From haunted tours to horror movies and pumpkin carvings, here are the best free Halloween events all over NYC this year!
Saturday, October 13, 2018
Movies Under the Stars – Shocktoberfest: Vampire Cleanup Department
at Sunset Park, Brooklyn
6:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
This film follows Tim, a student who is recruited by a secret Hong Kong agency that hunts vampires. But, love strikes when he saves a female vampire.
Movies Under the Stars: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
at Lyons Pool, Staten Island
7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
Probably the oddest, most off-the-wall cult film ever made, this kinky rock’n’roll science fiction horror satire is everybody’s favorite midnight show.
Sunday, October 14, 2018
Fall Festival
at Bayswater Playground (in Bayswater Park), Queens
12:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Join NYC Parks and Council Member Donovan Richards for a day of fun activities including crafts, inflatables, games, pony rides, a pumpkin patch, music, and more!
‘Sacred to the Memory’: 1865 Funeral Reenactment
at Merchant’s House Museum, Manhattan
3:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Join us in the Museum’s double parlor as we recreate the 1865 funeral service of family patriarch Seabury Tredwell. 19th-century costumes encouraged.
Movies Under the Stars – Shocktoberfest: La Leyenda del Chupacabra
at Maria Hernandez Park, Brooklyn
6:15 p.m.–7:45 p.m.
In this fourth installment of the famous Mexican animated series, Leo San Juan and his friends must discover the secret of El Chupacabra, a legendary monster, if they want to survive.
Thursday, October 18, 2018
Movies Under the Stars – Shocktoberfest: The Babadook
at Sunset Park, Brooklyn
6:15 p.m.–7:45 p.m.
This 2014 Australian “boogeyman” tale unfolds as 7-year-old Samuel receives a disturbing storybook and becomes convinced that the book’s monster is lurking in the house.
Friday, October 19, 2018
Drive-in Movie: Ghostbusters
at John Golden Parking Lot (in John Golden Park), Queens
5:30 p.m.–8:15 p.m.
Three former parapsychology professors set up shop as a unique ghost removal service.
Movies Under the Stars: Shocktoberfest – Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
at Cooper Park, Brooklyn
6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
A San Francisco health inspector and his colleague discovered that alien duplicates are replacing humans; each a perfect copy of the person returned, only devoid of human emotion.
Movies Under the Stars – Shocktoberfest: A Quiet Place
at Lawn Area (in John Paul Jones Park), Brooklyn
6:15 p.m.–7:45 p.m.
?This post-apocalyptic hit horror follows a family that must live in silence while hiding from extraterrestrial creatures that hunt by sound.
Saturday, October 20, 2018
Pumpkin Painting
at Berry Street Garden
11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
GreenThumb will have pumpkins and paint ready – please bring any other supplies and decorations to add to the beauty of your seasonal creation!
Halloween Festival
at Juniper Valley Park 80th Street Entrance (in Juniper Valley Park), Queens
11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Join NYC Parks and New York City Council Member Robert Holden for a day of fun activities including crafts, inflatables, face painting, games, a pumpkin patch, music and more!
Free!
Fall Festival
at Joseph P. Addabbo Memorial Park (in Tudor Park), Queens
12:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Join NYC Parks and New York City Council Member Eric Ulrich for a day of fun activities including crafts, inflatables, face painting, games, a pumpkin patch, music and more!
Movies Under the Stars – Shocktober Fest: Goosebumps
at McCarren Park Pool Deck (in McCarren Park), Brooklyn
6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
Join NYC Parks and New York City Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment for this free family film!
Movies Under the Stars – Shocktoberfest: Hotel Transylvania 3
at Bay 8th Street and Independence Avenue (in Dyker Beach Park), Brooklyn
6:15 p.m.–7:45 p.m.
Count Dracula and family go on a cruise for sea-loving monsters, unaware that the monster-hating Van Helsing family is enslaving their boat.
Sunday, October 21, 2018
HRPK’s Fall Fest 2018
at Hudson River Park’s Pier 25, Manhattan
11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Test out your Halloween costume, paint a pumpkin, go fishing, grab some cotton candy while you watch a magic show, and get transported away to a world of imagination.
Third Annual ‘Batty Over Halloween’ Celebration
at Astoria Park Lawn (in Astoria Park), Queens
12:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
Join us for children performances, pumpkin crafts, scavenger hunts, balloon twisting, face painting, and much, much more!!!
Movies Under the Stars – Shocktoberfest: The Visit
at Carroll Park, Brooklyn
6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
?M. Night Shyamalan’s 2015 found footage thriller follows two siblings as they discover a dark secret about their grandparents while visiting them on their remote farm.
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Movies Under the Stars – Shocktoberfest: Fear(s) of the Dark
at 50 Kent Pop-Up Park (in Bushwick Inlet Park), Brooklyn
6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
These tales of terror are inspired by the creeping shadows that lurk in the darkest depths of each graphic artist’s psyche.
Thursday, October 25, 2018
Pumpkin Painting
at United We Stand Community Garden (in ), Bronx
5:30 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
GreenThumb will have pumpkins and paint ready – please bring any other supplies and decorations to add to the beauty of your seasonal creation.
Movies Under the Stars – Shocktoberfest: Dead Snow
at Lawn at Colonial Road and 68th Street (in Owl’s Head Park), Brooklyn
6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
?This 2009 Norwegian zombie film centers on a group of medical students on a ski trip that turns horrific as they find themselves confronted by an unimaginable menace: Nazi zombies.
Arts, Culture & Fun: Screening of Halloween Shorts
at Poe Park Visitor Center (in Poe Park), Bronx
6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
Join us for three short film screenings in celebration of Halloween. After the screenings, there will be a Q&A with the film directors.
