s Brooklyn Public House at 247 Dekalb Avenue! There will be free pumpkins to carve, and the chance to win prizes, with a special category for ages 12 and under.
Big Spooky: Halloween Event at Big Reuse | Gowanus
Be green this Halloween! Warning: This family-friendly night of costume thrifting and activities will leave you sustainably spooky! After-hours shopping at the Big Reuse center with curated costume racks, festive tunes, and DIY inspiration? What a ghoul-some combo! Bring your kids, bring your friends, bring your most creative eco-friendly vibes to Big Reuse’s first ever Halloween event! Join in on a sustainable costume workshop, costume runway, Halloween movie screening, and spooky stories read-aloud!
Creepy Beats at Brower Park Library | Crown Heights
Thursday, October 24 | 4-5pm | Ages 6-12
Come play in our musical laboratory! This week we’ll make creepy beats for Halloween, which feature sounds that are eerie, scary or generate suspense! During this Brower Beats program, kids can mix samples and produce music on the library’s iPads and laptop computers.
Howl-Ween Dog Costume Party at Cadman Plaza | Brooklyn Heights
Friday, October 25 | 8-9am
Break out your sharpest fangs, it’s time for a Howl-Ween Dog Costume Party at Cadman Plaza Oval. No tricks, just treats!
Free Halloween Kids Concert with Suzi Shelton at Time Out Market NY | DUMBO
Friday, October 25 | 10:15-11:00am
Calling all of our smallest Brooklyn friends! Macaroni KID Brooklyn NW has teamed up with Time Out Market New York to present a free concert for toddlers and babies featuring the one and only Suzi Shelton on Friday, October 25th at 10:15am! (Doors open 10am) As we head into the weekend before Halloween, let’s get festive together – costumes encouraged! While you’re there, enjoy free doughnut samples from Time Out Market vendor Doughnuttery.
FALLOWEEN at DeKalb Library | Bushwick
Friday, October 25 | 3-5pm
Are you ready for some Family fun! Get ready! Get ready! Get ready! We dare you to join us at the Dekalb Library as we put the F in Fun. Get to know the Dekalb Library as we welcome new & old friends at our 3rd Falloween Spectacular. Falloween activities include: giveaways, arts & crafts and games. Costumes are Welcome!
7th Annual Cobble Hill Halloween Window Painting Day | Cobble Hill
Saturday, October 26 | 8:30-11:30am | Grades 1-10 | Register here
Sign up for Halloween Window Painting Day in Cobble Hill, where local children create their own Halloween-themed paintings on the windows of participating Court Street businesses. This event is open to children in grades 1-10 living in the neighborhood between and including Atlantic Avenue to Union Street, Smith Street to Columbia Street. Kids can register as an individual or team of 2, and registration is on a first-come basis. Learn more and register here.
Pumpkin Festival at East New York Farms | East New York
Saturday, October 26 | 9am-3pm
Join East New York Farmers’ Market for their Annual Pumpkin Festival, with pumpkin carving, face painting, a costume contest with prizes, performances by Mazarte Dance Company, and a free fire cider workshop on the farm (register here)! There will also be live music all day long. Attendees are invited to bring photos and memories of loved ones who have passed to add to a Dia de los Muertos altar on the farm.
Pumpkin Point 2024 | Governors Island
Saturday, October 26 & Sunday, October 27 | 10am-5pm
Get excited for spooky season: Pumpkin Point returns to Governors on #Halloweekend 2024! NYC’s most unique pumpkin patch is just a ferry ride away October 26 & 27, 2024, featuring arts & crafts, trick or treating on both days, fall-themed food and drink, and—of course—a huge pumpkin patch in Nolan Park. Pumpkin Point is free, with a suggested donation day-of if you are able. Here are some important tips for your trip to Governors Island this weekend:
- Governors Island will be running additional ferry service from two Brooklyn locations this weekend to accommodate anticipated crowds: Red Hook/Atlantic Basin and Pier 6/Atlantic Avenue. This is in addition to normal service from the Battery Maritime Building (10 South Street) and NYC Ferry service. Click here for ferry schedules and tickets.
