Halloween Happenings...
Central Park
Halloween Parade and Pumpkin Sail, The Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, 110th between 5th & Lenox; Sat 10/25, 3:30 to 6:30pm; Free Wear a costume and check in your carved jack-o'-lanterns to be floated on the Harlem Meer. Halloween at Belvedere: A Monster Musical Adventure, Belvedere Castle, Mid-Park at 79th, Sun 10/26, noon to 4pm on the hour; Free A 45-minute musical play about a boy & a few monsters.
The Great Pumpkin Party
World Financial Center Winter Garden, 200 Liberty Street, Lower Manhattan, 212.945.2600; Sat 10/25, 12 to 4pm; Free Come in costume for trick-or-treating, storytelling, pumpkin decorating, face painting, clowns, and have your picture taken with the Magical Great Pumpkin.
Scary Mask Making at The Scholastic Store
557 Broadway, 212.343.6166; Sat 10/25, 3 to 4pm; Free Get creative with an afternoon of fun Halloween mask making.
Boo at the Zoo
Bronx Zoo, Bronx River Pkwy at Fordham Rd., Bronx, 718.367.1010; Sat & Sun, 10/25 & 10/26, 11 to 4pm; Free with admission/Kids in costume get in free Halloween crafts, music, magic shows, storytelling, hayrides, pumpkin painting, music by Annie and the Natural Wonder Band, and on Sunday at 12:30 a performance by Broadway's Little Shop of Horrors.
Central Park, 64th & 5th, 212.439.6500; Sat & Sun, 10/25 & 10/26, 11 to 4pm, $6 Search for hidden replicas of extinct animals, enjoy a mini-musical (10/26, 2:15pm), sip cider and munch on candy apples.
The Prospect Park Zoo, 450 Flatbush Ave., Prospect Park, Brooklyn, 718.399.7339; Sat & Sun, 10/25 & 10/26, noon to 4pm, $5 Brave the Haunted Barn, go on a scavenger hunt & decorate a Trick-or-Treat bag.
Ghouls and Gourds Festival
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1000 Washington Ave., Brooklyn, 718.623.7220; Sun 10/26, noon-4:30pm; $5/Kids under 16 free Brooklyn's wacky, and wonderful Halloween festival with musical performances, demonstrations, and a costume parade in which ghouls and goblins march to the beat of hundreds of zany percussion instruments & carry an assortment of larger-than-life puppets.
Bank Street Family Concert
Bank Street College auditorium, 112th & Broadway, 212.678.1654; Sun 10/26 at 11am; $10 Come dressed as your favorite animal and celebrate Halloween at a family concert with The Guess Who Zoo, an educational musical guessing game featuring songs and interactive games.
Sea Monsters: A Halloween Celebration
New York Aquarium, W. 8th St., at Surf Ave., Coney Island, Brooklyn, 718.265.3474; Sat & Sun, 10/25 & 10/26, 11am to 4pm; Free with admission/Kids in costume get in free Learn all about the monsters of the deep while you enjoy face- painting, games, prizes, and arts and crafts.
Pier of Fear
Pier 54 (West 13th Street and The West Side Highway), 212.533. PARK; Sat & Sun 10/25 & 10/26, noon to 9pm, Free Spirits, spooks and ghosts bring mayhem to Pier 54 with the Maze of Horrors. For the timid there's story tellers, face painters & fortune tellers.
Halloween on Haunted Walk
New York Botanical Garden, 200 & Kazimiroff Blvd., Bronx, 718.817.8700; Sun 10/26, 2 to 4pm; $2 plus admission Wear your costume and join the parade of spectacular characters including tap-dancing skeletons, lurking goblins, puppets draped from trees, and other lavishly masked creatures created by renowned Master Puppeteer Ralph Lee.
Halloween at Sea
South Street Seaport, Pier 16, 212.748.8758; Sat & Sun 10/25 & 10/26, 1 to 4pm, $5 Calling all mermaids, pirates, sea monsters, and Halloween creatures aboard the tall ship Peking for face-painting, craft activities, storytelling, and if you're really brave, the haunted room.
