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Friday Oct. 31, 2025

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All day

Menagerie: A Tribute to Animals Through Coney Island’s History and Beyond

Art
Free

Coney Island USAConey Island

BKLYN-Boo-2025

2 – 5 pm

BKLYN Boo!

Ages: All
Family
Free
Halloween

Abolitionist PlaceDowntown Brooklyn

3 – 6 pm

Lakeside Harvest Fest + Opening Ice Skating Weekend

Lefrak Center at Lakeside Prospect Park

3:30 – 5:30 pm

Halloween at the Brooklyn Basketball Training Center

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Free
Halloween

Brooklyn Basketball Training Center

4 – 7 pm

BAMboo!

Ages: All
Family
Film
Free

Brooklyn Academy of MusicFort Greene

4 – 7 pm

Haunted Halloween Labyrinth

Ages: All
Family
Free
Halloween

Brooklyn Bridge Park

Brooklyn 7th Avenue and 14th Street

4 – 8 pm

Park Slope Civic Council 2025 Children’s Halloween Parade

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Park Slope Civic Council Children’s Halloween ParadePark Slope

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4 – 6 pm

Boo!KCM Halloween Celebration

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Old Stone HousePark Slope

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6 – 9 pm

I STOLE ED GEIN’S STONE! Halloween Book Release Party

Quimby’s Bookstore NYC

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7:30 – 10 pm

“She Ate” The Ultimate Drag Dinner Show at Branded Saloon

Art
Comedy

Branded SaloonProspect Heights

PKDrumzStrongRope

7:30 – 10:30 pm

Halloween at Strong Rope Brewery with the Barracuda Brass Band

Strong Rope Brewery: Red HookRed Hook

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8 – 10 pm

SHE ATE! The Drag Dinner Experience

Branded SaloonProspect Heights

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