- Governors Island recommends bringing your own tote bag/reusable bag to carry your pumpkins.
- They are anticipating a large volume of visitors, so leave plenty of time and read all the tips for planning your trip here.
Halloween Storytime with Tiffany D. Jackson: Trick-or-Treating in the City at Books Are Magic | Brooklyn Heights
Saturday, October 26 | 11am-12pm | RSVP here
Halloween’s coming early to Montague! Dress up in your costumes for a spooky, silly storytime with bestselling author Tiffany D. Jackson! When a little girl can’t follow her usual tradition, she turns to her New York City neighbors for help. This is a can’t-miss celebration of generosity and community from bestselling author Tiffany D. Jackson.
14th Annual Children’s Halloween Festival and Parade | Coney Island
Saturday, October 26 | 11am-2pm | Ages 1-14
The Alliance for Coney Island will be hosting their 14th Annual Children’s Halloween Festival and Parade once again at the Coney Island Amphitheater. The first 1,200 children will receive a goodie bag and wristband to Luna Park in Coney Island to enjoy the rides after the parade! All children must arrive in costume and will automatically be enrolled into the costume contest. Categories include: Most Creative Category, Best Group Costume, and Funniest Costume.
Redemption Church Fall Festival at Coffey Park | Red Hook
Saturday, October 26 | 12pm
Redemption Church will host their annual Fall Festival in Red Hook’s Coffey Park, with Halloween activities, games, candy, music, and more.
26th Annual Great PUPkin Dog Costume Contest | Fort Greene Park
In its 26th year, the Great PUPkin Dog Costume Contest is Brooklyn’s largest and longest-running dog competition! The event will take place at the bottom of the Monument Stairs. As always, the show is free to watch! And stick around after the contest for Fort Greene Park’s Halloween Fest, from 12:00 to 4:00pm.
Hopalong Andrew Halloween Performance | Fort Greene Park
Saturday October 26 | 10-11am
Join Hopalong Andrew for a special pre-Halloween Fest performance on the Central Lawn on Saturday, October 26. This fun family-friendly performance will take place while the park sets up their Halloween Fest!
Halloween Fest | Fort Greene Park
Saturday, October 26 | 12-4pm
Get ready for what’s in store, Halloween Fest is back with more! Dress up in your best costumes and join us on Saturday, October 26 from 12:00 to 4:00pm. Enjoy spooky stories, face painting, family-friendly games, and more. Halloween Fest is free to all, no RSVP required. And don’t miss out the PUPkin Dog Costume Contest, happening from 12:00 to 1:30pm at the bottom of Fort Greene Park’s Monument Stairs.
BKLYN BOO! at Albee Square | Downtown Brooklyn
Saturday, October 26 | 12-3pm
BKLYN BOO! returns to Albee Square for a fun and exciting afternoon of family-friendly Halloween activities, live music, and arts! More information coming soon, check back here!
Kids Fall Spooktacular | The Wyckoff House Museum
Saturday, October 26 | 12-3pm
Join us for an outdoor fall celebration! Families and kids can celebrate Halloween outdoors with a visit to the Wyckoff Farmhouse park. There will be a live DJ, pumpkin patch, Halloween crafts and games, a spooky house, and prizes for kids and adult costumes!
Kids Halloween Spooktacular | Industry City
Saturday, October 26 | 12-4pm
Calling all little ghosts, goblins, and superheroes! Come in costume for a Halloween party at Industry City, hosted by brooklynONE! There will be trick or treating, Halloween activities and crafts, music, and more!
Annual McGolrick Dogs Halloween Parade and Costume Contest | Greenpoint
Saturday, October 26 | 12-4pm
Please join us for the Annual Mcgolrick Dogs Halloween Parade and Costume Contest! Meet at the Pavilion at 12pm, Parade starts at 12:15pm, Costume contest to follow! Amazing sponsors, incredible prizes, local celeb judges!
Howl-o-ween at Hoyt Open Streets | Boerum Hill
Saturday, October 26 | 1-4pm
This much-anticipated doggy Halloween celebration is BACK! Help close out a great season of Hoyt Open Streets with a Halloween celebration for you and your pup. Come by for treats, fall photo ops, and much more fun activities for pets! Plus, dogs will be up for adoption via Heavenly Angels Animal Rescue if you are thinking about expanding your furry family. Start planning those costumes!
