Berry Street Haunted Garden
📍 Brooklyn
A free Halloween event at Berry Street Garden in Brooklyn, listed on the NYC Parks events calendar.
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📍 Brooklyn
A free Halloween event at Berry Street Garden in Brooklyn, listed on the NYC Parks events calendar.
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A free Halloween event at George Washington Carver Community Garden in Brooklyn, listed on the NYC Parks events calendar.
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Town Square’s long-running neighborhood Halloween parade for kids in Greenpoint.
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A free Halloween event at Brooklyn's Finest Garden in Brooklyn, listed on the NYC Parks events calendar.
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A free Halloween event at 61 Franklin Street Garden in Brooklyn, listed on the NYC Parks events calendar.
Official site ↗📍 Canarsie Park
A free event at Canarsie Park House (in Canarsie Park) in Brooklyn on Saturday, October 31, 08:45–10:00. Check the organizer's page for RSVP and details before you go.
Official site ↗📍 Brooklyn
A free Halloween event at Vinegar Hill Community Garden in Brooklyn, listed on the NYC Parks events calendar.
Official site ↗📍 Carroll Gardens
Costume parade led by the Underground Horns, plus kid activities and a BYO pumpkin contest at Urban Meadow.
Official site ↗📍 64 Dobbin Street, Brooklyn, NY, USA
A free event at 64 Dobbin Street in Brooklyn on Friday, October 30, 18:00–14:00. Check the organizer's page for RSVP and details before you go.
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Free Cobble Hill Halloween parade on Congress Street.
Official site ↗📍 Sunset Park
NYC Parks presents a free outdoor screening of the stop-motion film Corpse Bride on Sunset Park’s Central Lawn.
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Spend Halloween afternoon with a solo piano concert at Brooklyn Bridge Park's Boathouse.
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Free Halloween afternoon at Imani II Community Garden with trick-or-treating, apple cider and a movie.
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Free Halloween candy giveaway for kids at Santos Community Garden in Coney Island.
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Family-friendly Halloween party with treats and crafts at Stockholm Street Community Garden.
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Free trick-or-treating at Greene Avenue United Neighbors Community Garden near Herbert Von King Park.
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Prospect Park's historic carousel goes spooky for Halloween week: rides set to Halloween jams, noon to 5 PM through Sunday.
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After-hours guided night walk through Green-Wood's lit monuments and mausoleums on Halloween, ending with rare access inside the Catacombs.
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Halloween-morning trolley tour of the graves of séance-holders, stage magicians and Spiritualists, starting with the Fox sisters' story.
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Free open-air screening of Oscar Micheaux's 1932 mystery-thriller with a live vinyl score, by Alfreda's Cinema and Prospect Park Alliance.
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Free neighborhood Halloween parade along Seventh Avenue in Park Slope.
Official site ↗📍 Brooklyn
A free Halloween event at Howard Garden in Brooklyn, listed on the NYC Parks events calendar.
Official site ↗📍 66 Ainslie Street store b, Brooklyn, NY, USA
A free event at 66 Ainslie Street store b in Brooklyn on Friday, October 30, 12:00–16:00. Check the organizer's page for RSVP and details before you go.
Official site ↗📍 Prospect Park
Free Halloween-day nature hike with NYC Urban Park Rangers on the folklore of Sleepy Hollow, plus a meet-and-greet with the Parks mounted patrol horses.
Official site ↗📍 Prospect Park
Halloween at Prospect Park Zoo: a Spooky Trail of night-time animals, extinct-animal 'tombstones', spooky science, live shows and costume photo spots.
Official site ↗📍 155 Milton St, Brooklyn, NY 11222
A free event at 155 Milton St in Brooklyn on Saturday, October 31, 10:00–14:00. Check the organizer's page for RSVP and details before you go.
Official site ↗📍 Fort Greene
The Brooklyn Academy of Music, a Fort Greene arts center for theater, dance, opera and independent film across several historic venues.
Official site ↗📍 Crown Heights
The world's first museum built for children, founded in 1899, with hands-on exhibits for young kids in a bright yellow building.