Halloween Parade and Pumpkin Sail, The Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, 110th between 5th & Lenox; Sat 10/25, 3:30 to 6:30pm; Free Wear a costume and check in your carved jack-o'-lanterns to be floated on the Harlem Meer. Halloween at Belvedere: A Monster Musical Adventure, Belvedere Castle, Mid-Park at 79th, Sun 10/26, noon to 4pm on the hour; Free A 45-minute musical play about a boy & a few monsters.
The Great Pumpkin Party
World Financial Center Winter Garden, 200 Liberty Street, Lower Manhattan, 212.945.2600; Sat 10/25, 12 to 4pm; Free Come in costume for trick-or-treating, storytelling, pumpkin decorating, face painting, clowns, and have your picture taken with the Magical Great Pumpkin.
Scary Mask Making at The Scholastic Store
557 Broadway, 212.343.6166; Sat 10/25, 3 to 4pm; Free Get creative with an afternoon of fun Halloween mask making.
Boo at the Zoo
Bronx Zoo, Bronx River Pkwy at Fordham Rd., Bronx, 718.367.1010; Sat & Sun, 10/25 & 10/26, 11 to 4pm; Free with admission/Kids in costume get in free Halloween crafts, music, magic shows, storytelling, hayrides, pumpkin painting, music by Annie and the Natural Wonder Band, and on Sunday at 12:30 a performance by Broadway's Little Shop of Horrors.
Central Park, 64th & 5th, 212.439.6500; Sat & Sun, 10/25 & 10/26, 11 to 4pm, $6 Search for hidden replicas of extinct animals, enjoy a mini-musical (10/26, 2:15pm), sip cider and munch on candy apples.
The Prospect Park Zoo, 450 Flatbush Ave., Prospect Park, Brooklyn, 718.399.7339; Sat & Sun, 10/25 & 10/26, noon to 4pm, $5 Brave the Haunted Barn, go on a scavenger hunt & decorate a Trick-or-Treat bag.
Ghouls and Gourds Festival
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1000 Washington Ave., Brooklyn, 718.623.7220; Sun 10/26, noon-4:30pm; $5/Kids under 16 free Brooklyn's wacky, and wonderful Halloween festival with musical performances, demonstrations, and a costume parade in which ghouls and goblins march to the beat of hundreds of zany percussion instruments & carry an assortment of larger-than-life puppets.
Bank Street Family Concert
Bank Street College auditorium, 112th & Broadway, 212.678.1654; Sun 10/26 at 11am; $10 Come dressed as your favorite animal and celebrate Halloween at a family concert with The Guess Who Zoo, an educational musical guessing game featuring songs and interactive games.
Sea Monsters: A Halloween Celebration
New York Aquarium, W. 8th St., at Surf Ave., Coney Island, Brooklyn, 718.265.3474; Sat & Sun, 10/25 & 10/26, 11am to 4pm; Free with admission/Kids in costume get in free Learn all about the monsters of the deep while you enjoy face- painting, games, prizes, and arts and crafts.
Pier of Fear
Pier 54 (West 13th Street and The West Side Highway), 212.533. PARK; Sat & Sun 10/25 & 10/26, noon to 9pm, Free Spirits, spooks and ghosts bring mayhem to Pier 54 with the Maze of Horrors. For the timid there's story tellers, face painters & fortune tellers.
Halloween on Haunted Walk
New York Botanical Garden, 200 & Kazimiroff Blvd., Bronx, 718.817.8700; Sun 10/26, 2 to 4pm; $2 plus admission Wear your costume and join the parade of spectacular characters including tap-dancing skeletons, lurking goblins, puppets draped from trees, and other lavishly masked creatures created by renowned Master Puppeteer Ralph Lee.
Halloween at Sea
South Street Seaport, Pier 16, 212.748.8758; Sat & Sun 10/25 & 10/26, 1 to 4pm, $5 Calling all mermaids, pirates, sea monsters, and Halloween creatures aboard the tall ship Peking for face-painting, craft activities, storytelling, and if you're really brave, the haunted room.