Pumpkin Painting at the Hoyt Street Garden | Boerum Hill
Saturday, October 26 | 2-5pm
There will be Halloween pumpkin painting at the Hoyt Street Garden, on the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Hoyt Street. Don’t forget to also check out the Howl-o-ween Dog Costume Party on Hoyt and Atlantic from 1-4pm!
Treats on the Trails at Shirley Chisholm State Park | East New York
Piano’ween Festival at St. John’s of Park Slope | Park Slope
Saturday, October 26 | 2-4pm | RSVP here
In this beloved yet frightful fall festival, piano students in BKCM’s Suzuki Program perform their most terrifying musical repertoire, dressed in their most ghoulish seasonal attire. Open to all Suzuki families and the wider BKCM community. Come dressed to impress! The festival will be held at St. John’s of Park Slope at 139 St. John’s Place, Brooklyn.
Seaport Kids x Halloween Bash | The Seaport
Saturday, October 26 | 3-5pm | RSVP here
Pumpkins. Tricks. And plenty of treats. Save the date for Seaport Kids x Halloween Block Party, in partnership with Mommy Poppins and Brooklyn Bridge Parents. From 3pm to 5pm on Saturday, October 26, the cobblestones and Seaport Square will transform into a Halloween-themed block party for kids. Enjoy a live music performance from urban cowboy musician Hopalong Andrew from 4:00-4:45pm, as well as pumpkin-painting, face-painting, halloween crafts activities and, of course, a celebration of attendees’ fabulous costumes. Guests are encouraged to wear costumes (both themselves and their doggos) for a chance to win a prize. We will choose two (2) winners – 1 dog winner and 1 human winner. Each winner will receive a Tin Building gift card.
Halloween Festival | 5th Ave in Bay Ridge
Saturday, October 26 | 3-7 pm | RSVP here
Stop by our annual Halloween Festival on 5th Avenue in Bay Ridge with FREE pumpkin decorating, bouncy house, music, kids activities, trick-or-treating and more! Brooklyn Bridge Parents is partnering up with the 5th Avenue BID in Bay Ridge to host a big fall festival on 10 blocks on car-free 5th Avenue from 72nd to 85th Street. Come enjoy the many restaurants from all over the world and a block party with bouncy houses, arts & crafts, pumpkin decorating, “Trunk-or-Treat”, haunted truck, music and much more. The free event will take place on Saturday, October 26th from 3 to 7 pm. Kids are encouraged to come in costumes!
Halloween Block Party on St. James Place | Clinton Hill
Saturday, October 26 | 3-7pm
Come to the annual Halloween Block Party on St. Jams Place with friends and family. Wear your most creative costume! There will be candy and music.
Trick Or Streets Red Hook Pop Up Shop | Red Hook
Saturday, October 26 | 3-8pm
Don’t miss out on delicious local food, carnival games and prizes, a costume contest, Halloween bag decorating, and Broadway performances!
Family Karaoke Night at Iris Cafe | Brooklyn Heights
Saturday, October 26 | 5-8pm
Get ready to sing your heart out at this karaoke party! Bring the whole family and dress to impress for our costume contest with exciting prizes!
Hoot and Howloween | Prospect Park
Sunday, October 27 | 10am-1pm
Take a second look at the creatures that crawl around and fly in the park, you may find you like them! Participate in fun activities and experiments that will make your spine tingle at Propect Park Alliance Natureween!
- Owl Pellet Dissection | 10am–1 pm | Participants will have the opportunity to pick apart owl pellets, masses of undigested parts of food that owl species occasionally regurgitate!
- Mask and Finger Puppet Workshop | 10am-1 pm | Participants will explore under logs, leaves and branches and you may come eye to eye with an unexpected. Search for Prospect Park’s critters that are often overlooked!
- Nature Chef’s Surprise! | 11 am–12 pm | Our nature chef has some tasty treats for you to try that are delicious, nutritious, and crunchy! Take a nibble and earn a special certificate and boasting button. Learn how this mystery treat is a sustainable alternative protein source that has nutritional benefits.