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One of the country's largest art museums, with Egyptian art, Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party and themed First Saturday evenings.
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A Brooklyn Heights library and museum in an 1881 landmark, with exhibitions on the borough's past.
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A tiny, volunteer-run Williamsburg museum of New York curiosities: subway tokens, Statue of Liberty souvenirs and other civic memorabilia.
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Run by the nonprofit Coney Island USA, with exhibits on the neighborhood's amusement history, plus the Coney Island Circus Sideshow and the Mermaid Parade.
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A curated fashion, art and design market of independent makers. Free admission, and dogs are welcome.
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A Brooklyn brewery's taproom and rooftop in East Williamsburg, pouring creative sours and IPAs brewed on-site.
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Free grand-opening party for Kiehl's first Williamsburg store with giveaways, skin analyses and custom swag.
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A Gravesend institution since 1939, known for square Sicilian slices with sauce on top and tri-color spumoni eaten at outdoor picnic tables.
Official site ↗📍 Brooklyn
A museum on Schermerhorn Street in Brooklyn. In its own words: “Founded in 1976, the New York Transit Museum is dedicated to preserving and sharing the stories of New York’s mass transportation.” (official site)
Official site ↗📍 DUMBO
A DUMBO theater inside a converted tobacco warehouse, known for bold international productions steps from the Brooklyn Bridge.
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A 1914 wooden railroad barge docked in Red Hook, now a floating museum and performance space with sweeping harbor views.
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New York City's oldest building, a Dutch farmhouse from around 1652, with tours, a garden and farm programs in East Flatbush.
Official site ↗📍 Prospect Heights
A well-known museum or garden worth a few hours.
Official site ↗📍 DUMBO & Brooklyn Heights
85 waterfront acres of piers and lawns with the best Manhattan skyline views.
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Free kayaking in the calm water between Piers 1 and 2, under the Brooklyn Bridge. Book a slot two weeks ahead or try walking up.
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Themed puzzle rooms in Industry City.
Official site ↗📍 Prospect Park
Free family festival of Indigenous music, dance, workshops, a community drum circle and crafts from across the Americas at Prospect Park's Audubon Center.
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Outdoor go-kart track and mini golf.
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Rides and boardwalk-style fun. Seasonal hours.
Official site ↗📍 Williamsburg
A waterfront park beside the old sugar refinery, with a long elevated walkway and skyline views.
Official site ↗📍 Sunset Park
A 478-acre National Historic Landmark with hills, ponds and famous graves. Admission is always free.
Official site ↗📍 274 Remsen St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
A free event at 274 Remsen St in Brooklyn on Sunday, November 1, 12:00–20:00. Check the organizer's page for RSVP and details before you go.
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A quiet Red Hook pier facing the Statue of Liberty, good at sunset.
Official site ↗📍 Coney Island
Rides and boardwalk-style fun. Seasonal hours.
Official site ↗📍 96 A, North 5th Street, Brooklyn, NY, USA
A free event at 96 A in Brooklyn on Friday, November 6, 10:00–17:00. Check the organizer's page for RSVP and details before you go.
Official site ↗📍 Marine Park
530 acres of grassland and salt marsh with a nature-center trail run by Urban Park Rangers.
Official site ↗📍 Williamsburg
A fenced run at North 12th Street, Driggs Avenue and Union Avenue.
Official site ↗📍 Coney Island
A well-known museum or garden worth a few hours.
Official site ↗📍 Brooklyn Bridge Park
Family-friendly outdoor roller rink under the Pier 2 canopy with skyline views.
Official site ↗📍 Park Slope
Brooklyn's big park: Long Meadow, the lake, the Ravine and the boathouse.
Official site ↗📍 Prospect Park
Dogs can run off-leash on the Long Meadow (not the ballfields), the Nethermead and the Peninsula during off-leash hours. Leash them the rest of the day.
Official site ↗📍 Prospect Park
A small, easy zoo for little kids: sea lion training sessions, a barn with farm animals and red pandas. Kids 2 and under free.
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A free Public Art Fund installation on the Brooklyn waterfront, with the bridges behind it.