Friday, October 26, 2018
NYC Parks Presents HALLOWSCREAM
at Chelsea Recreation Center, Manhattan
5:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
If you dare for some scares, you’ll walk through our fright walk! Chills and thrills await you in this interactive “haunted house” experience!
Movies Under the Stars – Shocktoberfest: Coco
at Amersfort Park, Brooklyn
6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
Miguel, an aspiring young musician, embarks on an extraordinary journey to the magical land of his ancestors to unlock the real story behind his family’s ban on music.
Movies Under the Stars – Shocktoberfest: What We Do in the Shadows
at McCarren Park Pool Deck (in McCarren Park), Brooklyn
6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
This mockumentary follows vampire housemates as they try to cope with the complexities of modern life and show a newly turned hipster some of the perks of being undead.
WBO Halloween: Haunted House
at Williamsbridge Oval Recreation Center (in Williamsbridge Oval), Bronx
7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
Haunted House Come if you dare to get spooked by ghosts, zombies, and creatures! This house is recommended for people over 10.
Haunted Tales of Old Staten Island
at The Conference House (in Conference House Park), Staten Island
7:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m.
We will recount documented tales of spirits in the boroughs in the old basement of the Conference House—which is the site of one supernatural occurrence!
Saturday, October 27, 2018
Halloween Festival
at Glendale Playground, Queens
11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Join NYC Parks and NYC Council Member Robert Holden for a day of fun activities including crafts, inflatables, face painting, games, a pumpkin patch, music and more!
Halloween Festival
at Harlem Grown 131st Street Farm, Harlem Grown 134th Street Farm, Manhattan
11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Family-friendly activities may include face painting, spooky arts and crafts, cooking demo, and a haunted hoop house! Of course, there will be plenty of healthy treats!
Halloween Festival
at Harlem Grown 134th Street Farm, Manhattan
11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Family-friendly activities include face painting, wicked arts and crafts, cooking demo, and a haunted house. Of course, there will be plenty of healthy treats!
Annual Events: Halloween Harvest Festival
at Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens
12:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
The final event of the 2018 season is our beloved Halloween Harvest Festival, which, this year, is inspired by Fet Gede, the Haitian Festival of the Ancestors.
Fort Totten Halloween Festival
at Parade Grounds (in Fort Totten Park), Queens
12:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Highlights include a pumpkin patch, hay maze, hayride, live entertainment, interactive games, relay races, obstacle courses, inflatables, costume contests, and more!
Arts, Culture & Fun: Dia De Los Muertos
at St. Ann’s Avenue and 147th Street (in St. Mary’s Park), Bronx
12:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.
NYC Parks Presents: HALLOWSCREAM!
at Chelsea Recreation Center, Manhattan
4:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
If you dare for some scares, you’ll walk through our fright walk! Chills and thrills await you in this interactive “haunted house” experience!
Movies Under the Stars – Shocktoberfest: Night of the Living Dead (1968)
at The Nethermead (in Prospect Park), Brooklyn
6:00 p.m.–7:45 p.m.
This zombie classic follows seven people who are trapped in a rural farmhouse, which is besieged by a large and growing group of ghouls.
Movies Under the Stars – Shocktoberfest: Cabin in the Woods
at Maria Hernandez Park, Brooklyn
6:00 p.m.–7:45 p.m.
This horror comedy follows a group of college students who retreat to a remote forest cabin where they fall victim to backwoods zombies and the two technicians who manipulate events.
Sunday, October 28, 2018
Shocktoberfest
at Playground for All Children (in Flushing Meadows Corona Park), Queens
12:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Join us for music, games, rides, crafts, a pumpkin patch, goodie bags, and more spooky fun.
Central Park Conservancy Halloween Pumpkin Flotilla
at Charles A. Dana Discovery Center (in Central Park), Manhattan
4:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Enjoy pumpkin carving, Halloween crafts, spooky stories, a costume parade, and most of all the Conservancy’s signature Pumpkin Flotilla!
Movies Under the Stars – Shocktoberfest: Coco
at Sunset Park, Brooklyn
6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
Miguel, an aspiring young musician, embarks on an extraordinary journey to the magical land of his ancestors to unlock the real story behind his family’s ban on music.
Ghosts of Conference House
at Conference House Park Visitor Center (in Conference House Park), Staten Island
7:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m.
Is Conference House Park Staten Island’s most haunted park? Find out on a nighttime hike through an ancient burial ground and into the Conference House. Registration is required.
Toddler Halloween
at Williamsbridge Oval Recreation Center (in Williamsbridge Oval), Bronx
11:15 a.m.–12:45 p.m.
Come for a spider hunt, songs, games, and arts & crafts. We will celebrate the holiday in costumes! The program is for children under five years old. An adult must stay.
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Halloween Fun at Randall’s Island Park
at Touchdown of the 103rd Street Footbridge (in Randall’s Island Park), Manhattan
3:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.
Visit Randall’s Island to prepare for your evening Halloween adventure. Make a trick-or-treat bag, create a mask to complete your costume, and get your photo taken with the scarecrows.
WBO Halloween: Pumpkin Party
at Williamsbridge Oval Recreation Center (in Williamsbridge Oval), Bronx
4:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
WBO Pumpkin Party is fun for the young ones. There will be arts and crafts, feel boxes, guess the pumpkin weight, carnival games, prizes, and candy! Event is …
Petrified Park Halloween Event
at Patchen Community Square, Brooklyn
5:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
This year, the Patchen Community Square Garden will be participating in the Stuyvesant Heights Halloween Tour as the Petrified Park!
Art Inspired By… Tim Burton
at Gertrude Ederle Recreation Center, Manhattan
6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
Create your masterpiece inspired by work from famous artists and various art techniques.