- Bug Explorations | 12–1 pm | Participants will explore under logs, leaves and branches and you may come eye to eye with Prospect Park nature’s creepy insect residents!
Also in Prospect Park, take a ride on the Haunted Carousel while enjoying your favorite Halloween jams on Saturday, October 26. Sunday, October 27, and Thursday, October 31.
Trick or Treat at IKEA Brooklyn | Red Hook
Sunday, October 27 | 10am-1pm | RSVP here
Join us at IKEA Brooklyn for a Halloween celebration! There will be treats, crafts, giveaways, and a photo station for your little goblins. Kids can participate in a scavenger hunt win a free frozen yogurt! There will also be trick-or-treat bag decorating and Swedish candy samples. Come in costume and get a family picture at the Photo Station. Learn more and RSVP here!
5th Annual Berry Spooky Halloween | Williamsburg
Sunday, October 27 | 10am | 1pm Kids Costume Contest | RSVP here
Spooky season is back on Berry Street! Join us for the 5th Annual Berry Spooky Halloween on South 5th and Berry St! Celebrate Halloween with your neighbors (all ages welcome!) with music, dancing, a costume contest, prizes, and pumpkin giveaways.
Annual Halloween Parade at Urban Meadow | Columbia Waterfront District
The Urban Meadow Garden group will hold its Annual Halloween Party and Parade through the Columbia Waterfront Neighborhood on Sunday, October 27th. Come in costume! The parade will start marching at 11:00 a.m. led by the Underground Horns!
Brooklyn Heights Association Halloween Parade | Brooklyn Heights
Sunday, October 27 | 11am
Join the Brooklyn Heights Association for the annual parade down the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. This year, the parade will begin at the ramp entrance to the Promenade at Orange Street and Columbia Heights. Parade-goers will walk the full length of the Promenade, led by our parade captain from Treasure Trunk Theater. Raffle and treats at the Remsen Street finale. After the parade, head over to Montague Street for some Spooky Open Streets, in partnership with the Montague BID.
Halloween Spooktacular at Montague Open Streets | Brooklyn Heights
Sunday, October 27 | 12-5pm | See full lineup of activities here
Montague Open Streets will be closing out the 2024 season on Sunday, October 27 with Halloween Fun! Highlights will include:
- Trick or Treating on Montague Street | 12-3pm | Look for this sign in the windows of Montague Street businesses to Trick or Treat! Participating shops include Montague Diner, Golf v.@, Saketumi Asian Bistro, James Weir Florist, Spirit Halloween, and Housing Works.
- Montague Diner Spooktacular | 12-4pm | Join Montague Diner for a day of Halloween festivities – face painting, sing-a-longs, story telling and more!
- 12-1pm | Dog Costume Contest
- 12-2pm | Face Painting + Pumpkin Painting
- 1:30-2:30pm | Sing Along wtih Mr. Simon
- 2:30-3:30pm | Spooky Reading with Books are Magic
- Plus Warm drinks + Halloween treats by Montague Diner all day long!
- Dog Costume Contest | 12-1pm | Grab your pup, throw on a costume, and head to Montague Open Streets on Sunday October 27 at 12pm for Montague Diner’s first ever Dog Costume Contest. Swing by Montague Diner (148 Montague Street, between Clinton & Henry) at 11:30am to grab your entry number. Judging starts promptly at 12pm.
- Build a Haunted House with McMullen Architecture | 12-5pm | Build your own haunted house with neighborhood architect Brett McMullen. Don’t miss out on the thrills and chills. Kids under 6 must be accompanied by an adult.
- New York Blood Center Blood Drive with St. Ann’s | 11am-5pm | Sign up here to donate!
- …and more! See all events here.