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A hilltop with views of the Manhattan skyline, the harbor and the Statue of Liberty.
Official site ↗📍 Dumbo
A Dumbo food hall with a rooftop that looks straight at the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges. Free to go up; food is extra.
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The 1883 bridge's raised promenade is free to walk. About 30–45 minutes each way at a stroll.
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A roller rink on a hand-painted maple floor with a serious sound system. Saturday Day Disco is all ages.
Official site ↗📍 Brooklyn
A free Halloween event at Maple Street Community Garden in Brooklyn, listed on the NYC Parks events calendar.
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A free Halloween event at Audubon Center at the Boathouse, Prospect Park in Brooklyn, listed on the NYC Parks events calendar.
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A free Día de los Muertos gathering at Nos Cuidamos Community Garden in Brooklyn, listed on the NYC Parks events calendar.
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A free Halloween event at Halsey, Ralph, & Howard Community Garden in Brooklyn, listed on the NYC Parks events calendar.
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A free Halloween event at Poppa & Momma Jones Historical Garden in Brooklyn, listed on the NYC Parks events calendar.
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A free Halloween event at Gymnasium, Nostrand Playground in Brooklyn, listed on the NYC Parks events calendar.
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Free bodyweight circuit training class from NYC Parks' Shape Up NYC program.
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Free bodyweight circuit training class from NYC Parks' Shape Up NYC program.
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Free chair yoga class from NYC Parks' Shape Up NYC program.
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Free dance fitness class from NYC Parks' Shape Up NYC program.
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Free total body fitness class from NYC Parks' Shape Up NYC program.
Official site ↗📍 Brooklyn
Free total body fitness class from NYC Parks' Shape Up NYC program.
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Free yoga class from NYC Parks' Shape Up NYC program.
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Free zumba class from NYC Parks' Shape Up NYC program.
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A free Halloween event at 400 Montauk Community Garden in Brooklyn, listed on the NYC Parks events calendar.
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Free Halloween harvest fair with soup tasting, crafts, games and pumpkin decorating at Gregory’s Garden.
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Free DUMBO Trick-or-Streets Halloween Open Street on Washington Street.
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Free drop-in art and nature activities for all ages at Green-Wood's Green-House; this month you make ink prints from plants from Jean Shin's installation.
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Free pumpkin-patch family event at Surfside Community Garden in Coney Island for young kids and caregivers.
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An American restaurant on Franklin Avenue in Brooklyn. Open 5 days a week. What sets it apart: tiki (per its official site).
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A bar on Fulton Street in Brooklyn. Open 5 days a week, until 2 AM on its latest nights. What sets it apart: speakeasy and tiki (per its official site).
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An Italian restaurant on 1st Street in Brooklyn. Open seven days. What sets it apart: a tasting menu (per its official site).
Official site ↗📍 Williamsburg
The brewery behind Brooklyn Lager runs its Williamsburg tasting room with fresh beer, events and tours on select days.
Official site ↗📍 Park Slope
A playful Park Slope "superhero supply store" whose profits support 826NYC's free writing programs for kids.
Official site ↗📍 Brooklyn
A winery on Guernsey Street in Brooklyn. What sets it apart: makes its own wine (per its official site).
Official site ↗📍 Brooklyn
An Italian restaurant on Avenue U in Brooklyn. Open every day but Friday. What sets it apart: wood-fired cooking and a supper-club format (per its official site).
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An American restaurant on Clark Street in Brooklyn. Open seven days. What sets it apart: in business since 1986 (per its official site).
Official site ↗📍 Cobble Hill
A Smith Street cocktail parlor with a Victorian feel, a fireplace room in the back and a long list of classic and house cocktails.
Official site ↗📍 Williamsburg
A 1920s dining car under the Williamsburg Bridge, with a daily menu written on your paper tablecloth and a big burger.
Official site ↗📍 Bushwick
A Bushwick music venue with several rooms and a rooftop. Concerts, DJ nights and dance parties run late on a packed calendar.
Official site ↗📍 South Slope
A South Slope bar with a back room for live music, comedy and readings. Its owners moved it from Prospect Heights after a long neighborhood fight.
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