¡CalabazaFest! 2024 at Maria Hernandez Park | Bushwick
Sunday, October 27 | 11am-4pm
RiseBoro Community Partnership is proud to present the 14th edition of ¡CalabazaFest!, the colorful, outdoor, cross-cultural, family-friendly, fun and free costume party celebrating Day of the Dead, Halloween, and harvest festival traditions. Event features include a fantastic live stage show of music, mariachi, and dance performances, a special edition RB Farmers Market, pumpkin carving, and a creative costume contest (beginning at 2pm). (Rain Location: RiseBoro Youth Center)
Court Street Spectacular | Brooklyn Heights
Sunday, October 27 | 11am-6pm
Court Street Spectacular Street Fair between Atlantic Avenue and Joralemon Street. Enjoy Brooklyn’s last big street festival of the year! Come take a stroll down Court Street and visit the merchants and vendors, great food and exciting kiddie rides on Court Street. Great fun all day!
Carroll Park Children’s Halloween Celebration | Carroll Gardens
Sunday, October 27 | 11:30am-1pm
Join for Carroll Park’s Children’s Halloween Celebration! There will be free music, treats, and kid-friendly activities!
Sunday, October 27 | 12pm
Calling all princes and princesses, heroes and villains, witches and wizards! The FREE Greenpoint Children’s Halloween Parade will step off around 12 Noon in McCarren Park (Manhattan Avenue and Driggs Avenue). Costumed kids of all ages will march up Manhattan Avenue to Greenpoint Avenue and back to the park. Following the parade will be a ticketed Spooktacular Party (tickets start at $20) indoors at Hide & Seek, located at 593 Manhattan Avenue, with timed 50-minute sessions at 10 AM, 11 AM, 1 PM and 2 PM. Learn more about the ticketed event here.
Woof-o-ween at Domino Square | Williamsburg
Sunday, October 27 | 12-3pm
Get ready for a howlin’ good time at Domino Square! Join us for a spooky celebration of your pups and make sure to arrive by 1 PM, when judging begins, if you’d like to submit your pup for the costume contest! There will also be a live DJ, photobooth, and prizes!
Sunday, October 27 | 2-4pm
Park Slope Parents’ beloved Halloween Costume Contest is back! Dust off your hot glue guns and sewing machines. Awards will be given in the categories of: Best use of Stroller/Wagon, Scariest, Best Group/Family/Ensemble, Best Infant, Best Pop Culture, Best Classic Halloween, Most Creative, and Best use of Recycled/Green Materials. (Favoritism is given to cheap, DIY, creative, and recycled costumes!) After the contest, all participants parade around Washington Park. Perfect for families with little-ones who can’t make the late-night parade on 10/31.
3rd Annual Family Halloween Party at Lentol Garden | Williamsburg
Sunday, October 27 | 4-6pm
Lentol Garden is proud to present their third annual Family Halloween Party on in their garden at 178 Bayard Street. Costumes are highly encouraged! There will be spooktacular food and drinks, raffles, and Halloween crafts and activities throughout. The Costume Trick or Treat Parade and Monster Mash Dance Party will be at 5:15pm. This event is free to open to the public.
Halloween Kids Create! at Adams Street Library | DUMBO
Monday, October 28 | 4-5pm
Celebrate Halloween at the Adams Street Library and create a take-home craft with us!
Halloween Celebration at Brooklyn Heights Library | Brooklyn Heights
Tuesday, October 29 | 3:30-4:30pm
Come one, come all and join us for a fun filled, silly yet spookylicious Halloween event with our very Own Hype Girl “Bubbles”. Children and grownups will dance, sing and laugh alongside Bubbles and her crazy adventures. In addition to this interactive live performance, we will have a Halloween craft table. Come hang out, get crafty, make friends, and get in the Halloween spirit! We can’t wait to see you there! This event is for all ages and does not require registration.
Halloween Monster Mash at Crown Heights Library | Crown Heights
Tuesday, October 29 | 3:30-5:00pm
Come celebrate Halloween with us! We’ll have games, Halloween-themed crafts to take home, raffles, and a spooky sensory table! We’ll even have some treats to take! This event is gearned towards children, but families are welcome as well. Family friendly costumes are encouraged.
Teen Time: Karaoke and Costume Contest at Brooklyn Heights Library | Brooklyn Heights
Tuesday, October 29 | 5-6pm
Join us in the Mezzanine for Karaoke! Bring your friends to sing your favorite duet and wear a festive costume and help us celebrate October!
Spooky Movies at Brower Park Library | Crown Heights
Wednesday, October 30 | 3:30-5:30pm
It’s Spooky Season! Stop by and watch a spooky movie: Beetlejuice (1988). Rated PG.
Halloween Kids Create! at Park Slope Library | Park Slope
Wednesday, October 30 | 4:00-4:45pm | Ages 4+
Celebrate Halloween at the Park Slope Library and create a take-home craft with us! For kids 6 and up. Younger children (4 and up) are welcome when accompanied by an adult to help.
Events on Halloween: Thursday, October 31
McGhoulrick Halloween | Greenpoint | 3pm
Join Friends of McGolrick Park for their annual Halloween celebration in Greenpoint. There will be games, dancing, candy, and a children’s parade!
5th Annual Halloween Costume Crawl for All | Williamsburg | 3-6pm
Come to Leonard Street for the 5th Annual Halloween Costume Crawl! There will be food & treats, games, music and face painting. It is free and open to the community!
Cobble Hill Halloween Parade | Cobble Hill | 4pm
Organized by the Cobble Hill Association, the Cobble Hill Halloween Parade is always on Halloween, rain or shine. This year’s parade will once again be led by the incomparable Brass Queens. Music starts in Cobble Hill Park at 3:30pm, and the parade leaves from the Congress Street entrance exactly at 4pm. After the parade, stick around for some of the best trick-or-treating in Brooklyn!
Boo!KCM Halloween Celebration | Park Slope | 4-6pm
BKCM’s free, family-friendly Halloween garden party in Park Slope is back! Some have speculated that our 143-year-old Victorian mansion may be haunted. We can neither confirm nor deny these rumors, but we CAN confirm that some talented musical spirits will be giving a spine-chilling performance in the garden, and that the candy will be plentiful and frightfully delicious. RSVP here!
Myrtle Monster Mash | Clinton Hill | 4-6pm
Unleash your inner monster at Myrtle Avenue’s hair-raising, spooktacular Monster Mash at the Myrtle Avenue Plaza. Get your ghoul on with DJ Des One’s eerie tracks, marvel at Dancer Keller’s solo Thriller showcase, and learn killer moves from Mr. Chung. Then, join forces with PS20 Dancers for a chilling Thriller Dance Mob that’ll wake the dead! Cap off the night with a bone-shaking dance battle while enjoying spooky games & sweet treats throughout this Halloween spectacular — guaranteed to be a monster hit! Costumes are encouraged but not required – just bring your Halloween spirit! Remember, little monsters 12 and under must be accompanied by their guardian ghouls.
DUMBOWEEN | DUMBO | 4-7pm
One of our favorite neighborhood traditions, DUMBOWEEN brings hundreds of costumed Dumbonians out for our Annual March to the Arch through Brooklyn Bridge Park with brass bands + puppets, followed an Archway Party featuring crafts with Creatively WILD Art Studio, a photobooth and of course, candy! Plus, Trick-or-Treat at 50 + Dumbo small businesses around the neighborhood!
- 4pm | March to the Arch | Gather on Washington Street between Front and Water Streets. Parade through DUMBO en route to the Dumbo Archway, led by live music and puppets!
- 4-7pm | Trick or Treat in Dumbo | It’s a neighborhood-wide tradition! 50+ small businesses hand out candy on Halloween from 3-7pm (while supplies last.) Look for the pumpkin sign in the window of participating locations. Get the map here!
- 4:30-7pm | Dumbo Archway Party | Hands-on fun with Creatively WILD Art Studio, a spooktacular photobooth, live music, prizes for the best (human!) costumes, drinks for sale from The Archway Bar – and of course, lots of candy!
- 5pm | Howl-O-Ween | Deck out your four-legged friend and come to **Washington Street** for the second annual Dumbo x H.E.A.L Howl-O-Ween! Prizes for (1) Most original, (2) Best Owner/pet duo and (3) Best in show/Cutest/Coolest. Win an Apple Watch and lots of of other great prizes. Birds, cats, alligators also welcome!
- All weekend! | Photo Fun for Everyone! | We’re creating festive photo experiences, perfect for showing off that creepy costume or commemorating a day in Dumbo. Find them on Washington Street and in the Dumbo Archway Thursday October 26 through Tuesday October 31.
Brooklyn’s favorite family-friendly Halloween party is back! Put a lid on the cauldron, grab your broomsticks, and soar over to BAM for an afternoon of candy giveaways, carnival games, arts and crafts, trick-or-treat popcorn, and kid-friendly short films in the BAM Rose Cinemas.
Hometown BBQ Halloween Party | Red Hook | 4-9pm
Join for the Hometown BBQ Halloween Party, with pumpkin carving, a fire truck, donuts, hot cider, a whole hog, and festbier! Reed Street (outside Hometown BBQ) will be closed to traffic from Conover Street to Van Brunt Street.
21st Annual Halloween Crawl | Bed Stuy | 5pm
Join us for the Stuyvesant Heights Association’s 21st Annual Halloween Crawl! Join the Bed-Stuy Community for a fabulously frightful, family-friendly event! Trick-or-treat, take photos, and take in the sights! The crawl will begin at 374 Macdonough Street, at the corner of Stuyvesant.
Park Slope Halloween Parade | Park Slope | 5-7pm
Dress up in your best costume and join in the annual Park Slope Civic Council Halloween Parade! The parade begins at 14th Street and 7th Avenue, then heads north on 7th Avenue, turning left on 3rd Street and ending in J.J. Byrne Playground at the Old Stone House.
Big Halloween Get Down | Brooklyn Bridge Park | 6-10pm
Join Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy for their first-ever Big Halloween Get Down dance party with Sounds from Herbert Holler! This is a free, all-ages event at Pier 3 Plaza. Bring your good vibes and your best moves! Doors open at 6:00 PM and the dance party starts at 7:00 PM. RSVP so we know you’re coming! This is an all-ages event, but youth under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
Trick-or-Treating in our neighborhoods
Garden Place Trick-or-Treating | Brooklyn Heights
Garden Place Trick-or-Treating: Kids start trick-or-treating around 4pm on October 31st. The gathering runs all afternoon until dusk when everybody runs out of candy.
Willowtown Halloween | Brooklyn Heights | 4-8pm
Enter on Joralemon Street at Hicks Street for Willowtown’s Halloween, with a full street closure from 4-8pm. There will also be Storm Troopers and a contest for spookiest house!
Strong Place Trick-or-Treating | Cobble Hill
Kids start trick-or-treating around 4pm on October 31st on Strong Place in Cobble Hill. The gathering runs all afternoon until dusk when everybody runs out of candy.
Clinton Street Trick-or-Treating | Cobble Hill & Carroll Gardens
Kids start trick-or-treating around 4pm on October 31st on Clinton Street from Pacific all the way down into Carroll Gardens. The gathering runs all afternoon until dusk when everybody runs out of candy.
For more trick-or-treating streets in Brooklyn, check out our full guide here! The city has also released a full list and interactive map of car-free streets on Halloween, click here to view it.
Post-Halloween Events
Day of the Dead Family Celebration at Green-Wood Cemetery | South Slope
Friday, November 1 | 4-7pm | Register here
Discover the rich history and traditions associated with the holiday Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) through family-friendly crafts, performances, music, activities, and food. Celebrated throughout Latin America from October 31st to November 2nd, this holiday is a time for family and friends to commemorate departed loved ones through prayer, altars, music, and dance. Free. Registration recommended to receive updates about the event. Walk-ins are welcomed. No admittance after 5:30pm.
Donate your Halloween Candy | Brooklyn Heights
Tuesday, November 5 & Wednesday, November 6 | 3:30-6:00pm
Save the date (and your Halloween candy) for November 5th and 6th, when you can donate from 3:30-6:00pm at the side door of St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church at 157 Montague Street. Donate what you can and The Service Collective will make make sweet treat bags for our neighbors in need to enjoy. Treats will benefit the Vinegar Hill Food Pantry, Farragut Senior Center, and St. Ann’s Food Pantry.
Updated: October 29, 2024.
